Guardianship survivor

Suggestions of capacity and why they don’t work

May 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

We began asking about questions guardianship many years ago. Many have been discussed on these pages. Each of us has tried to understand how what is so obviously a racket can flourish and metastasize in a country like America. Every one of our thousands of known victims has struggled to comprehend how their loved ones could be so abjectly abused by a system allegedly designed to protect them. Abused, isolated, exploited and neglected lonely seniors no doubt wonder why their families have been [- more...]

A Ward’s Funeral

January 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

I received a phone call from one of our members requesting that I attend the funeral of her mother who died in the hands of abusive guardians, coincidentally some of the very same guardians and lawyers that have been trying to ruin my life for the last five years. I said that I would go as a representative of all 230 AAAPG families and to pay my respects to a brave mother and honor the desperate attempts of our member Alice Martin to help her mother in her time of need. Though I knew no one [- more...]

A typical civil court procedure: "You are free to leave this court once you give us all your money in the form of unnecessary & unwanted legal fees, that I, as judge, will ensure you are charged. You WILL pay these legal fees.".

Report on Nevada Guardianship Racket Abuse

December 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

THIS ABUSE IS RAMPANT IN FLORIDA, COLORADO, TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS AND MANY OTHER STATES AND COUNTRIES. IT MUST STOP PLEASE WATCH THE ENTIRE VIDEO AND PASS IT ON TO AS MANY THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE AS YOU CAN KTNV Channel 13 ABC News – Guardianship Under [- more...]

Court-appointed guardians controlled much of 74-year-old Linda McDowell's life for 30 months. A judge ended the guardianship in 2014, and she now lives in her mobile home with her dog, Sam, much of her savings gone. PHOTO: STUART ISETT FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Wall Street Journal: Abuse Plagues System of Legal Guardians for Adults

October 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

By ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES and ASHBY JONES Oct. 30, 2015 1:18 p.m. ET One day in March 2012, 71-year-old Linda McDowell received a knock at the door of her small Vancouver, Wash., home. Ms. McDowell needed court-appointed help, the visitor told her. It turned out that Ms. McDowell’s former housemate and companion had pushed for a court petition claiming Ms. McDowell was unable to take care of herself. The petition said Ms. McDowell had recently made an unsafe driving maneuver, had been disruptive [- more...]

Linda Bous smiles at a family member after getting her rights restored Thursday at the Sarasota county Justice Center. STAFF PHOTO / MIKE LANG

Florida: Finish reform of guardianship law

October 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

From Lake and Sumter Counties in Florida: Finish the Job Linda Bous lost her husband in January 2014. She lost her freedom in April 2014, when a state-appointed guardian took control of her finances and had the 66-year-old Sarasota woman placed in a locked facility for dementia patients. The hearing to have her declared a ward of the state was held after she was placed in the facility, and Bous says she was not told she could attend. After months — and a desperate phone call to the newsroom [- more...]

William Dean, musical savant, plays his one organ that was rescued from the forced sale of all his property, for pennies on the dollar - as conducted by the State of Maine's DHHS

Maine: After state sold all he had, Rockland man hopes for ‘justice’

October 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

ROCKLAND, Maine — William Dean said his head has been in a whirl since the state temporarily became his conservator three years ago and sold off one home, destroyed a second, sold off prized possessions and killed his cat. Dean, 70, spoke publicly for the first time Monday about the series of events that led to him becoming impoverished because of the actions taken by the state while it controlled his finances for several months starting in the second half of 2012. “My head has been in a [- more...]

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