Why representing yourself is a sick, sad joke
If you are thinking or going to court pro per or pro se, here are hoops you have to jump through. It almost NEVER results in success. pro se [- more...]
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National: How Michigan’s Retirement Fraud battle will help you
by Juliette Fairley When Shelley Thomson fell ill earlier this year with potassium deficiency and called 911, she didn’t expect her life to change so drastically. Formerly, the 75-year-old lived freely in a home in New Braunfels, Texas, inherited from a parent. The retired stock broker now resides in a bedroom with bars on the window in a locked facility. It was a guardianship imposed upon Thomson on May 23 that resulted in her becoming a ward of the state. Currently, the Texas Health and [- more...]
The Fierle File
From Public information and private investigator Rebecca Fierle-Santoian (legal name on Florida driver’s license; also the name used at banks to open guardianship accounts) Rebecca Santoian (notarized name used in Marion County when buying and selling properties with current husband, a cardiologist Rebecca Fierle (name consistently used on court documents when petitioning for guardianships and when advertising Geriatric Management, Inc. and Geriatric Care Management, Inc. Her name was [- more...]
Deception of Protection Video
A MUST SEE and MUST SHARE video featuring AAAPG members. PLEASE share this widely and let the world know what is happening in these cases. Elder Dignity & Power Living Media Release Video Explaining the Rising Crime of Adult Guardianship Exploitation Features Top Elder Justice Advocates and Families Affected NEW YORK, NY, JULY 2, 2019: How much do you value freedom? Do you believe you have a choice in how you live your life? Don’t be deceived… you could be a target. The [- more...]
WALDON Victim Video Miami 11th Circuit Probate Case
Click below to view the latest in our series of victim videos recorded May 21, 2019. Comments welcome [- more...]
![Florida Governor Ron DeSantis “I think that you've had over a hundred and thirty some cases [where guardians were found criminally negligent or committing fraud] and nothing has happened to anybody. That just doesn't strike me as being acceptable."](https://aaapg.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-03-14_Gov-DeSantis-on-lack-of-accountability-of-gship-174x131.jpg)
AAAPG at DeSantis Event 4-10-19
National: The Face of the Elderly Guardian Trap
by Diane Dimond Real Clear Investigations Lillie White, an octogenarian from Palm Coast, Florida, went missing in August 2016. She was last seen at a doctor’s office where her niece Sheila had taken her for a checkup. Sheila was confused when an assistant called her into a back room to fill out more medical forms for her aunt, but she complied. When she returned to the waiting room, Aunt Lillie was gone. Sheila was told she had been escorted from the office by a court-appointed guardian who [- more...]
Florida Supreme Court Work-group Report 2018
This work product is self explanatory. Please read. Comments are welcome Guardianship Workgroup Report_FINAL_2018_06_15 [- more...]
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...]