Mary Sykes has two sisters. One sister (aunt yo) is 82 years old.

As you are aware, Mary Sykes has two sisters. One sister (aunt yo) is 82 years old. She and her daughter went to Court today to attempt to obtain visitation. The report that I received was that the Judge waited until the Courtroom cleared and then had a hearing.


The younger sister (aunt Yo) felt a strong need to see her sister and have the sisterly talks that are so common amongst siblings. For many months she has been totally denied contact, therefore her daughter Kathy took literally the propaganda put out by the State of Illinois and went to the Court to try to obtain something that the State of Illinois says is basic - free and unfettered contact (right of assembly) between family members.

The Court was informed by GAL Stern that Aunt Yo 'hated the plenary guardian. This is the very same GAL who did not think it important to tell the Court of the admitted neglect by the plenary guardian, the resultant loss of 10% of the ward's body weight, the extensive and expensive remodeling done by the plenary guardian etc. The long and short is that the sister has been granted 'SUPERVISED VISITATION' WITH NO RECORDING, NO CAMERAS, and a LIMITATION ON SUBJECT MATTER.

This shameful situation is so reprehensible that all decent people should cry for the State of Illinois and its judicial system as it relates to the elderly. No only is a person who was named in a sworn complaint by Mary Sykes as a person that the aforesaid Mary Sykes needed a protective order against but that person was appointed Mary Sykes' plenary guardian with the power to 'drug her,' isolate her, and at will *****. A Judge of the Circuit of Cook County, two guardian ad litem, and a plenary guardian having all this information before them in essence continues the isolation well knowing that this type of isolation will significant injury Mary cause her death to be accellerated!

With the large number of abuse cases that NASGA and the Government Accounting Office have uncovered and reported either we criminalize getting old or we provide protection for the senior citizens. What is the purpose of social security benefits to assist abusers in isolating the elderly from the family members and activites that they love and to help 'pretenders' to go through the motions of being concerned! What possible rationale can any thinking person have for denying unsupervised and unfettered visitation between two siblings age 82 and 92 !

It has been reported me that the Judge in this case is on the title to President Obama's home in Kenwood (Chicago, Illinois). The President is supposed to be concerned about us 'older Americans!' If people such as ***** and the two GALs can spend my social security check President Obama can take my check and ******. Having a dollar to spend does a senior citizen no good if his/her Constitutional Rights are forfeit as easily as Mary Sykes' rights. Having a dollar to spend does Mary Sykes no good if a person that she sought a protective order against can limit even her visitation with her 82 year sister.

At some point in time we have to get real! Recently the Chicago Tribune reported the prosecution of an abuser (neglect) for causing the death of senior! What good does it do me as a senior to have my abuser prosecuted after I am dead when the two GALs, the plenary guardian and other assorted persons who are supposed to protect my rights, persons and immunity are allow carte blanc to prey on me while I am alive!!!!!!

Ken Ditkowsky
http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/