OH: Discipline Possible in Legal Fee Complaint
A Columbus lawyer faces possible discipline after being accused of keeping unearned fees and other professional misconduct.Joseph D. Reed will be summoned to appear before the Board of Commissioners on...
View ArticleSeverly Abused and Severely Tortured, Left with Nothing
Tarrant County Family CourtMultimillion Dollar EstateSouthlake Texas Family19 year MarriageMy spouse was allowed to prepare the Final Decree in my case, awarding ALL of our Financial Community Property...
View ArticleMN Woman Accused of Financially Exploiting Her Grandmother
A Rochester woman will make her first court appearance July 24 on charges of felony financial exploitation of her grandmother.Robin Joy Vale, 35, was charged in June by summons in Olmsted County...
View ArticleConservatorship of the Person of G.H.: On Appeal, Probate Court Order Reversed
C.A. 6th; H038826 The Sixth Appellate District reversed a probate court order reappointing a conservator under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act. The court held that the probate court exceeded its...
View ArticleEditorial: Guardian Regs Must Rule Out Conflicts
I have been reading with interest about Franklin County Probate Judge Robert Montgomery’s efforts to improve Ohio’s guardianship laws. As a young attorney working in Cincinnati in the early 1980s for a...
View ArticleFormer Lawyer/Guardian Janet Mastronardi to Serve 30 Months Home Confinement...
An East Greenwich woman and former lawyer who was charged with embezzling nearly $130,000 from an elderly woman will serve 30 months of home confinement and pay full restitution after pleading no...
View ArticleTonight on T.S. Radio: Human Trafficking: The Demographic Management of Everyone
Connie Lee, founder of FACSAFoundation.org will join us at 7:30 pm CST to talk abut her organization. Hopefully we can develope a similar organization for addressing the rampant abuse of the elderly at...
View ArticleUtah Attorney John Ciardi Disbarred After "Belligerent" Courtroom Episode
A Utah attorney was disbarred recently after he allegedly became belligerent when a judge refused to hear his case. And at a later hearing regarding this behavior, he called witnesses "liars" and...
View ArticleFamily Sues Nursing Home; Claims Neglect Let to Patient's Death
The family of a woman who died at a Medford nursing home has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the facility, its owners and employees alleging neglect led to her death.Aurelio Rios, 72, a retired...
View ArticleLos Angeles Superior Court Accused of Violating Voters' (Under Guardianship)...
Los Angeles Superior Court unlawfully strips voting rights from thousands of disabled Americans who are under adult guardianship, an advocacy group claims in a complaint to the Department of...
View ArticleOH: 7 Cases Certified to Attorney Discipline Board
Court News OhioThe Ohio Supreme Court’s Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline today announced seven cases recently certified to the board by a probable cause panel.In each case, a...
View Article97-Year-Old Veteran: CA Retirement Home Booted Me to Homeless Shelter for...
A 97-year-old California man said he was recently forced to move from his retirement home to a homeless shelter because he was playing the ukulele too much. Jim Farrell explained to KPIX that Redwood...
View ArticleState Sues Arlington Nursing Home, Alleging Neglect of Patients
The state is suing Oakwood Nursing and Rehabilitation in Arlington over allegations that patients with pressure sores did not receive proper treatment, including one man who died of an infection after...
View ArticleFacility Employee, Cesar Ulloa, Gets Life in Elder Abuse Case
A former employee at a Calabasas senior living facility has been sentenced to life in prison nearly three years after allegedly abusing several elderly residents. In April a jury found Cesar Ulloa...
View ArticleNursing Home Administrator Charged With Financial Exploitation
A nursing home administrator was charged with four counts of financial exploitation, the state attorney general’s office reported Tuesday.Roberta Donaldson, 67, is the administrator of the Willow Haven...
View ArticleAZ: Siblings Sue Candidate for Secretary of State Over Trust Money
A lawsuit filed by six siblings of Wil Cardon accuses the candidate for Arizona secretary of state of abusing family trust funds with spending on his unsuccessful U.S. Senate candidacy in 2012 and to...
View ArticleLife, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness: Denied in San Bernadino County
An elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease was taken from her home, imprisoned, and isolated at an assisted living facility. A step-granddaughter seized the entire estate. Sheriff's deputies aided and...
View ArticleMaintenance Worker Charged With Theft From Probate Court Office
A Saginaw County maintenance employee is charged with larceny in connection with the theft of money from the county's Probate Court office.Sandra L. Burger, 57, is charged with larceny from a building,...
View ArticleHospice Care: Separating Fact From Fiction
In the living room, a grandfather laughs and plays video games with his granddaughters. Later, he joins the rest of his family to say grace before enjoying a meal together. Moments of life like these...
View ArticleConflict of Interest? Explanations Needed!
In 2012, longtime Portsmouth resident, 92-year-old Geraldine Webber, changed her will to make then 33-year-old officer Aaron Goodwin the primary beneficiary of her estate and it is the year she died....
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