Final Report from the May 2021 National Guardianship Summit
For everyone interested, please review the following reccomendations. Feel free to submit your reactions and comments. [- more...]
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day–Not one word about abusive guardianships
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/14/a-proclamation-on-world-elder-abuse-awareness-day-2021/ A Proclamation on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 2021 JUNE 14, 2021•PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS Older Americans make invaluable contributions to our families, our communities, and our Nation every day. But for far too many, the sacred promise of aging with dignity in America is broken by unconscionable incidents of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. On World [- more...]
Florida’s Failed Guardianship system
An article in AARP’s journal makes the case for us! [- more...]
Commentary from Kimberly Guilfoyle
Guardianship is often exploited by unscrupulous characters who go to great lengths to take advantage of their wards. [- more...]
From the Orlando Sentinel
Coach Lou Holtz chimes in against guardianship abuse
In an op ed in the Saturday May 8, 2021 Miami Herald [- more...]
Abusive guardian in Palm Beach, FL pleads guilty to 15 counts/TV Interview with Joan Stanton and Dr. Sam Sugar
Doug Keegan has been freed from Guardianship!
After 7 long years of emotional and financial abuse, Doug Keegan has, with the help of Super Advocate Hillary Hogue and Attorney Leslie Ann Ferderigos, been adjudicated fully capacitated! Congrats to Doug who can now fully engage in the battle to free [- more...]
Essential bias and abuse of process in the courts–Big Brother is Biased
Guardianship creation is the big business of Probate Courts that wield the power to destroy anyone they target, like some kind of Orwellian Big Brother. These courts hover around us ready to pounce on any unsuspecting family unlucky enough or stupid enough to be involved in their perfidy. The administrative law officers running these Star Chambers are creating havoc and misery and even death of their vulnerable wards so often because that is what they are accustomed to doing, by habit, by [- more...]
2021 Guardianship Symposium Videos and Follow-up Zoom Discussion
Here are the links to the both sessions of the symposium SESSION 1 Sunday 4-11-2021https://youtu.be/NAk9qlNCH5w SESSION 2 PART 1 Monday 4-12-2021https://youtu.be/gHn7FR57y38 SESSION 2 PART 2 Monday 4-12-2021 (end)https://youtu.be/PjDjxtiMHKg Join us on Thursday Sam Sugar is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Symposium Followup meetingTime: Apr 15, 2021 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/3124630488?pwd=Vll0NFFjd3NVcUpJaURHNGtUaUEzdz09 [- more...]
A message from the #FreeBritney movement for AAAPG members
Learn how this movement enlisted Social Media to advance their cause to free Britney Spears from her [- more...]
2021 AAAPG Guardianship Symposium
It is finally here! Here is everything you need to participate.You are invited to a Zoom webinar SESSION 1When: Apr 11, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Topic: 2021 AAAPG Guardianship Symposium Session 1Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85613507816?pwd=bDJCVGgvSElNTmVRRzlvWlBWMUVoUT09Passcode: 767748You are invited to a Zoom webinar SESSION 2When: Apr 12, 2021 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Topic: 2021 AAAPG Guardianship Symposium Session [- more...]
AAAPG 2021 Virtual Guardianship Symposium Program
There has never been anything like it. [- more...]
AAAPG Memorial Tribute Project
March 8, 2021 Dear AAAPG members and advocates, As you may know, AAAPG will present our 2021 Guardianship Symposium in 2 sessions, Sunday April 11 starting at 6:00PM EDST and again on Monday April 12, 2021 at 9AM EDST. These 2 online sessions can be reserved at $15.00 per session at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-guardianship-symposium-tickets-141592020545 We will bring together an impressive panel of national experts to share information, ideas, analysis, trends and topics about the [- more...]
AAAPG 2021 Virtual Guardianship Symposium April 11-12, Tickets Available now
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-guardianship-symposium-tickets-141592020545 We are very pleased to announce that the 2021 AAAPG guardianship symposium will take place in two sessions on April 11 and 12th. The conference will be virtual and open to the public.The first session begins at 6 PM Eastern daylight savings time on April 11 and features a variety of experts who will discuss their experiences within the probate system and carefully delineate the difficulties experienced in that system. [- more...]
An interesting review of “I care a Lot”
This movie has caused quite a stir. Here is an interesting take on it. Review: ‘I Care a Lot’ – The Respectable Face of Mobster [- more...]
REPORT: Shocking malfeasance from Orange County Clerks of Court
We DEMAND that Governor Ron DeSantis immediately assemble an investigative Commission on Florida Guardianship which includes families and victims who have experienced the abuses that emanate from this fatally broken system report to the Governor within one year with recommendations and legislation to fix this scandalous crisis and finall protect the citizens of Florida. [- more...]
Florida’s Guardianship System: No safeguards
Perhaps if they are unable to understand the system they oversee, they should just watch the first half of the number one movie in America, I Care a Lot, where it is described in agonizing detail. I would supply the popcorn. [- more...]
Government: Say one thing but do another
Under the best of circumstances, Governments at every level struggle to deliver the critically important goods and services that politicians promise especially during election years. The usual excuse for failures to perform revolve around purported funding shortfalls or other snafus but are all too often the result of promising what can never possibly be delivered, no matter how critical that work product, or delivery may be. A good example is the ongoing difficulty in distributing [- more...]
Intentions
One good place to start would be the 2021 Guardianship virtual Summit sponsored by multiple advocacy groups across the country and produced by Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianship where a distinguished array of advocates, victim families, government officials, educators, and academics will present information to paint a realistic and honest picture of the guardianship industry as it exists today. Registration and tickets can be found at the link below.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-guardianship-summit-tickets-141592020545
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Save the date April 11-12, 2021
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Poverty and guardianship risk
Poverty is a strong risk factor for imposition of guardianship. [- more...]
Leveraging HIPAA-the double-edged sword
Abusive guardians are notorious for using the canard that family members are a danger to the well-being of the ward. [- more...]
Excellent Article from the Intercept
For decades, adult guardianship has been a legally thorny issue, with independent watchdogs and journalists repeatedly finding that senior citizens are stripped of their rights and often financially exploited — with little government oversight. The cases often involve complex family drama and disagreements among siblings, but sometimes, as in Dirse’s case, it’s an outsider who gets involved, over the objections of the elderly person’s relatives. [- more...]
DOUBLETHINK AND DOUBLESPEAK AND RULES FOR RADICALS IN PROBATE
Doublethink is a process of indoctrination whereby the subject is expected to accept a clearly false statement as the truth, or to simultaneously accept two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in contravention to one’s own memories or sense of reality. Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” “Power is not only what you have but what the enemy [- more...]
Guardianships, isolation, quarantine, and death
How would you feel if you were confined to a windowless cell and could only go out once or twice a day? [- more...]
What have we become?
The inhumanity of the guardianship racket is epic, rivaled only by the hubris and greed that drives it. [- more...]
The maelstrom of guardianship bureaucracy
We must spread the word that there is great danger lurking in every one of these so-called equity courts. We must strive to expose the evil that emanates from these chambers. [- more...]
Annual Fundraising Drive
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A possibly helpful Florida legal injunction
Fl St 825.1035 may allow a concerned family member to demand the court freeze the assets of a vulnerable senior to prevent their asset from being plundered [- more...]
What have we become?
The refusal of our society to intercede in even the most egregious abuses perpetrated by the racket is a blatant “tell” about who and what we have become. [- more...]
An unusual victim video
Elder abuse doesn’t only take place via guardianship, but the tactics are incredibly [- more...]
Victim Video Julia P. Broward County FL
NPR’s “1A” hourlong episode of guardianship
What Britney Spears’ Case Tells Us About Conservatorship [- more...]
Confirmation bias
Victims of the guardianship racket must absorb a stunning series of vicious body blows in what passes for hearings or pleadings in probate court proceedings around the country. Losing a loved one to the racket is at the top of the list, but not far behind is the financial debacle that frequently bankrupts anyone who tries to stand in the way of a devastating professional guardianship. Among the broadsides that are so frequent and so bewildering– all created to guarantee that [- more...]
The Garwood Fiasco in detail
Jan Garwood lived comfortably but also in sadness since the death of her son Adam in 2006. She was fending for herself and getting along with the help of her friend Estrella, whose garage she would be living in by fall 2020. Her unemployed son Alex Sosiadar and his common law wife moved in with Jan, ostensibly to help out and provide support. But, their presence devolved into a difficult and contentious relationship. To force him to leave and face some issues with substances, Jan filed over a [- more...]
Jan Garwood’s Escape from Florida Guardianship Hell
Please share these with anyone who doubts our countless stories of abuse all around the country. Every now and then, someone gets out with their life–but only their life. I was so pleased to have a small part in securing her release. https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/florida-woman-escapes-guardianship-using-secret-phone-and-facebook-to-contact-media and HUMAN TRAFFICKING ELDER GUARDIANSHIP SURVIVOR STORIES JAN GARWOOD PART 1 HUMAN TRAFFICKING ELDER [- more...]
Our Lives
go to Youtube for this ode to the guardianship issue created by our colleague Tim [- more...]
FreeBritney Movement Calls for Conservatorship Reforms
Guest Editorial by Thomas F. Coleman, Esq.Daily Journal / Nov. 6, 2020According to Rolling Stone magazine, BritneySpearsis “one of the most successful artists of all time.”Millions of her fans would agree.Spears is rich. Super rich. She reported more than$59 million in assets at the end of 2018. However,since 2008 when she was involuntarily placed into aprobate conservatorship in California, she has notbeen able to control her own assets. A court placedcontrol of her finances with [- more...]
#Free Britney Protest
If you are comfortable attending in person, please consider joining #FreeBritney protesters outside Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles on November 10 at 12:30pm. documentary crews and news media will be present, so it’s an excellent opportunity to share your story with the media!Here are scenes from past rallies: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDTsqL-F6Bt/?igshid=d6pv88k9ls9dReuters Archive Licensing PEACEFUL PROTESTMAKE & BRING YOUR SIGNS & BANNERS, if able. If not, some may be [- more...]
Decades have passed and the Abuse Continues
The guardianship abuse AAAPG has documented for a decade is not new. In 1987, The Associated Press (AP) reported in detail on the guardianship crisis in America in a series of several first hand investigations. The first two are available at https://apnews.com/article/1198f64bb05d9c1ec690035983c02f9f and https://apnews.com/article/8ea94c1c992fd97e7eea7fe72a924f73 The Senate Select Committee on Aging has been hearing complaints about guardianship for even longer. It’s website contains over [- more...]
The Injured Senior Podcast : Dr. Sam Sugar on The Risks, The Truth, and The Dangers of Guardianships.
An hour long informative review of the truth about guardianships. [- more...]
Bench and Ballot
Dangerous Radicals in the court and on the ballot Though it may seem like a stretch to bring discussions about elections into the more narrow discussion of abusive guardianship, there are striking similarities about how American justice and liberty are being attacked on multiple fronts in both arenas. To frame the discussion, let me state at the outset that the greatest abuse in abusive guardianships is the incredibly sad reality that guardianships are designed to remove one’s liberty and [- more...]
Family Court –Another Equity Hellhole and Reuters Report on “The Teflon Robe”
We have much in common with victims of Family court, or should I say Family destruction court. [- more...]
Critical Guardianship Theory
A New and Exciting Approach to End Probate Court Abuses Because of the long standing, multigenerational failure to remediate the abuses perpetuated in probate courts throughout the country, it is instructive to examine novel approaches to solving certain other social problems. Outside the box, Critical thinking may be required to solve problems of social import when traditional forms of redress are consistently ineffective. This paper seeks to promote and foster a reasonable construct with [- more...]