Judicial actions

The Federal Court has failed us–again

September 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Federal Court of the Northern District of Florida has dismissed a lawsuit that complained of federal rights violations against a Ward and family in the matter of stay away orders and more. See the link to the case below RECOMMENDS THAT THIS CASE BE DISMISSED DUE TO LACK OF JURISDICTION What do you think? Is there anywhere left to [- more...]

Horrible abuse in California

September 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Our friend at CEDAR-California, Linda Kincaid writes about a particularly egregious  court abuse in the case of the mother of one our members, Neil F. [- more...]

Communication with New Mexico Chief Justice Daniels

March 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

March 23, 2017 Most Honorable Chief Justice Daniels Please accept my sincere thanks for taking a moment to read this e-mail. I am the founder of the national organization Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianship http://www.aaapg.net. Recently, New Mexico victims created the independent affiliate chapter www.aaapg.net/NM. It is my understanding that you graciously attended a town hall meeting last evening in which my esteemed colleague Kelley Smoot Garrett presented the [- more...]

Perspective

January 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

Lessons learned As I reflect on the experiences of the last several years as an advocate for victims of guardianship abuse, it is fair to say that I have gained a certain perspective on the breadth and depth of the guardianship crisis in the United States. Perhaps the most important one is that it is a crisis of major proportions affecting large numbers of families in essentially every state. Despite the enormity of the abuse, the nature of the crisis is essentially unknown to the vast majority [- more...]

Florida: Case after case of abuse and criminality in Palm Beach FL from just one “guardian”

December 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

At least $400,000 is missing from the life savings of an incapacitated senior assigned to professional guardian Elizabeth Savitt — wife of Circuit Judge Martin Colin, the senior’s former lawyers claim in court documents. Savitt received the guardianship appointment just a few months before she paid off a $308,000 foreclosure judgment on a Delray Beach home, days ahead of the auction block. The former attorneys for 86-year-old Frances Berkowitz accuse Savitt of “wasting, embezzlement [- more...]

Roadblocks to Guardianship Abuses–they do not work

December 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

Destroying Roadblocks to Guardianship Abuse The guardianship laws in every state (guardianship systems are entirely created by state, not federal law) have been designed, at least on paper, to prevent unnecessary guardianships and abuse by the guardianship industry. The high-minded motivation behind these laws is to protect people from the government intruding in their private lives. If that’s the case, why are there so many emergency and involuntary plenary guardianships and so very many [- more...]
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