Florida Supreme Court Work-group Report 2018
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What The Bar does with other people’s money— IOTA accounts–Update 2018
The All Powerful Bar in Florida (and other states) has a Charitable arm called the Florida Bar Foundation, a not for profit corporation supported by numerous cash streams. A small percentage of their income comes from member donations, but if figures from Their annual report from 2016 are correct The Florida Bar Foundation received a total of 5.5 million in income last fiscal year (down from a high of 44 million ten years ago when interest rates were higher) and a whopping 44.6% of that was [- more...]
Florida Guardian Performance Bond Scam
VIEWPOINT September 13, 2018 Another way Unsupervised Probate Courts Shortchange Families The Palm Beach Post has taken a leadership position in exposing the serious systemic problems in probate guardianships in Palm Beach County courts. While the focus has been on the ongoing investigations of the alleged multiple abuses of one particular Guardian, Betsy Savitt, and her husband former judge Martin Colin, their alleged longstanding exploitation of the system is hardly unique, is widely [- more...]
Is Justice coming to Palm Beach Florida, Finally?
A must read article. John Pacenti and AAAPG have been working on this case for years! https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/how-judge-colin-had-hand-his-wife-guardianship-cases/sWv6eYgvcDeubugXhCoQ4H/ [- more...]
An analysis of Buzz Aldrin’s guardianship
Lessons From Buzz Aldrin Guardianship: Twin Filings Put Focus on Abuse In his Elder Law column, Daniel G. Fish writes: Buzz Aldrin was the second person to set foot on the moon’s surface and only 12 people have set foot there. But now he is one of an estimated one and a half million adults who are the subject of guardianship proceedings in the United States. By Daniel G. Fish | August 16, 2018 at 11:51 AM Buzz Aldrin on the Moon Buzz Aldrin was the second person to set foot on the [- more...]
From 2016 UN deliberations: Is Elder Guardianship A New Form Of Human Trafficking?
As the 71st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations begins this week to discuss international issues that affect the lives of millions throughout the world, the United States needs to step up its commitment to safeguard human rights and promote the rule of law in its own backyard — specifically, escalating abuse in the U.S. Elder Guardianship system. It’s legal, but is it right? Imagine you’ve worked hard all of your life and suddenly you are deemed incapacitated and are [- more...]
Will Dr. “Buzz” Aldrin be ruled incapacitated?
There are currently 49.2 million Americans aged 65 or older, and this number is expected to grow (referred to by many as the “Silver Tsunami”). Of this population, 1.3 to as many as 3 million (or more) individuals are in guardianships. These guardianships affect successive generations and their proper expectations of inheritance so that the total number of people involved in subject to the consequences of guardianship could be as high as 30 million. And as John Oliver pointed out in [- more...]
OPPG’s first major action in FL
Court-appointed professional guardian Elizabeth “Betsy” Savitt broke state law in cases involving disabled individuals and seniors citizens, often with the help of her husband — then sitting Circuit Court Judge Martin Colin — according to a blistering complaint by the state’s new guardianship office. The complaint is the first of its kind by the Office of Public and Professional Guardians, which was formed in 2016 by the state Legislature in the wave of criticisms about professional [- more...]
Florida, Texas, all states – ? Death by guardianship
The following is written by journalist and AAAPG member Juliette Fairley, in honor of two guardianship victims, Marcia DeZenzo and Doris Davis, the 2nd of whom died on June 5, 2018: On the surface, Marcia DiZenzo had nothing in common with Doris Davis. The 40 something year old DiZenzo hails from Connecticut but lived in Florida while Davis, an octogenarian, was a ride or die Texan. DiZenzo was Italian-American while Davis was African American. DiZenzo was born in August; Davis in November. [- more...]
Some Stats of our Own
Florida Guardianship analysis 2016 Since there are no valid statistics forthcoming from the State, we decided to produce some from our own research into the Department of Elderly Affairs website http://trialstats.flcourts.org/TrialCourtStats.aspx to the best of our understanding since there are no explanations provided on the site To test the theory that “One of the biggest risk factors for being placed into a Guardianship is your zip code”. First some overall stats: [- more...]