Police Lt. Explains How Family Court Steals From Wards
LVMPD Lt. James Weiskopf tells Clark County Commission on April 21, 2015, how appointed "Guardianship Commissioner" Jon Norheim, Family Court Judge Charles Hoskin, and certain for-hire guardians rob...
View ArticleTestimony at the Texas Committee on Judicial and Civil Jurisprudence on the...
Source:Family Visitation to the Ward by Family
View ArticleIllinois bill allowing video, audio monitoring in nursing homes passes House
ILLINOIS (KWQC) – The Illinois House has passed a proposal to allow families to install video or audio devices to monitor their loved ones in nursing homes.The goal is quality care for residents and...
View ArticleDisbarred East Valley attorney sentenced to prison in probate theft case
Rodney MathesonA disbarred East Valley attorney accused of stealing money from his deceased clients probate accounts has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after his conviction on theft and fraud...
View ArticleAuthor Ann Rule Was Abused, Ripped Off By Her Sons, Cops Say
Ann RuleBestselling true crime author Ann Rule was bilked out of more than $100,000 by two of her sons, one of whom demanded money while she "cowered in her wheelchair," authorities said.Michael Rule,...
View ArticleIowa Governor Terry Brandstad Signs Visitation Bill, SF306, Into Law!
Misty Davis of Cedar Rapids is hoping a bill Gov. Terry Branstad signed into law Friday will enable her to re-establish ties with her brother, Jim.Davis, 29, said she has had limited to no contact with...
View ArticleNY nursing home inspectors lax about bedsores, other care problems, report says
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Even though nearly one in 10 New York nursing home residents suffer from bedsores, the state rarely holds nursing homes accountable for failing to treat and prevent these largely...
View ArticleSteve Miller: There are No Criminal Penalties for Guardians Who Steal From...
The Lieutenant on Tuesday, April 21, told the Board of Commissioners that there are NO criminal penalties for the for-hire guardians who exploit their elderly or disabled wards. The NRS Chapter 159...
View ArticleHere's How The Great $41 Trillion Generational Wealth Transfer Is Intercepted...
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — It used to be that Theresa Lyons bartered with the elderly relatives in her family.“My aging mother and her sister were helping me pay the rent, gas and electricity bills and I...
View ArticleEditorial: Guarding the Guardians
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNALClark County commissioners were in rare form Tuesday, expressing shock — Shock! — and outrage — Outrage! — over abuses carried out by court-appointed guardians. Last week, the...
View ArticleFOX 4 investigation yields bill seeking to protect elderly
Fox4News.com | Dallas-Fort Worth News, Weather, SportsGuardians and attorneys who represent some of Texas' most vulnerable people may be required to start disclosing exactly what they are charging for...
View ArticleFamilies gather to reform state's adult guardian system
LONGWOOD — For two days, punctuated by tears and cautious optimism, some 20 people gathered here last week at a small video production studio to share their stories about Florida’s adult guardianship...
View ArticleHarris County Texas Judge Guy Herman's Testimony at the Senate Committee on...
Source:Judge Guy Herman Insulting Battered Families of Judicial Abuse
View ArticleClark County Commissioners, Nevada lawmakers move to reform ‘appalling’...
Clark County District Chief Judge David BarkerBy COLTON LOCHHEADLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNALCalling Clark County’s court-appointed guardianship operation“appalling” and “frightening,” county commissioners...
View ArticleDisabiltyandAbuse.org: Limited Conservatorships: Systemic Denial to Access to...
The Disability and Abuse Project has conducted an audit of limited conservatorship procedures and cases processed through the Probate Court in Los Angeles County. What we have found is very...
View ArticleAs Cognition Slips, Financial Skills Are Often the First to Go
Francis, 84, with his daughter-in-law, Helen ClarkWHEN Helen Clark brought her father-in-law, then 83, to the doctor last year, she knew his mind was slowing, but a mental status exam confirmed it. He...
View ArticleIowa man found not guilty of sexually assaulting his wife with dementia
GARNER, Iowa — A jury found a 78-year-old man not guilty of sexually abusing his wife with dementia. Henry Rayhons was charged with sexual assault after staff members at a nursing home told him she was...
View ArticleEditorial: County Guardianship System a Disgrace
To the editor:I am in a state of shock after reading the article on Clark County’s private guardianship system (“The power to help, the power to abuse,” April 12 Review-Journal). I loved Nevada for its...
View ArticleGuardianship Bills Racing The Clock
By Margie Menzel of the News Service of Florida As lawmakers enter the final days of the regular legislative session, they have not resolved proposals aimed at shielding older Floridians from predatory...
View Article"Marked for Destruction"
A Shockingly Powerful Story; A True Crime Exposed.by Officer John Caravella /retiredWhat Adele Fraulen might have thought to be nothing more than a meaningless bad dream one night in 1935 would...
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