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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The Estate of Mary Sykes
The Estate of Mary Sykes - Cook County Probate Court
Please click on the links below to view the dramatic letter from attorney Ken Ditkowski to the ARDC and the almost unbelievable court transcript of the last hearing.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15658009/Transcript_8-13-2010.pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15658009/Ltr_to_ARDC_11-23-10-4.doc
This Mary Sykes Estate is a poster board case of Elder Abuse as it has all the elements, to wit:
1) Mary's elder daughter took her to a lawyer. This lawyer drafted a will, trust and power of attorney. The trust made the elder daughter the prime beneficiary of Mary's estate and the power of attorney provided her with complete control of Mary's finances. These documents were kept secret from Mary. Elder Financial Exploitation.
2) Mary discovered the perfidy when she checked her bank account and found $4000 missing. She made inquiry of her older daughter and was informed that the elder daughter had "invested" the money for Mary - she opened an IRA account! Mary was 90 years old. Mary asked to see the documents she signed. The elder daughter refused!
3) Mary sought an order of protection - she filed a sworn affidavit. The elder daughter countered with a Petition to declare Mary a disabled person.
4) After months of attempting to obtain from Mary's treating doctor a certificate of incompetency, the elder daughter informed the Court of this point (August 31, 2009). The Judge counseled the 'abuser' to find doctor who was willing to sign the certificate. She did and the Court readily appointed the elder daughter as plenary guardian.
5) The Court also appointed two guardian ad litem. Why there are two guardian ad litem is a mystery! This is not a complicated case. It appears that the function of these two GALs is to defame, intimidate, and prosecute anyone who might make inquiry as to what is occurring in this case. If there is no law to punish nosy citizens who might object to violations of civil rights, fraud and corruption the GAL will just make it up and the Judge is ready to rubber stamp it. (Judge Connors is no longer hearing this case and Judge Fleming ****)
6) The plenary guardian was not idle. AS attorney in fact (POA) she emptied Mary's safety deposit box of a valuable property that included a bag of gold coins. As you are aware gold is now $1400 and double eagles are worth @$2800 each. Thus it is estimated that about $500,000 is un-inventoried. The plenary guardian has not denied the allegation even though we have been screaming about the lack of accounting and the un-inventoried property for about a year. Reports to the GAL have been ignored! Even reports directly to the Judge are ignored.
All of the foregoing are financial exploitation, Real live elder abuse is also present. Mary has been separated from her friends, family, neighbors, and activities. One neighbor went out to find Mary. He did! she was in a day care center staring at four walls surrounded by individuals who had long 'lost it!' The Naperville Police Department reports that after the neighbor's report Mary is at the Naperville Senior Center where they read 'stories to her!'
The isolation of a citizen is reasonably calculated to create depression in the senior. This depression can significantly reduce the senior's will to live and death follows. There are no cases that I could find that have specifically held that this is a homicide, but any action reasonably calculated to end a human life is a homicide. This is more subtle form of manslaughter than holding a pillow over the head of a senior or overdosing him/her, but it is *****. It is important that law enforcement act while the senior is alive to protect the elderly rather than after they die prosecute the abusers.
The GAO report alerts the public to the fact that elder abuse and financial exploitation are serious problems that in the future will only get worse. Mary Sykes case is thus important as the transcripts that have become the Appellate Court record in Ms. Gloria Sykes appeal reveal highly suspect and unusual actions in the name of the justice system. The statement of the judge on August 31, 2009 in my opinion is clear elder abuse. The statement of August 13, 2010 (page 19) is as close to an admission of impropriety as it is possible to obtain. placing this statement in context, in October 2008 in a declaratory judgment action, Lumberman's insurance settled an insurance claim of Gloria Sykes. The distribution of funds was by Court order. This order was a final order and was unchallenged at all times relevant.
In the summer of 2010 the plenary guardian and the GALs brought before the Court the fact that Gloria Sykes was after months of intimidation was still objecting to the isolation of her mother and had not been cowed! Thus, in an effort to gain control over the funds of Gloria they sought a probate citation.
The probate act and the injunction act are replete with concerns for due process. These statutory pronouncements provide for prior notice of any court action (an effort to obtain jurisdiction of the person over the respondent), verified petitions by someone with knowledge, hearing (and in the case of the citation a jury), and proof. The record (in my opinion) indicates that these due process concerns were avoided in reference to Gloria Sykes. The transcript reveals that Attorney Joel Brodsky argued for his client but was totally ignored. He argued that a judgment entered by a Circuit court judge with jurisdiction over the subject matter was after entry final. After term time (30 days) the judgment could not longer be appealed or challenged, except by compliance with 735 ILCS 5/2 1401. The criterion of 1401 is merit and due diligence. Collateral attacks on the judgment are not allowed! Any attack on the judgment has to be made before the judge who entered the judgment. This judge is given great discretion and equitable powers.
The judge in the Mary Sykes case point out that she was going to safe the judicial system money (judicial economy) She reasons on page 19 of the August 13 transcript that if she followed the usual procedure she would call Judge M. Judge M would immediately allow her to consolidate the case in which the final inconvenient order was entered and she would vacate the order. Ergo, she would just ignore the finality of the order and take control over Gloria's property. (I thought this unique concept to post judgment proceedings to be a bit nefarious and therefore I wrote to the ARDC and the Judicial Inquiry of my concern - I expect that they will be bit concerned also).
The reason Supreme Court of the United States case of Jerman suggests that lawyers - such as the two guardian ad litem and the attorney for the plenary guardian are knowledgeable as to the law and therefore if they do something like seek and obtain a illegal or wrongful injunction, freeze property of a person who property is not before the Court etc they are culpable. It is my opinion that each of the guardian ad litem and the attorney for the plenary guardian knew at all times relevant that the funds that are the subject matter of the discussion of August 13 2010 were awarded to Gloria Sykes by a valid court order and that their attempts to obtain control of these funds in the probate proceeding was inappropriate and miscreant. The fact that a judge of the probate court was willing to be a party to this conduct is a real concern. The fact that it is obvious that the reason for this conduct was to intimidate and punish Ms. Sykes for objecting to the financial exploitation and elder abuse of her mother is outrageous.
That said, Ms. Sykes has a remedy. 735 ILCS 110/5 et seq. (SLAPP). She has filed a pro se motion before Judge Fleming. It is reported that Mr. Brodsky has served a motion to withdraw as Ms. Sykes attorney. She certainly could use your help! Her motion is set for 2:00 P.M on the 29th of November. (Guardian ad litem Stern's motion to sanction me for exercising my First Amendment right of association and speech is set for 2:00 on the 30th of November. I had the temerity to make inquiry of Mary's treating doctor! I also have a SLAPP motion.
In summary the Mary Sykes case is a poster board case of elder abuse and financial exploitation.
Ken Ditkowsky
http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/
ADDENDUM
The events in the Sykes case are like a soap opera. Unfortunately the opera is going to continue for a long time. The one chapter that will be played out that the Financial exploiter does not count on is tax consequences. Carolyn the minute she became Mary's attorney in fact became a fiduciary. Therefore when she took the $4000.00 she created a taxable event. When she removed the bag of gold coins she created a taxable event. When she removed the cash from the mattress she created a taxable event. Each taxable event required her to report the funds expropriated as ordinary income on her tax return in the year she took the item of value. If the plenary guardian's 2009 United States Federal Income Tax return does not include the value of the gold coins she is 'tax evader.'
The United States of America does not take kindly to not reporting income. The neglect in reporting the income results in a possible 50% fraud penalty. This penalty is in addition to the tax due and interest. In summary the plenary guardian who would have inherited 50% of the Estate tax free will be paying taxes on a gross income of $500,000.00. Had the plenary guardian not been greedy she would have received her 1/2 tax free! A Probate Court judge will not be doing the audit of the plenary guardian's United States Income taxes - it will be rosy cheeked young person fresh out of IRS training school who believes the plenary guardian, you, me, and the man in moon are tax cheats and it is his/her sworn duty to make honest men and women out of us! (I remember my youth as a young lawyer fresh out of law school).
I believe that you should read 735 ILCS 110/5 - it is policy statement of the State of Illinois. the application to the Sykes case is striking!
Ken Ditkowsky
http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/
GUARDIANSHIP OR SLAVERY
YOU BE THE JUDGE- VIDEO
MURRAY FEINGOLD SAGA
http://www.trustlawyers.org/elder-abuse-law/elder-abuse-or-slavery
Please click on the links below to view the dramatic letter from attorney Ken Ditkowski to the ARDC and the almost unbelievable court transcript of the last hearing.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15658009/Transcript_8-13-2010.pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15658009/Ltr_to_ARDC_11-23-10-4.doc
This Mary Sykes Estate is a poster board case of Elder Abuse as it has all the elements, to wit:
1) Mary's elder daughter took her to a lawyer. This lawyer drafted a will, trust and power of attorney. The trust made the elder daughter the prime beneficiary of Mary's estate and the power of attorney provided her with complete control of Mary's finances. These documents were kept secret from Mary. Elder Financial Exploitation.
2) Mary discovered the perfidy when she checked her bank account and found $4000 missing. She made inquiry of her older daughter and was informed that the elder daughter had "invested" the money for Mary - she opened an IRA account! Mary was 90 years old. Mary asked to see the documents she signed. The elder daughter refused!
3) Mary sought an order of protection - she filed a sworn affidavit. The elder daughter countered with a Petition to declare Mary a disabled person.
4) After months of attempting to obtain from Mary's treating doctor a certificate of incompetency, the elder daughter informed the Court of this point (August 31, 2009). The Judge counseled the 'abuser' to find doctor who was willing to sign the certificate. She did and the Court readily appointed the elder daughter as plenary guardian.
5) The Court also appointed two guardian ad litem. Why there are two guardian ad litem is a mystery! This is not a complicated case. It appears that the function of these two GALs is to defame, intimidate, and prosecute anyone who might make inquiry as to what is occurring in this case. If there is no law to punish nosy citizens who might object to violations of civil rights, fraud and corruption the GAL will just make it up and the Judge is ready to rubber stamp it. (Judge Connors is no longer hearing this case and Judge Fleming ****)
6) The plenary guardian was not idle. AS attorney in fact (POA) she emptied Mary's safety deposit box of a valuable property that included a bag of gold coins. As you are aware gold is now $1400 and double eagles are worth @$2800 each. Thus it is estimated that about $500,000 is un-inventoried. The plenary guardian has not denied the allegation even though we have been screaming about the lack of accounting and the un-inventoried property for about a year. Reports to the GAL have been ignored! Even reports directly to the Judge are ignored.
All of the foregoing are financial exploitation, Real live elder abuse is also present. Mary has been separated from her friends, family, neighbors, and activities. One neighbor went out to find Mary. He did! she was in a day care center staring at four walls surrounded by individuals who had long 'lost it!' The Naperville Police Department reports that after the neighbor's report Mary is at the Naperville Senior Center where they read 'stories to her!'
The isolation of a citizen is reasonably calculated to create depression in the senior. This depression can significantly reduce the senior's will to live and death follows. There are no cases that I could find that have specifically held that this is a homicide, but any action reasonably calculated to end a human life is a homicide. This is more subtle form of manslaughter than holding a pillow over the head of a senior or overdosing him/her, but it is *****. It is important that law enforcement act while the senior is alive to protect the elderly rather than after they die prosecute the abusers.
The GAO report alerts the public to the fact that elder abuse and financial exploitation are serious problems that in the future will only get worse. Mary Sykes case is thus important as the transcripts that have become the Appellate Court record in Ms. Gloria Sykes appeal reveal highly suspect and unusual actions in the name of the justice system. The statement of the judge on August 31, 2009 in my opinion is clear elder abuse. The statement of August 13, 2010 (page 19) is as close to an admission of impropriety as it is possible to obtain. placing this statement in context, in October 2008 in a declaratory judgment action, Lumberman's insurance settled an insurance claim of Gloria Sykes. The distribution of funds was by Court order. This order was a final order and was unchallenged at all times relevant.
In the summer of 2010 the plenary guardian and the GALs brought before the Court the fact that Gloria Sykes was after months of intimidation was still objecting to the isolation of her mother and had not been cowed! Thus, in an effort to gain control over the funds of Gloria they sought a probate citation.
The probate act and the injunction act are replete with concerns for due process. These statutory pronouncements provide for prior notice of any court action (an effort to obtain jurisdiction of the person over the respondent), verified petitions by someone with knowledge, hearing (and in the case of the citation a jury), and proof. The record (in my opinion) indicates that these due process concerns were avoided in reference to Gloria Sykes. The transcript reveals that Attorney Joel Brodsky argued for his client but was totally ignored. He argued that a judgment entered by a Circuit court judge with jurisdiction over the subject matter was after entry final. After term time (30 days) the judgment could not longer be appealed or challenged, except by compliance with 735 ILCS 5/2 1401. The criterion of 1401 is merit and due diligence. Collateral attacks on the judgment are not allowed! Any attack on the judgment has to be made before the judge who entered the judgment. This judge is given great discretion and equitable powers.
The judge in the Mary Sykes case point out that she was going to safe the judicial system money (judicial economy) She reasons on page 19 of the August 13 transcript that if she followed the usual procedure she would call Judge M. Judge M would immediately allow her to consolidate the case in which the final inconvenient order was entered and she would vacate the order. Ergo, she would just ignore the finality of the order and take control over Gloria's property. (I thought this unique concept to post judgment proceedings to be a bit nefarious and therefore I wrote to the ARDC and the Judicial Inquiry of my concern - I expect that they will be bit concerned also).
The reason Supreme Court of the United States case of Jerman suggests that lawyers - such as the two guardian ad litem and the attorney for the plenary guardian are knowledgeable as to the law and therefore if they do something like seek and obtain a illegal or wrongful injunction, freeze property of a person who property is not before the Court etc they are culpable. It is my opinion that each of the guardian ad litem and the attorney for the plenary guardian knew at all times relevant that the funds that are the subject matter of the discussion of August 13 2010 were awarded to Gloria Sykes by a valid court order and that their attempts to obtain control of these funds in the probate proceeding was inappropriate and miscreant. The fact that a judge of the probate court was willing to be a party to this conduct is a real concern. The fact that it is obvious that the reason for this conduct was to intimidate and punish Ms. Sykes for objecting to the financial exploitation and elder abuse of her mother is outrageous.
That said, Ms. Sykes has a remedy. 735 ILCS 110/5 et seq. (SLAPP). She has filed a pro se motion before Judge Fleming. It is reported that Mr. Brodsky has served a motion to withdraw as Ms. Sykes attorney. She certainly could use your help! Her motion is set for 2:00 P.M on the 29th of November. (Guardian ad litem Stern's motion to sanction me for exercising my First Amendment right of association and speech is set for 2:00 on the 30th of November. I had the temerity to make inquiry of Mary's treating doctor! I also have a SLAPP motion.
In summary the Mary Sykes case is a poster board case of elder abuse and financial exploitation.
Ken Ditkowsky
http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/
ADDENDUM
The events in the Sykes case are like a soap opera. Unfortunately the opera is going to continue for a long time. The one chapter that will be played out that the Financial exploiter does not count on is tax consequences. Carolyn the minute she became Mary's attorney in fact became a fiduciary. Therefore when she took the $4000.00 she created a taxable event. When she removed the bag of gold coins she created a taxable event. When she removed the cash from the mattress she created a taxable event. Each taxable event required her to report the funds expropriated as ordinary income on her tax return in the year she took the item of value. If the plenary guardian's 2009 United States Federal Income Tax return does not include the value of the gold coins she is 'tax evader.'
The United States of America does not take kindly to not reporting income. The neglect in reporting the income results in a possible 50% fraud penalty. This penalty is in addition to the tax due and interest. In summary the plenary guardian who would have inherited 50% of the Estate tax free will be paying taxes on a gross income of $500,000.00. Had the plenary guardian not been greedy she would have received her 1/2 tax free! A Probate Court judge will not be doing the audit of the plenary guardian's United States Income taxes - it will be rosy cheeked young person fresh out of IRS training school who believes the plenary guardian, you, me, and the man in moon are tax cheats and it is his/her sworn duty to make honest men and women out of us! (I remember my youth as a young lawyer fresh out of law school).
I believe that you should read 735 ILCS 110/5 - it is policy statement of the State of Illinois. the application to the Sykes case is striking!
Ken Ditkowsky
http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/
GUARDIANSHIP OR SLAVERY
YOU BE THE JUDGE- VIDEO
MURRAY FEINGOLD SAGA
http://www.trustlawyers.org/elder-abuse-law/elder-abuse-or-slavery
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Case Law Examples from the Office of the State Guardian
Case Law Examples from the Office of the State Guardian
The Office of State Guardian (OSG) is the largest public guardianship agency of its kind in the United States, serving nearly 5,300 adult disabled wards. With cases in virtually every Illinois county, the Office of State Guardian handles the personal, financial, and legal affairs of developmentally disabled, mentally ill and elderly persons with disablilities.
The OSG website has useful general information on guardianship issues, much of which would apply to wards under family and/or private guardianships as well.
The OSG website is:
http://www.gac.state.il.us/osg/
Additionally, the OSG website has guardianship case law examples. These examples may be useful to you in your case.
Included are previous court rulings regarding trusts, POA's, visitation restrictions, expectations of GALs and attorneys, guardianship appointments, attorneys' fees, guardian fees, end of life decisions, removal of guardians, restoration of legal rights, and other guardianship issues.
Guardianship case law examples for 2002, 2003, and 2004 can be found at:
http://www.gac.state.il.us/osg/caselaw/clawindx.htm
Signed,
Your ProbateSharks Legal Resource Team
The Office of State Guardian (OSG) is the largest public guardianship agency of its kind in the United States, serving nearly 5,300 adult disabled wards. With cases in virtually every Illinois county, the Office of State Guardian handles the personal, financial, and legal affairs of developmentally disabled, mentally ill and elderly persons with disablilities.
The OSG website has useful general information on guardianship issues, much of which would apply to wards under family and/or private guardianships as well.
The OSG website is:
http://www.gac.state.il.us/osg/
Additionally, the OSG website has guardianship case law examples. These examples may be useful to you in your case.
Included are previous court rulings regarding trusts, POA's, visitation restrictions, expectations of GALs and attorneys, guardianship appointments, attorneys' fees, guardian fees, end of life decisions, removal of guardians, restoration of legal rights, and other guardianship issues.
Guardianship case law examples for 2002, 2003, and 2004 can be found at:
http://www.gac.state.il.us/osg/caselaw/clawindx.htm
Signed,
Your ProbateSharks Legal Resource Team
Saturday, November 20, 2010
WOMAN FIGHTS FOR CONTROL OF HER LIVE
This Criminal Activity Takes Place Every Day in The Probate Court of Cook County. Please view Nashville, TN TV video in link below. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Woman Fights For Control Of Her Life
Ginger Franklin's Rights Stripped In Guardianship
Reported By Nancy Amons
POSTED: 5:31 pm CST November 17, 2010
UPDATED: 6:57 pm CST November 19, 2010
http://wp.me/p14NJl-5E
Editors note: We encourage the public to sit in the courtrooms of The Probate Court of Cook County where hundreds of Ginger Franklins are mistreated by this corrupt court. Shame on you, Judges on the 18th Floor of the Daley Center!
BLOG TV FEED - VICTIMS OF THE SYSTEM - FROM NEW YORK
THE SARA HARVEY STORY
http://www.blogtv.com/people/big3news
Woman Fights For Control Of Her Life
Ginger Franklin's Rights Stripped In Guardianship
Reported By Nancy Amons
POSTED: 5:31 pm CST November 17, 2010
UPDATED: 6:57 pm CST November 19, 2010
http://wp.me/p14NJl-5E
Editors note: We encourage the public to sit in the courtrooms of The Probate Court of Cook County where hundreds of Ginger Franklins are mistreated by this corrupt court. Shame on you, Judges on the 18th Floor of the Daley Center!
BLOG TV FEED - VICTIMS OF THE SYSTEM - FROM NEW YORK
THE SARA HARVEY STORY
http://www.blogtv.com/people/big3news
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Private Investigator Appears on Free Speech Cable TV Program
Private Investigator Appears on Free Speech Cable TV Program.
Ira Robins, Investigative Consultant, appeared on a local free speech cable TV program last Wednesday to discuss corrupt guardianship cases in probate courts. Mr. Robins has done work to help reveal the truth in corrupt guardianship cases. He shared information about several cases he has investigated. Mr. Robins also provided the audience with helpful advice in fighting abusive guardianship situations.
Mr. Robins works closely with the National Association to Stop Guardianship Abuse (www.stopguardianabuse.org). Mr. Robins also assists in rescuing vulnerable adults whose rights have been violated and whose assets have been stolen.
Visit www.irarobins.com to learn more about Mr. Robins.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks PI Liaison Task Force
Editor's note: Mr. Robins is available to be retained for consultation regarding Probate Court abuses.
Ira Robins, Investigative Consultant, appeared on a local free speech cable TV program last Wednesday to discuss corrupt guardianship cases in probate courts. Mr. Robins has done work to help reveal the truth in corrupt guardianship cases. He shared information about several cases he has investigated. Mr. Robins also provided the audience with helpful advice in fighting abusive guardianship situations.
Mr. Robins works closely with the National Association to Stop Guardianship Abuse (www.stopguardianabuse.org). Mr. Robins also assists in rescuing vulnerable adults whose rights have been violated and whose assets have been stolen.
Visit www.irarobins.com to learn more about Mr. Robins.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks PI Liaison Task Force
Editor's note: Mr. Robins is available to be retained for consultation regarding Probate Court abuses.
Friday, November 5, 2010
SHAME ON YOU, JUDGE FLEMING
SHAME ON YOU, JUDGE FLEMING. A court watcher reported that Judge Fleming of the Probate Court of Cook County along with his team of court appointed parasites that inhabit his court, are attempting to attach the assets of a disabled wounded Iraq war veteran. Your ProbateShark is in the process of informing the Veterans Administration and the Armed Forces Committee of this disgraceful, dishonorable development in order that they may intercept this attempt to "churn" the lifelong achievements of one of America’s Purple Heart heros. Many thanks to our court watchers who are uncovering the corruption in the Probate Court of Cook County on the 18th floor. Further details to follow. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN "dumbastid" AND YOUR PROBATE SHARK, LUCIUS VERENUS IN SUNDAY, NOV. 7, 2010, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES REGARDING DANNY DAVIS.
luciusverenus wrote:
1. Black leaders, along with helping Danny, please help a BLACK wounded vet. A court watcher reported that a judge of the Probate Court of Cook County along with his team of court appointed parasites that inhabit his court, are attempting to attach the assets of a disabled wounded Iraq war veteran. Your ProbateShark is in the process of informing the Veterans Administration and the Armed Forces Committee of this disgraceful, dishonorable development in order that they may intercept this attempt to “churn” the lifelong achievements of one of America’s heros. Many thanks to our court watchers who are uncovering the corruption in the Probate Court of Cook County on the 18th floor. Further details on website. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
11/7/2010 8:40 AM CST on suntimes.com
dumbastid wrote:
This is truly comical! These dopes who call themselves a "coalition," (the idiots probably don't even know what the word means, they just like the sound of it!) are so stupid and blinded by racism, don't know which way to turn! "We support this one." "Oops, no wait, now we support that one." It's like watching a cartoon show! And the sorry chumps that give any credence to what these imbeciles tell them wonder why their "community" is in flux? They deserve exactly what they got, which is nothin'! Ya plant potatoes, ya get potatoes!!
11/7/2010 8:51 AM CST on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. BLACK candidates should concern themselves with the corrupt Probate Court of Cook County on the 18th floor of the Daley Courthouse. A Black Iraq War Vet is in the process of having his money and veterans benefits attached by “care givers” appointed by the court. The foulest lie is “ We are the the Probate Court and we are here to HELP.” The Judges and their minions have a most successful scam. View the FOX NEWS investigative video on our web site. They first find a disabled ward who has a substantial estate. The next step is to remove the family input by appointing a guardian ad litem after removing the loving family guardian. The ward is placed on Medicaid. The estate and property is then placed into a "trust" for the sole purpose of generating fees to the guardian ad litem, attorneys, care company "assist" agents (a real unnecessary expensive burden on what is left of the estate) and various care givers. Family is excluded from input by the threat of "contempt of court" proceedings or removal of visitation rights of their loved one. After the estate is completely "churned" and no property is left, the court orders the ward to be moved to some rat hole of a welfare nursing home Sad but true. Candidates, clean up the crooked Probate Court of Cook County first! Erasmus Fulman, Frytrainer, ProbateSharks.com
11/7/2010 8:59 AM CST on suntimes.com
dumbastid wrote:
1. lucius, what in the name of God's green earth does your babbleing have to do with this column, which is about a bunch of racists choosing their next mayoral candidate?!? Good grief bruh! Stick to the issue at hand!!
11/7/2010 9:20 AM CST on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. dumbastid, It has much to do with the subject. A black mom is being treated like a child by the Probate Court of Cook County. The court wishes the mother to turn over her guardianship of her disabled black veteran son to the court so that they can glom onto his Army back pay and benefits. If Danny and his boys can help - so much the better. As always, Lucius appreciates comments - even though dumbastid is wrong., Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
11/7/2010 9:52 AM CST on suntimes.com
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN "dumbastid" AND YOUR PROBATE SHARK, LUCIUS VERENUS IN SUNDAY, NOV. 7, 2010, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES REGARDING DANNY DAVIS.
luciusverenus wrote:
1. Black leaders, along with helping Danny, please help a BLACK wounded vet. A court watcher reported that a judge of the Probate Court of Cook County along with his team of court appointed parasites that inhabit his court, are attempting to attach the assets of a disabled wounded Iraq war veteran. Your ProbateShark is in the process of informing the Veterans Administration and the Armed Forces Committee of this disgraceful, dishonorable development in order that they may intercept this attempt to “churn” the lifelong achievements of one of America’s heros. Many thanks to our court watchers who are uncovering the corruption in the Probate Court of Cook County on the 18th floor. Further details on website. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
11/7/2010 8:40 AM CST on suntimes.com
dumbastid wrote:
This is truly comical! These dopes who call themselves a "coalition," (the idiots probably don't even know what the word means, they just like the sound of it!) are so stupid and blinded by racism, don't know which way to turn! "We support this one." "Oops, no wait, now we support that one." It's like watching a cartoon show! And the sorry chumps that give any credence to what these imbeciles tell them wonder why their "community" is in flux? They deserve exactly what they got, which is nothin'! Ya plant potatoes, ya get potatoes!!
11/7/2010 8:51 AM CST on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. BLACK candidates should concern themselves with the corrupt Probate Court of Cook County on the 18th floor of the Daley Courthouse. A Black Iraq War Vet is in the process of having his money and veterans benefits attached by “care givers” appointed by the court. The foulest lie is “ We are the the Probate Court and we are here to HELP.” The Judges and their minions have a most successful scam. View the FOX NEWS investigative video on our web site. They first find a disabled ward who has a substantial estate. The next step is to remove the family input by appointing a guardian ad litem after removing the loving family guardian. The ward is placed on Medicaid. The estate and property is then placed into a "trust" for the sole purpose of generating fees to the guardian ad litem, attorneys, care company "assist" agents (a real unnecessary expensive burden on what is left of the estate) and various care givers. Family is excluded from input by the threat of "contempt of court" proceedings or removal of visitation rights of their loved one. After the estate is completely "churned" and no property is left, the court orders the ward to be moved to some rat hole of a welfare nursing home Sad but true. Candidates, clean up the crooked Probate Court of Cook County first! Erasmus Fulman, Frytrainer, ProbateSharks.com
11/7/2010 8:59 AM CST on suntimes.com
dumbastid wrote:
1. lucius, what in the name of God's green earth does your babbleing have to do with this column, which is about a bunch of racists choosing their next mayoral candidate?!? Good grief bruh! Stick to the issue at hand!!
11/7/2010 9:20 AM CST on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. dumbastid, It has much to do with the subject. A black mom is being treated like a child by the Probate Court of Cook County. The court wishes the mother to turn over her guardianship of her disabled black veteran son to the court so that they can glom onto his Army back pay and benefits. If Danny and his boys can help - so much the better. As always, Lucius appreciates comments - even though dumbastid is wrong., Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
11/7/2010 9:52 AM CST on suntimes.com
Friday, October 29, 2010
GOA INVESTIGATION REPORT
United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Investigates Guardianship Abuse
The following are excerpts from the report. This report is a start. Please help us get Federal oversite to the Corrupt Probate Courts in Illinois by reporting your case Senator Leahy (see our blog "How to Report Violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act").
You may request this entire report from the GAO--see instructions at bottom of this article.
There is also contact information for reporting abuse of Federal Programs, such as Social Security and VA benefits.
Report to the Chairman, Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate
United States Government Accountability Office
GAO
September 2010
GUARDIANSHIPS
Cases of Financial Exploitation, Neglect, and Abuse of Seniors GAO-10-1046
Why GAO Did This Study
As individuals age, some become incapable of managing their personal and financial affairs. To protect these individuals, state laws provide for court appointment of guardians, who may be professionals or family members, to protect the incapacitated person’s personal and/or financial welfare. State and local courts are responsible for overseeing guardians. In addition, federal agencies may appoint a representative payee, in some cases, the guardian, to manage federal benefits on behalf of incapacitated adults. Previous GAO reports have found that poor communication between state courts and federal agencies may allow guardians to continue abusing their victims.
GAO was asked to (1) verify whether allegations of abuse by guardians are widespread; (2) examine the facts in selected closed cases; and (3) proactively test state guardian certification processes. To verify whether allegations are widespread, GAO interviewed advocates for seniors and reviewed court documents. To examine closed criminal, civil or administrative cases with a finding of guilt or liability in the past 15 years, GAO reviewed court records, interviewed court officials, attorneys and victims, and reviewed records from federal agencies. To test state guardian certification, GAO used fictitious identities to apply for certification in four states. GAO’s results cannot be projected to the overall population of guardians or state certification programs.
What GAO Found
GAO could not determine whether allegations of abuse by guardians are widespread; however, GAO identified hundreds of allegations of physical abuse, neglect and financial exploitation by guardians in 45 states and the District of Columbia between 1990 and 2010. In 20 selected closed cases, GAO found that guardians stole or otherwise improperly obtained $5.4 million in assets from 158 incapacitated victims, many of whom were seniors. In some instances, guardians also physically neglected and abused their victims. The guardians in these cases came from diverse professional backgrounds and were overseen by local courts in 15 states and the District of Columbia. GAO found several common themes. In 6 of 20 cases, the courts failed to adequately screen potential guardians, appointing individuals with criminal convictions or significant financial problems to manage high-dollar estates. In 12 of 20 cases, the courts failed to oversee guardians once they were appointed, allowing the abuse of vulnerable seniors and their assets to continue. Lastly, in 11 of 20 cases, courts and federal agencies did not communicate effectively or at all with each other about abusive guardians, allowing the guardian to continue the abuse of the victim and/or others
What GAO Found in Illinois
Illinois and Nevada. Illinois and Nevada require certain guardians to obtain certification through the Center for Guardianship Certification (CGC), a private nonprofit that offers national guardian certification. We submitted applications to the organization using two fictitious identities with driver’s licenses from Virginia. We also listed fake educational and professional backgrounds for our applicants, which the certifying organization did not verify. For example, one applicant claimed to have a law degree and almost 3 years experience as a guardian, while the other claimed 3 years of experience as a guardian at a nonexistent guardianship firm. Both applicants studied for and passed the National Certified Guardian Examination, which covers guardianship ethical principles and best practices. After the exam, a proctor asked to see the photo identifications of our fictitious applicants, but failed to recognize them as bogus driver’s licenses. Once we passed the test, the names of our fictitious applicants were listed on the organization’s website as nationally certified guardians. Passing the national exam is the sole requirement to be a certified guardian in Illinois and Nevada. Officials in both states told us that local courts do not conduct background or credit checks, indicating that each of the two fictitious guardians could have been appointed by a court in those states with no further screening.
GAO’s Mission
The Government Accountability Office, the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress, exists to support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the American people. GAO examines the use of public funds; evaluates federal programs and policies; and provides analyses, recommendations, and other assistance to help Congress make informed oversight, policy, and funding decisions. GAO’s commitment to good government is reflected in its core values of accountability, integrity, and reliability.
Obtaining Copies of GAO Reports and Testimony
The fastest and easiest way to obtain copies of GAO documents at no cost is through GAO’s Web site (www.gao.gov). Each weekday afternoon, GAO posts on its Web site newly released reports, testimony, and correspondence. To have GAO e-mail you a list of newly posted products, go to www.gao.gov and select "E-mail Updates."
Order by Phone
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Congressional Relations
Ralph Dawn, Managing Director, dawnr@gao.gov, (202) 512-4400 U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street NW, Room 7125 Washington, DC 20548
Public Affairs
Chuck Young, Managing Director, youngc1@gao.gov, (202) 512-4800 U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street NW, Room 7149 Washington, DC 20548 Please Print on Recycled Paper
Signed,
Your ProbateSharks Federal Investigation Liaison Team
Investigates Guardianship Abuse
The following are excerpts from the report. This report is a start. Please help us get Federal oversite to the Corrupt Probate Courts in Illinois by reporting your case Senator Leahy (see our blog "How to Report Violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act").
You may request this entire report from the GAO--see instructions at bottom of this article.
There is also contact information for reporting abuse of Federal Programs, such as Social Security and VA benefits.
Report to the Chairman, Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate
United States Government Accountability Office
GAO
September 2010
GUARDIANSHIPS
Cases of Financial Exploitation, Neglect, and Abuse of Seniors GAO-10-1046
Why GAO Did This Study
As individuals age, some become incapable of managing their personal and financial affairs. To protect these individuals, state laws provide for court appointment of guardians, who may be professionals or family members, to protect the incapacitated person’s personal and/or financial welfare. State and local courts are responsible for overseeing guardians. In addition, federal agencies may appoint a representative payee, in some cases, the guardian, to manage federal benefits on behalf of incapacitated adults. Previous GAO reports have found that poor communication between state courts and federal agencies may allow guardians to continue abusing their victims.
GAO was asked to (1) verify whether allegations of abuse by guardians are widespread; (2) examine the facts in selected closed cases; and (3) proactively test state guardian certification processes. To verify whether allegations are widespread, GAO interviewed advocates for seniors and reviewed court documents. To examine closed criminal, civil or administrative cases with a finding of guilt or liability in the past 15 years, GAO reviewed court records, interviewed court officials, attorneys and victims, and reviewed records from federal agencies. To test state guardian certification, GAO used fictitious identities to apply for certification in four states. GAO’s results cannot be projected to the overall population of guardians or state certification programs.
What GAO Found
GAO could not determine whether allegations of abuse by guardians are widespread; however, GAO identified hundreds of allegations of physical abuse, neglect and financial exploitation by guardians in 45 states and the District of Columbia between 1990 and 2010. In 20 selected closed cases, GAO found that guardians stole or otherwise improperly obtained $5.4 million in assets from 158 incapacitated victims, many of whom were seniors. In some instances, guardians also physically neglected and abused their victims. The guardians in these cases came from diverse professional backgrounds and were overseen by local courts in 15 states and the District of Columbia. GAO found several common themes. In 6 of 20 cases, the courts failed to adequately screen potential guardians, appointing individuals with criminal convictions or significant financial problems to manage high-dollar estates. In 12 of 20 cases, the courts failed to oversee guardians once they were appointed, allowing the abuse of vulnerable seniors and their assets to continue. Lastly, in 11 of 20 cases, courts and federal agencies did not communicate effectively or at all with each other about abusive guardians, allowing the guardian to continue the abuse of the victim and/or others
What GAO Found in Illinois
Illinois and Nevada. Illinois and Nevada require certain guardians to obtain certification through the Center for Guardianship Certification (CGC), a private nonprofit that offers national guardian certification. We submitted applications to the organization using two fictitious identities with driver’s licenses from Virginia. We also listed fake educational and professional backgrounds for our applicants, which the certifying organization did not verify. For example, one applicant claimed to have a law degree and almost 3 years experience as a guardian, while the other claimed 3 years of experience as a guardian at a nonexistent guardianship firm. Both applicants studied for and passed the National Certified Guardian Examination, which covers guardianship ethical principles and best practices. After the exam, a proctor asked to see the photo identifications of our fictitious applicants, but failed to recognize them as bogus driver’s licenses. Once we passed the test, the names of our fictitious applicants were listed on the organization’s website as nationally certified guardians. Passing the national exam is the sole requirement to be a certified guardian in Illinois and Nevada. Officials in both states told us that local courts do not conduct background or credit checks, indicating that each of the two fictitious guardians could have been appointed by a court in those states with no further screening.
GAO’s Mission
The Government Accountability Office, the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress, exists to support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the American people. GAO examines the use of public funds; evaluates federal programs and policies; and provides analyses, recommendations, and other assistance to help Congress make informed oversight, policy, and funding decisions. GAO’s commitment to good government is reflected in its core values of accountability, integrity, and reliability.
Obtaining Copies of GAO Reports and Testimony
The fastest and easiest way to obtain copies of GAO documents at no cost is through GAO’s Web site (www.gao.gov). Each weekday afternoon, GAO posts on its Web site newly released reports, testimony, and correspondence. To have GAO e-mail you a list of newly posted products, go to www.gao.gov and select "E-mail Updates."
Order by Phone
The price of each GAO publication reflects GAO’s actual cost of production and distribution and depends on the number of pages in the publication and whether the publication is printed in color or black and white. Pricing and ordering information is posted on GAO’s Web site, http://www.gao.gov/ordering.htm.
Place orders by calling (202) 512-6000, toll free (866) 801-7077, or TDD (202) 512-2537.
Orders may be paid for using American Express, Discover Card, MasterCard, Visa, check, or money order. Call for additional information.
To Report Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Federal Programs
Contact:
Web site: www.gao.gov/fraudnet/fraudnet.htm E-mail: fraudnet@gao.gov Automated answering system: (800) 424-5454 or (202) 512-7470
Congressional Relations
Ralph Dawn, Managing Director, dawnr@gao.gov, (202) 512-4400 U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street NW, Room 7125 Washington, DC 20548
Public Affairs
Chuck Young, Managing Director, youngc1@gao.gov, (202) 512-4800 U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street NW, Room 7149 Washington, DC 20548 Please Print on Recycled Paper
Signed,
Your ProbateSharks Federal Investigation Liaison Team
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Probate Law
Probate Law
The following link will be helpful in your understanding of the Probate Laws, including Wills, Guardians for Disabled Adults, etc.
(755 ILCS 5/) Probate Act of 1975.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ChapterID=60&ActID=2104
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Professor;
Understanding the Probate Act of 1975, Class 101
The following link will be helpful in your understanding of the Probate Laws, including Wills, Guardians for Disabled Adults, etc.
(755 ILCS 5/) Probate Act of 1975.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ChapterID=60&ActID=2104
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Professor;
Understanding the Probate Act of 1975, Class 101
Power of Attorney (POA) Act
Power of Attorney (POA) Act
The following link will be helpful in your understanding of the laws regarding Powers of Attorney (POA).
(755 ILCS 45/) Illinois Power of Attorney Act.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2113&ChapterID=60
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Professor;
Understanding the Illinois Power of Attorney Act, Class 101
The following link will be helpful in your understanding of the laws regarding Powers of Attorney (POA).
(755 ILCS 45/) Illinois Power of Attorney Act.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2113&ChapterID=60
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Professor;
Understanding the Illinois Power of Attorney Act, Class 101
Sunday, October 17, 2010
A DIALOGUE
A dialogue between your Probate Shark and chicago_concerned, an alleged member of the ARDC in today's Chicago Sun-Times.
chicago_concerned wrote:
1. to luciusverenus,
I have been reading your crazed posts for the past 4 months and just laughed them off. But you now mention the ARDC as if you know something special. I have been a member of the hearing panel for over 21 years and I am here to tell YOU that we take action when action is proved. The wheels may turn slowly BUT I have personally been involved with over 60 disbarments of lawyers. We in addition meat out sever suspensions and fines. I have seen these men and women cry, moan and in a few rare cases commit suicide once their cases have been resolved. The most we are allowed to do is remove their license to practice. That is big to them, it is their identity. So to your assertion that we are hiding something or that we are bought off or give special treatment to certain individuals. YOU ARE SO WRONG, SLICK.
And all of my prayers go out to Olie, I have driven past his store for years and unfortunatly have never gone in. I have obviously missed a good piece of chicago.
10/17/2010 3:14 PM CDT on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. Hi chicago_concerned, Nice to meet you. I believe that we are not talking about the same ARDC. The ARDC that I'm discussing will not even censure a GAL who committed a fraud in Florida, Medicaid fraud and a fraud against her own brother - all in one complaint. It appears that for some reason only 2% of all the cases brought before the ARDC in Illinois are from Cook County. Think of all the shysters in Chicago who prey upon the public. Chicago_concerned maybe your ARDC is in a different country. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
10/17/2010 4:16 PM CDT on suntimes.com
chicago_concerned wrote:
1. to luciusverenus
There is only ONE ardc in Illinois. I have dealt with cases from cook county to sangamon county. You seem to be concentrating on only one case. Let your anger go. I have personally adjudicated several medicaid fraud cases and they have been rather agregious. I can assure you they were dealt with severly. The Illinois supreme court oversees our sentence recomondations, if they percieve that we are being lienient with someone they kick it back for re-evaluation. In short no one gets a pass and everyone is entitled to due process. No matter how much you would like to shake them like a martini.
10/17/2010 5:41 PM CDT on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. Dear chicago_concerned, I appreciate your comments on the ARDC of Illinois. I am really not angry only disappointed in our legal system that allows the foxes to watch the chicken coop. My researcher has investigated 240 cases (check our recent website posting regarding the ARDC) and found a paucity of Cook cases that appear never reviewed. ProbateSharks.com has reviewed hundreds of cases in Cook County, IL from one particular GAL (over 7 years) who has generated dozens of complaints that at first face appear to be extremely valid. Not only has this GAL ever been censured, reprimanded or terminated by the ARDC, but all of the complaints against her appear to have been removed from her ARDC file. In other words someone is parring her files. Any person checking her ARDC file will find NOTHING there! A vacant file. Can you explain this phenomena? Lucius is watchful of the ARDC and so are others. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
10/17/2010 6:04 PM CDT on suntimes.com
chicago_concerned wrote:
1. to luciusverenus
I am quite hesitant to engage in this back-and-forth since you constantly make incorrect statements. If a complaint has been deemed unfounded it is removed from the file. That is only fair, not to be constantly persued by unfounded complaints. As to your assertion that the "foxes are gaurding the hen house" I am a non-lawyer, over 22 years ago this complaint was addressed after the gray lord trials and there is a non-lawyer assigned to EACH panel to gaurd against this very complaint. I can assure you that our presence has been an added value to the entire process. you and your team needs to really learn about the process and how many hard working intelligent people are involved in the process. All working to make it a fair and impartial commission. I may also point out the ARDC is the second busiest in the US, second only to new york. Our commision has constantly been the model for many newly formed commissions in other states. I am very proud to be a small part of this system that truly helps the guy next door, down the street and in the next county
10/17/2010 6:53 PM CDT on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. Dear chicago_concerned, I can understand your hesitancy to air this discussion publicly since it brings to attention of any persons monitoring this exchange, the rampant corruption in the legal system of Cook County. This legal system has been justifiably considered since “Greylord” as a criminal enterprise. I can back up any of the statements that have been made with fact. Since you have been reading Lucius’s comments for four months, you know where to reach me. If you are truly sincere about redeeming and improving the broken system I would be pleased to correspond with you. Keep in mind that in the last 30 years less than 10 judges have been sanction by the judicial review of the Supreme Court and about half of these have been hopeless alcoholics and one was fondling one of his female State’s Attorneys in court. I have to sign off now for the evening, but again, please contact me as you appear to be sincere, even if you are wrong. Best wishes, Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
10/17/2010 7:38 PM CDT on suntimes.com
Editors note: Your ProbateShark encourages diaglogue and hopes that chicago_concerned will soon contact our school of sharks. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
DIALOGUE BETWEEN VOXPOP AND LUCIUS VERENUS 10-21-2010
voxpop wrote:
1. Hey Probate Shark. You are in the wrong forum. Further, how can anyone trust your claims or "research" about attorney discipline when you harp about a person, such as Anthony Boswell, who is not a lawyer in Illinois. I suspect you think you or a family member got screwed in a probate action. Use your real name and case number and let an investigator (writer/reporter) pull the file and read the record. In the mean time, take your complaints to articles that have relevancy, please.
10/21/2010 8:31 AM CDT on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. Hi Voxpop, Thank you for your comment. Our investigators differ from your opinion since our investigators are PRESENT in the court rooms and observe the mischief that goes on. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
10/21/2010 10:27 AM CDT on suntimes.com
Editors note: Next, they will blame your Probate Shark for being on the "grassy knoll".
chicago_concerned wrote:
1. to luciusverenus,
I have been reading your crazed posts for the past 4 months and just laughed them off. But you now mention the ARDC as if you know something special. I have been a member of the hearing panel for over 21 years and I am here to tell YOU that we take action when action is proved. The wheels may turn slowly BUT I have personally been involved with over 60 disbarments of lawyers. We in addition meat out sever suspensions and fines. I have seen these men and women cry, moan and in a few rare cases commit suicide once their cases have been resolved. The most we are allowed to do is remove their license to practice. That is big to them, it is their identity. So to your assertion that we are hiding something or that we are bought off or give special treatment to certain individuals. YOU ARE SO WRONG, SLICK.
And all of my prayers go out to Olie, I have driven past his store for years and unfortunatly have never gone in. I have obviously missed a good piece of chicago.
10/17/2010 3:14 PM CDT on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. Hi chicago_concerned, Nice to meet you. I believe that we are not talking about the same ARDC. The ARDC that I'm discussing will not even censure a GAL who committed a fraud in Florida, Medicaid fraud and a fraud against her own brother - all in one complaint. It appears that for some reason only 2% of all the cases brought before the ARDC in Illinois are from Cook County. Think of all the shysters in Chicago who prey upon the public. Chicago_concerned maybe your ARDC is in a different country. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
10/17/2010 4:16 PM CDT on suntimes.com
chicago_concerned wrote:
1. to luciusverenus
There is only ONE ardc in Illinois. I have dealt with cases from cook county to sangamon county. You seem to be concentrating on only one case. Let your anger go. I have personally adjudicated several medicaid fraud cases and they have been rather agregious. I can assure you they were dealt with severly. The Illinois supreme court oversees our sentence recomondations, if they percieve that we are being lienient with someone they kick it back for re-evaluation. In short no one gets a pass and everyone is entitled to due process. No matter how much you would like to shake them like a martini.
10/17/2010 5:41 PM CDT on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. Dear chicago_concerned, I appreciate your comments on the ARDC of Illinois. I am really not angry only disappointed in our legal system that allows the foxes to watch the chicken coop. My researcher has investigated 240 cases (check our recent website posting regarding the ARDC) and found a paucity of Cook cases that appear never reviewed. ProbateSharks.com has reviewed hundreds of cases in Cook County, IL from one particular GAL (over 7 years) who has generated dozens of complaints that at first face appear to be extremely valid. Not only has this GAL ever been censured, reprimanded or terminated by the ARDC, but all of the complaints against her appear to have been removed from her ARDC file. In other words someone is parring her files. Any person checking her ARDC file will find NOTHING there! A vacant file. Can you explain this phenomena? Lucius is watchful of the ARDC and so are others. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
10/17/2010 6:04 PM CDT on suntimes.com
chicago_concerned wrote:
1. to luciusverenus
I am quite hesitant to engage in this back-and-forth since you constantly make incorrect statements. If a complaint has been deemed unfounded it is removed from the file. That is only fair, not to be constantly persued by unfounded complaints. As to your assertion that the "foxes are gaurding the hen house" I am a non-lawyer, over 22 years ago this complaint was addressed after the gray lord trials and there is a non-lawyer assigned to EACH panel to gaurd against this very complaint. I can assure you that our presence has been an added value to the entire process. you and your team needs to really learn about the process and how many hard working intelligent people are involved in the process. All working to make it a fair and impartial commission. I may also point out the ARDC is the second busiest in the US, second only to new york. Our commision has constantly been the model for many newly formed commissions in other states. I am very proud to be a small part of this system that truly helps the guy next door, down the street and in the next county
10/17/2010 6:53 PM CDT on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. Dear chicago_concerned, I can understand your hesitancy to air this discussion publicly since it brings to attention of any persons monitoring this exchange, the rampant corruption in the legal system of Cook County. This legal system has been justifiably considered since “Greylord” as a criminal enterprise. I can back up any of the statements that have been made with fact. Since you have been reading Lucius’s comments for four months, you know where to reach me. If you are truly sincere about redeeming and improving the broken system I would be pleased to correspond with you. Keep in mind that in the last 30 years less than 10 judges have been sanction by the judicial review of the Supreme Court and about half of these have been hopeless alcoholics and one was fondling one of his female State’s Attorneys in court. I have to sign off now for the evening, but again, please contact me as you appear to be sincere, even if you are wrong. Best wishes, Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
10/17/2010 7:38 PM CDT on suntimes.com
Editors note: Your ProbateShark encourages diaglogue and hopes that chicago_concerned will soon contact our school of sharks. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
DIALOGUE BETWEEN VOXPOP AND LUCIUS VERENUS 10-21-2010
voxpop wrote:
1. Hey Probate Shark. You are in the wrong forum. Further, how can anyone trust your claims or "research" about attorney discipline when you harp about a person, such as Anthony Boswell, who is not a lawyer in Illinois. I suspect you think you or a family member got screwed in a probate action. Use your real name and case number and let an investigator (writer/reporter) pull the file and read the record. In the mean time, take your complaints to articles that have relevancy, please.
10/21/2010 8:31 AM CDT on suntimes.com
luciusverenus wrote:
1. Hi Voxpop, Thank you for your comment. Our investigators differ from your opinion since our investigators are PRESENT in the court rooms and observe the mischief that goes on. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
10/21/2010 10:27 AM CDT on suntimes.com
Editors note: Next, they will blame your Probate Shark for being on the "grassy knoll".
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
FOX NEWS SPECIALS
SHAME ON YOU - PROBATE COURT OF COOK COUNTY JUDGES
Judges of Probate Court - View these videos and SEE YOURSELVES!!!
FOX NEWS Investigative Report: Guardian Abuse Part 1 and 2
YouTube Videos: FOX NEWS
http://www.youtube.com/user/stopguardianabuse?feature=mhum
This can happen to someone you love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqfZ6V8nzOY
Editors note: If you are not sickened by what you see in the videos above - you are part of the problem. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com 9-22-2010
Judges of Probate Court - View these videos and SEE YOURSELVES!!!
FOX NEWS Investigative Report: Guardian Abuse Part 1 and 2
YouTube Videos: FOX NEWS
http://www.youtube.com/user/stopguardianabuse?feature=mhum
This can happen to someone you love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqfZ6V8nzOY
Editors note: If you are not sickened by what you see in the videos above - you are part of the problem. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com 9-22-2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
OBRA TRUSTS: MEDICAID PLANNING, OR MEDICAID FRAUD AND ABUSE?
OBRA TRUSTS: MEDICAID PLANNING, OR MEDICAID FRAUD AND ABUSE?
Probate Sharks has heard of many cases in the Corrupt Cook County Probate Courts where powers of attorney are illegally removed, and the court appoints a non-family member or inappropriate family member as guardian; cases where owners of guardianship companies have deceived the ward in an effort to be named as guardian; and cases where the court appoints a guardian on a date when it is known to the court players that a family member willing to be named guardian cannot be present for the court hearing.
You may ask yourself: Why would these deceitful actions be occuring? How lucrative can these cases be for a probate court attorney or a court-appointed guardian? Well, if the lawyers and guardians involved are unethical, it can be as lucrative as the entire value of the ward's estate.
OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts, as well as other types of trusts, are being utilized by unethical lawyers, nurses, and guardianship companies to enrich themselves while the elderly disabled wards are being placed into public aid nursing homes.
OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts were originally designed to enable people with devastating illnesses and/or injuries to be placed into public aid nursing homes while preserving their estate for their OWN special needs (special medical equipment, health insurance, etc). However, due to some legal loopholes, these accounts are being abused, and "Medicaid Planning" is on the rise.
OBRA Trusts were not designed for middle class elderly who wish to pass some inheritance to their children rather than deplete their estates paying for an extended nursing home stay. However, some families abuse these Medicaid Planning Trusts to preserve the estate for their own inheritance, while their folks spend out their last years in public aid nursing homes. More about this Medicaid abuse may be read here:
http://www.mobar.org/c4ba4482-ede3-4190-a86d-e6b2a1d2f466.aspx
Although legal, many find Medicaid Planning to be unethical, especially if the Trust is opened solely for the purpose of qualifying the ward for public aid. However, the practice is growing as more and more lawyers and clients become aware of it.
The following website lists attorneys in Illinois who specialize in Medicaid planning:
http://www.careillinois.net/list18_IL_elder_law_attorneys_lawyers_medicaid_advice.htm#assistance
In fact, one Cook County Probate Court lawyer educates her peers in ways in which very large estates may be placed into OBRA and/or other types of trusts, to allow the disabled ward to qualify for Medicaid. She also educates her peers on which types of trusts are lacking oversite, and which types of trusts allow for "administrative fees" (i.e., attorneys' and guardians' fees). Her educational video may be viewed at this website:
http://www.illinoisprobono.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.dsp_Content&contentID=5512
Unfortunately, some corrupt players in the Cook County Probate Court system (lawyers, nurses, judges, and guardianship companies) have discovered a legal loophole so they may enrich themselves through OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts. This Medicaid abuse can occur because only certain "special needs" expenses may be paid from OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts, such as medical bills, insurance premiums, and "administrative fees". However, housing may NOT be paid from these accounts. As a result, the ward is immediately moved to public aid housing once their estate is placed into the OBRA Special Needs Trust. The OBRA Trust is non-revokable, meaning that once the estate is placed into this trust, it cannot be transferred out. Thus, the ward is sentenced to a life in public aid housing, even though they may have enough in their estate for many years at a private pay nursing home.
These unethical guardians are placing the wards' estates, sometimes valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, into OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts to qualify the ward for public aid housing. Once the ward is in public aid housing, the bulk of the estate is utilized to pay excessive legal and guardian fees. In essence, the taxpayer is paying for the care of the ward, and the unethical court players are enriching themselves with the estate.
How, you may ask, does this occur? Well, the answer is quite simple. The judge allows it, and the Illinois Supreme Court provides no oversight.
We have had numerous victims of this Medicaid Abuse scheme come to us at ProbateSharks with their concerns. We have even heard of cases in Cook County where the lawyers and/or guardians, with the knowledge of the judge, illegally deposited dis-allowable funds of the ward (disability benefits, newly-discovered funds, etc) into the OBRA Trust. (In the Matter of Lynch, N.Y.S. 2d 653 (Surr.Ct, Onondaga County, 1999), the court held that it would not allow SSI income to be put into a Special Needs Trust, stating that it was "troubled by the concept of funding the special needs trust with benefits received from governmental entitlements".)
We have heard of cases where the judge, no questions asked, approved the lawyers' and guardians' requests to transfer the estate into an OBRA Trust. Court transcripts support the families' claims that the judges did not even ask the guardian about the change in living conditions that would result from the transfer of the ward's estate into an OBRA Trust, thus requiring a transfer to public aid housing.
Additionally, victims' families have told us that their lawyers failed to explain the matter to them to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the family to make informed decisions so they would not object to the transfer of funds. In other words, no one explains to the victim's family that the OBRA Trust will result in a lifetime of public aid housing for the ward. The victims' families are being told that it is done to preserve the estate for the "special needs" of the ward.
However, the reality of the subsequent accountings shows that the estate is used almost exclusively for the "special needs" of the lawyers and guardians, as their excessive fees are subsequently approved by the judge until the entire estate is depleted.
Where, you ask, is the oversite for these Corrupt Cook County Probate Court cases? There is obviously no oversight at all. Billions of dollars go through the Cook County Probate Courts annually. Yet, there is no oversite. The judges allow estates to be depleted in this manner. The ARDC of the Illinois Supreme Court fails to bring to hearing the complaints of cases orginating in the Cook County Probate Courts.
What we have here in Chicago is legalized financial exploitation of the elderly disabled, as well as Medicaid Fraud and Abuse. The taxpayers of Illinois are footing the bill as our Medicaid system is being depleted, and the disabled elderly wards are being placed unnecessarily into public aid nursing homes. And the unethical court players get rich. Very rich.
As always, we invite the media, law enforcement, and FBI to investigate.
Please read our task force's article titled: ARDC Audit Results. (The link can be found in our Labels index on the right hand side of this website).
If you suspect Medicaid Fraud or Abuse on your loved one's case, please report it to:
http://www.cms.gov/FraudAbuseforConsumers/02_How_to_Report_Suspected_Fraud.asp
Editor's note: If you are interested in knowing which 4 banks in Illinois have OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts, you can see them on this link:
http://www.perliselderlaw.com/comparison_trusts.php
Signed,
Your ProbateSharks Medicaid Fraud Investigation Task Force
Editor's note: Alice R. Gore Estate value about 1 million dollars: Alice R. Gore, deceased, a disabled 99 year old ward of the Probate Court of Cook County, Judge Kawamoto’s courtroom was hours away from ending up in the Cook County Morgue. Alice's estate was depleted by probate court parasites and there were reportedly no funds to bury her. Her loving family paid for the burial expenses so that Alice would not have to suffer the indignity of being stacked like an Auschwitz inmate in the Cook County morgue. The judge allowed an easily manipulated mentally disabled granddaughter to be appointed as Alice’s guardian and yet no sanctions were instituted against the judge or court officers for this blatant infraction of the law.
Strangely, 16 of Alice’s annuity checks, two of which show forged endorsements, disappeared. Alice’s daughter has a copy of a check with her signature possibly forged. The daughter’s attorney has been trying to obtain copies of the 16 other annuity checks for two years without success. The Probate Court of Cook of Cook County refuses to investigate these blatant infractions of the law. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
KawamotoDragon.com
Probate Sharks has heard of many cases in the Corrupt Cook County Probate Courts where powers of attorney are illegally removed, and the court appoints a non-family member or inappropriate family member as guardian; cases where owners of guardianship companies have deceived the ward in an effort to be named as guardian; and cases where the court appoints a guardian on a date when it is known to the court players that a family member willing to be named guardian cannot be present for the court hearing.
You may ask yourself: Why would these deceitful actions be occuring? How lucrative can these cases be for a probate court attorney or a court-appointed guardian? Well, if the lawyers and guardians involved are unethical, it can be as lucrative as the entire value of the ward's estate.
OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts, as well as other types of trusts, are being utilized by unethical lawyers, nurses, and guardianship companies to enrich themselves while the elderly disabled wards are being placed into public aid nursing homes.
OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts were originally designed to enable people with devastating illnesses and/or injuries to be placed into public aid nursing homes while preserving their estate for their OWN special needs (special medical equipment, health insurance, etc). However, due to some legal loopholes, these accounts are being abused, and "Medicaid Planning" is on the rise.
OBRA Trusts were not designed for middle class elderly who wish to pass some inheritance to their children rather than deplete their estates paying for an extended nursing home stay. However, some families abuse these Medicaid Planning Trusts to preserve the estate for their own inheritance, while their folks spend out their last years in public aid nursing homes. More about this Medicaid abuse may be read here:
http://www.mobar.org/c4ba4482-ede3-4190-a86d-e6b2a1d2f466.aspx
Although legal, many find Medicaid Planning to be unethical, especially if the Trust is opened solely for the purpose of qualifying the ward for public aid. However, the practice is growing as more and more lawyers and clients become aware of it.
The following website lists attorneys in Illinois who specialize in Medicaid planning:
http://www.careillinois.net/list18_IL_elder_law_attorneys_lawyers_medicaid_advice.htm#assistance
In fact, one Cook County Probate Court lawyer educates her peers in ways in which very large estates may be placed into OBRA and/or other types of trusts, to allow the disabled ward to qualify for Medicaid. She also educates her peers on which types of trusts are lacking oversite, and which types of trusts allow for "administrative fees" (i.e., attorneys' and guardians' fees). Her educational video may be viewed at this website:
http://www.illinoisprobono.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.dsp_Content&contentID=5512
Unfortunately, some corrupt players in the Cook County Probate Court system (lawyers, nurses, judges, and guardianship companies) have discovered a legal loophole so they may enrich themselves through OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts. This Medicaid abuse can occur because only certain "special needs" expenses may be paid from OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts, such as medical bills, insurance premiums, and "administrative fees". However, housing may NOT be paid from these accounts. As a result, the ward is immediately moved to public aid housing once their estate is placed into the OBRA Special Needs Trust. The OBRA Trust is non-revokable, meaning that once the estate is placed into this trust, it cannot be transferred out. Thus, the ward is sentenced to a life in public aid housing, even though they may have enough in their estate for many years at a private pay nursing home.
These unethical guardians are placing the wards' estates, sometimes valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, into OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts to qualify the ward for public aid housing. Once the ward is in public aid housing, the bulk of the estate is utilized to pay excessive legal and guardian fees. In essence, the taxpayer is paying for the care of the ward, and the unethical court players are enriching themselves with the estate.
How, you may ask, does this occur? Well, the answer is quite simple. The judge allows it, and the Illinois Supreme Court provides no oversight.
We have had numerous victims of this Medicaid Abuse scheme come to us at ProbateSharks with their concerns. We have even heard of cases in Cook County where the lawyers and/or guardians, with the knowledge of the judge, illegally deposited dis-allowable funds of the ward (disability benefits, newly-discovered funds, etc) into the OBRA Trust. (In the Matter of Lynch, N.Y.S. 2d 653 (Surr.Ct, Onondaga County, 1999), the court held that it would not allow SSI income to be put into a Special Needs Trust, stating that it was "troubled by the concept of funding the special needs trust with benefits received from governmental entitlements".)
We have heard of cases where the judge, no questions asked, approved the lawyers' and guardians' requests to transfer the estate into an OBRA Trust. Court transcripts support the families' claims that the judges did not even ask the guardian about the change in living conditions that would result from the transfer of the ward's estate into an OBRA Trust, thus requiring a transfer to public aid housing.
Additionally, victims' families have told us that their lawyers failed to explain the matter to them to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the family to make informed decisions so they would not object to the transfer of funds. In other words, no one explains to the victim's family that the OBRA Trust will result in a lifetime of public aid housing for the ward. The victims' families are being told that it is done to preserve the estate for the "special needs" of the ward.
However, the reality of the subsequent accountings shows that the estate is used almost exclusively for the "special needs" of the lawyers and guardians, as their excessive fees are subsequently approved by the judge until the entire estate is depleted.
Where, you ask, is the oversite for these Corrupt Cook County Probate Court cases? There is obviously no oversight at all. Billions of dollars go through the Cook County Probate Courts annually. Yet, there is no oversite. The judges allow estates to be depleted in this manner. The ARDC of the Illinois Supreme Court fails to bring to hearing the complaints of cases orginating in the Cook County Probate Courts.
What we have here in Chicago is legalized financial exploitation of the elderly disabled, as well as Medicaid Fraud and Abuse. The taxpayers of Illinois are footing the bill as our Medicaid system is being depleted, and the disabled elderly wards are being placed unnecessarily into public aid nursing homes. And the unethical court players get rich. Very rich.
As always, we invite the media, law enforcement, and FBI to investigate.
Please read our task force's article titled: ARDC Audit Results. (The link can be found in our Labels index on the right hand side of this website).
If you suspect Medicaid Fraud or Abuse on your loved one's case, please report it to:
http://www.cms.gov/FraudAbuseforConsumers/02_How_to_Report_Suspected_Fraud.asp
Editor's note: If you are interested in knowing which 4 banks in Illinois have OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts, you can see them on this link:
http://www.perliselderlaw.com/comparison_trusts.php
Signed,
Your ProbateSharks Medicaid Fraud Investigation Task Force
Editor's note: Alice R. Gore Estate value about 1 million dollars: Alice R. Gore, deceased, a disabled 99 year old ward of the Probate Court of Cook County, Judge Kawamoto’s courtroom was hours away from ending up in the Cook County Morgue. Alice's estate was depleted by probate court parasites and there were reportedly no funds to bury her. Her loving family paid for the burial expenses so that Alice would not have to suffer the indignity of being stacked like an Auschwitz inmate in the Cook County morgue. The judge allowed an easily manipulated mentally disabled granddaughter to be appointed as Alice’s guardian and yet no sanctions were instituted against the judge or court officers for this blatant infraction of the law.
Strangely, 16 of Alice’s annuity checks, two of which show forged endorsements, disappeared. Alice’s daughter has a copy of a check with her signature possibly forged. The daughter’s attorney has been trying to obtain copies of the 16 other annuity checks for two years without success. The Probate Court of Cook of Cook County refuses to investigate these blatant infractions of the law. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
KawamotoDragon.com
Saturday, October 9, 2010
ARDC AUDIT RESULTS
ARDC AUDIT RESULTS
(What the ARDC does not want you to know)
According to a thorough audit conducted by our Probate Sharks expert team, the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois (ARDC) does not appear to be doing its job when it comes to investigating the Corrupt Cook County Probate Court Cases.
Per the ARDC website: The ARDC's principal purpose is to assist the Supreme Court to determine a lawyer's fitness to practice law in Illinois. If a complaint is made that an attorney, licensed to practice law in Illinois, has engaged in illegal, unethical or dishonest conduct, the ARDC will investigate and, if warranted, bring formal disciplinary charges. The Supreme Court of Illinois will then ultimately decide if a lawyer should be censured (publicly rebuked), suspended (having the law license to practice either taken away for a certain period of time or placed on a probationary period) or disbarred (having the law license taken away indefinitely).
Probate Sharks has received numerous complaints from victims of the Corrupt Cook County Probate Courts who have filed complaints with the ARDC against the unethical lawyers on their cases. ALL of these people have told us the same thing: Despite written proof that violations were committed by the lawyers on their cases, the ARDC failed to bring the case to hearing.
Examples of the attorneys' rules violations include: 1) failing to act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client; 2) failing to keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter or to promptly comply with reasonable requests for information; 3) failing to abide by the client's objectives concerning representation; 4) failing to deliver to the client all papers and documents to which the client is entitled; engaging in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice; and 5) engaging in conduct which tends to defeat the administration of justice or bring the courts or the legal profession into disrepute. Additionally, victims have reported that lawyers on their cases have falsified evidence, committed perjury, falsified wills, illegally changed Powers of Attorney, failed to report criminal activity, exploited funds, failed to provide accountings, and have participated in other criminal activity on their cases. In many of these cases, the attorneys for both sides appeared to be working in a collusive manner to exploit the estates of the elderly disabled wards.
Despite written documentation (court transcripts, court orders, emails, petitions for fees, proof of falsified documents,etc), the victims of Cook County Probate Court have told Probate Sharks that their case does not get brought to hearing by the Supreme Court of Illinois. This concerns the volunteers at Probate Sharks a great deal. BILLIONS of dollars go through the Cook County Probate Court on an annual basis. However, NONE of the victims who have come to us have had their complaints brought to a hearing by the Supreme Court.
Upon hearing this, Probate Sharks elicited the help of expert auditors and statisticians to see whether or not the Illinos Supreme Court is investigating Cook County Probate Court complaints with the same diligence that they apply to complaints originating in the other courts in Illinois.
The auditors' results are quite alarming: For a one year period (September, 2009 thru September, 2010), the Illinois Supreme Court conducted 226 hearings which resulted in decisions against unethical lawyers. However, less than 1%, (only 2 of the 226 hearings) involved Cook County Probate Court Players.
Appallingly, the victims who have contacted Probate Sharks all share the same story: they claim that their cases involved unethical lawyers and judges who financially exploited their loved ones, and violated the same rules that unethical lawyers in the other Circuit Courts have been disciplined for. However, they were ALL told by the Chicago-based lawyers conducting the initial review at the ARDC that the ARDC found no wrong doing, and a hearing would not be conducted.
It appears as though the corrupt Cook County Probate players have immunity from ARDC hearings in the IL Supreme Court. Complaints against the Cook County Probate lawyers do not get past the front desks in the Chicago office of the ARDC (where the Cook County ARDC complaints are to be filed). When these complaints don't get past the front desks of these Chicago-roots attorneys, well.....they never make it to a Supreme court hearing or decision...
We at ProbateSharks find it quite odd that less than 1% of cases against lawyers that are heard by the IL Supreme Court originate in Cook County Probate Court...odd because that is where the money is. Billions of dollars are in the hands of the Cook County Probate lawyers and judges.....and these lawyers appear, from our statistical analysis, to be immune from investigation. The estates of the elderly disabled wards in Cook County are being exploited by the court system, primarily because the probate judges and the ARDC allow the illegal actions of the unethical attorneys it to occur.
The collusion and corruption appears to be entrenched throughout the Cook County Probate Courts, and appears to extend to the ARDC of the IL Supreme Court.
If you experience a similar experience with the ARDC, please contact us. We also advise you to report the lawyer at the ARDC who screens your case to... the ARDC. Send your complaint via certified mail (return receipt requested) to both the Chicago and Springfield offices.
You may file your complaint against the unethical attorneys on your case, and against any unethical attorneys with the ARDC to:
https://www.iardc.org/htr_reqforinvestig_form.html
Despite the ARDC instructions to send your complaint to the Chicago office, we advise you send it to both the Chicago and Springfield offices.
As always, we at ProbateSharks invite the media and law enforcement to investigate the Corruption occurring in the Cook County Probate Courts. We would also like to recommend that you include the ARDC in your investigation.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Auditing Task Force Team
(What the ARDC does not want you to know)
According to a thorough audit conducted by our Probate Sharks expert team, the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois (ARDC) does not appear to be doing its job when it comes to investigating the Corrupt Cook County Probate Court Cases.
Per the ARDC website: The ARDC's principal purpose is to assist the Supreme Court to determine a lawyer's fitness to practice law in Illinois. If a complaint is made that an attorney, licensed to practice law in Illinois, has engaged in illegal, unethical or dishonest conduct, the ARDC will investigate and, if warranted, bring formal disciplinary charges. The Supreme Court of Illinois will then ultimately decide if a lawyer should be censured (publicly rebuked), suspended (having the law license to practice either taken away for a certain period of time or placed on a probationary period) or disbarred (having the law license taken away indefinitely).
Probate Sharks has received numerous complaints from victims of the Corrupt Cook County Probate Courts who have filed complaints with the ARDC against the unethical lawyers on their cases. ALL of these people have told us the same thing: Despite written proof that violations were committed by the lawyers on their cases, the ARDC failed to bring the case to hearing.
Examples of the attorneys' rules violations include: 1) failing to act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client; 2) failing to keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter or to promptly comply with reasonable requests for information; 3) failing to abide by the client's objectives concerning representation; 4) failing to deliver to the client all papers and documents to which the client is entitled; engaging in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice; and 5) engaging in conduct which tends to defeat the administration of justice or bring the courts or the legal profession into disrepute. Additionally, victims have reported that lawyers on their cases have falsified evidence, committed perjury, falsified wills, illegally changed Powers of Attorney, failed to report criminal activity, exploited funds, failed to provide accountings, and have participated in other criminal activity on their cases. In many of these cases, the attorneys for both sides appeared to be working in a collusive manner to exploit the estates of the elderly disabled wards.
Despite written documentation (court transcripts, court orders, emails, petitions for fees, proof of falsified documents,etc), the victims of Cook County Probate Court have told Probate Sharks that their case does not get brought to hearing by the Supreme Court of Illinois. This concerns the volunteers at Probate Sharks a great deal. BILLIONS of dollars go through the Cook County Probate Court on an annual basis. However, NONE of the victims who have come to us have had their complaints brought to a hearing by the Supreme Court.
Upon hearing this, Probate Sharks elicited the help of expert auditors and statisticians to see whether or not the Illinos Supreme Court is investigating Cook County Probate Court complaints with the same diligence that they apply to complaints originating in the other courts in Illinois.
The auditors' results are quite alarming: For a one year period (September, 2009 thru September, 2010), the Illinois Supreme Court conducted 226 hearings which resulted in decisions against unethical lawyers. However, less than 1%, (only 2 of the 226 hearings) involved Cook County Probate Court Players.
Appallingly, the victims who have contacted Probate Sharks all share the same story: they claim that their cases involved unethical lawyers and judges who financially exploited their loved ones, and violated the same rules that unethical lawyers in the other Circuit Courts have been disciplined for. However, they were ALL told by the Chicago-based lawyers conducting the initial review at the ARDC that the ARDC found no wrong doing, and a hearing would not be conducted.
It appears as though the corrupt Cook County Probate players have immunity from ARDC hearings in the IL Supreme Court. Complaints against the Cook County Probate lawyers do not get past the front desks in the Chicago office of the ARDC (where the Cook County ARDC complaints are to be filed). When these complaints don't get past the front desks of these Chicago-roots attorneys, well.....they never make it to a Supreme court hearing or decision...
We at ProbateSharks find it quite odd that less than 1% of cases against lawyers that are heard by the IL Supreme Court originate in Cook County Probate Court...odd because that is where the money is. Billions of dollars are in the hands of the Cook County Probate lawyers and judges.....and these lawyers appear, from our statistical analysis, to be immune from investigation. The estates of the elderly disabled wards in Cook County are being exploited by the court system, primarily because the probate judges and the ARDC allow the illegal actions of the unethical attorneys it to occur.
The collusion and corruption appears to be entrenched throughout the Cook County Probate Courts, and appears to extend to the ARDC of the IL Supreme Court.
If you experience a similar experience with the ARDC, please contact us. We also advise you to report the lawyer at the ARDC who screens your case to... the ARDC. Send your complaint via certified mail (return receipt requested) to both the Chicago and Springfield offices.
You may file your complaint against the unethical attorneys on your case, and against any unethical attorneys with the ARDC to:
https://www.iardc.org/htr_reqforinvestig_form.html
Despite the ARDC instructions to send your complaint to the Chicago office, we advise you send it to both the Chicago and Springfield offices.
As always, we at ProbateSharks invite the media and law enforcement to investigate the Corruption occurring in the Cook County Probate Courts. We would also like to recommend that you include the ARDC in your investigation.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Auditing Task Force Team
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
SHAME ON YOU - PROBATE COURT OF COOK COUNTY JUDGES
SHAME ON YOU - PROBATE COURT OF COOK COUNTY JUDGES
Judges of Probate Court - View these videos and SEE YOURSELVES!!!
FOX NEWS Investigative Report: Guardian Abuse Part 1 and 2
YouTube Videos:
FOX NEWS http://www.youtube.com/user/stopguardianabuse?feature=mhum
This can happen to someone you love:
Editors note: If you are not sickened by what you see in the videos above - you are part of the problem. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com 9-22-2010
An editorial by "Impeach" posted Oct. 9, 2010
In the United States of America there are:
3009 counties, 64 parishes, 16 boroughs, 41 independent municipalities or cities. Keep this in mind as we do some probate calculations.
Lou Ann Anderson from Estate of Denial writes that one probate judge told her he oversees $750 Million per quarter in estate cases. There are four probate courts in that one county of Texas. That would add up to $12 Billion in one year in one county of the US. Above, I've listed the number of counties, parishes, boroughs and independent municipalities which would all have at least one probate court. This will be hypothetical, but it probably would not be far off to multiply this amount per county, etc. and come up with the figure of: $375,600,000,000/year]to make a ball park determination of how much money passes through US probate courts annually.
$375.6 BILLION.
Over a decade this would amount to almost:
$4 TRILLION
Now do you realize the industry that the probate court is truly? And why the government turns a blind eye to the business of these courts? Everyday, Judge xxxxx xxxxx begins by announcing "the business of the court". That's because it IS a business. And he's the CEO. How hard would it be for some of those spoils to be making their way into the wrong pockets? Remember, he was APPOINTED to an elected bench by the governor of Tennessee, Phil Bredesen. It would suggest that Governor Bredesen wanted to make sure he had a man he could rely on to run the business of this company-uh, court.
One judge, NO jury, NO oversight; and a room full of estate attorneys dividing an amount of wealth that rivals the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Do you now realize why we need an accounting from this legal industry? This is going on all over our country and it's the big, dirty secret of the legal world and our government. There's a reason this has never been pointed out to "we, the people", because it's an self entitlement of "us, the power".
"The love of money is the root of all evil". (The Bible)
OCT. 7, 2010 The court of the courts, The Tennessee Court of the Judiciary (COJ), has come under scrutiny this week in Nashville.
Legislators have stated "shock" over the testimony of attorneys expressing fear of retaliation if they petition for a judge to recuse himself or file a complaint with the COJ against a judge. The statistics reveal a governing body that doesn't seem to be doing its job. And the job they do is done in secret.
What disturbs me about the hearings going on in regards to the COJ is that, once again, "we the people" don't seem to be at the forefront of the concerns. Lawyers vs. Judges seems to be the issue. The fundamental problem is the impasse that citizens face when forced into the legal maze. Our voice is filtered through those of attorneys and the plea is often diluted in the name of "I've got to work in this town" syndrome, or so is the case in Nashville. We are forced to inherit the "fear of retaliation" which results in the muting of zealous representation.
In the probate court, this problem is further augmented by the lack of a jury and oversight. When ALL attorneys are on the gravy train of the conserved or deceased (being paid from the estate by the court), what attorney would be encouraged to go the distance in zealously representing their client if it meant bucking up against the judge, who not only is the jury, but the boss who pays the check?
In Judge xxxx xxxxxxx probate court, this scenario is further complicated because Kennedy thinks attorneys are superior human beings and loathes pro se (self-representation), and advertises constantly how "there are more conservatorships in this court than any other court in the state", while bullying any attorney outside his fraternity into submission. And this goes on day in, day out.
It's been decades since Tennessee has impeached a judge. It's time for the COJ to send a message of hope and confidence to the citizens of Davidson County.
Impeach
October 6, 2010 Conservatorships
We're still on the topic of conservatorships. Remember, the probate court is a court of liquidation, but also empowered with the authority to "conserve". How does this work? It doesn't. Conservatorships, meant to conserve, are adjudicated in a court that is set up to liquidate and divide. A law meant to preserve the assets, as well as the person, of the "disabled" has been abused and morphed into a law that is used to loot and dispose.
Here are a few other tactics of the probate mob in regards to "conservatorships".
A person who is conserved loses ALL their rights granted them by the Constitution. A criminal on death row has more rights than a ward who is under a conservatorship. Their court appointed fiduciary becomes their legal surrogate, no, becomes THEM. The conserved lose their right to vote, hold a driver's license, make medical decisions, have any control over their assets, marry, enter into legally binding contracts, even sign their name. They become a ghost legally. With all control over their life taken away, conservatorships lends themselves easily to the looting of the estate and abuse of the person if the court is cooperative and turning a blind eye to the actions of its officers. And this has become the rule as opposed to the exception. In the xxxxxx case, his rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" were included in this list of rights stripped from him. It's in the pleadings which are public record.
And here are just some of the earmarks of the abuse: The ward is locked away, far away, often out-of-state, with no one who truly cares allowed to see them BY COURT ORDER. They are medicated into a stupor so they often don't realize what is being done, and often medicated to death-literally. All their assets become property of the court and are quickly liquidated and disposed of. The real estate is driven into foreclosure, sold to a friend of the conservator and/or court at a bargain, then resold later at face value with participation in the profit. Intimidation is used to scare the ward into cooperation. Cooperative doctors/psychiatrists cooperate in convincing any observers that the ward is mentally incompetent/disturbed and needs the intervention of the court (xxxxxxx Psychiatric Hospital is the big team player with the 7th Circuit Court-you talk about "the patients taking over the asylum"). As quickly as possible, the ward's estate is driven into bankruptcy and their credit report is ruined. This assures the court that no one will have any means to seek legal recourse if the conservatorship is terminated, which they rarely are. And the judge rubber stamps all costs taxed to the conservatorship. Once all the assets are gone, then they tack on all the government subsidies such as social security, Medicare/Medicaid, disability, etc. It's a gravy train ad infinitum. The fiduciary overpays taxes, insurances, etc. and never account for the refunds. It's pocketed. The fraud beneath the fraud is so complex and vast that it appears unbelievable to any listening ear; and the ward, or any concerned, are discredited by the system so no one listens. All the lawyers are on the gravy train, so none of them make a peep, but participate in the coverup and fraud. And, GET THIS, the ward is stripped of the right to sue those that are raping and pillaging their person and property. It's a racket that is deeply and tightly tied up without a chance to fight it. Again, it is truly the dark hole of the legal world.
The xxxxxxx case is deplorable. Here's a musician at the top of his game, big money in the bank, a SEP IRA, substantial income, but a brother hell-bent on his destruction. Three years and over a million dollars later, it's all gone and he's left with over $100K in attorneys fees. The court has ruled a "termination" of the conservatorship, but still allows the bastard brother to capture the royalties without having to account. All the bills have been returned to xxxxxxx, but his income hasn't. It's INSANE and down right evil, but that's how the probate mob works-and Judge xxxxx xxxx is the godfather of this legalized/organized crime. Now that there's no more money left to spend, suddenly xxxx is "just fine", no longer "disabled". If you are truly disabled and have no assets, the probate court won't touch you. They are only interested in those with the bank to loot. And it's so obvious, but they bury it all so deep in a shit pile of paper work that if you ever break out of the conservatorship you have no means to fight back.
The probate court is guilty of crimes against humanity and our government turns a blind eye.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATION 10-2-2010
We at Probatesharks would like to urge our readers to read "Marked for Destruction" by John Caravella. It is the true story of a guardianship abuse victim. The book is written from the pages of a diary written by an 82 year old woman as she found herself a prisoner at the hands of an unethical nurse, attorneys, and judge.
This true story occurred near Milwaukee. A dedicated friend, an ethical attorney, and the local news media helped to release the victim from the "care" of the abusive exploitative guardian.
We at Probatesharks have had our loved ones experience similar abusive situations; estates have been depleted by greedy unethical court players, all under the watchful eyes of the judges on the 18th floor of the Daley Center in Chicago. The judges in the corrupt Cook County Probate courts have legalized (sanctioned) this financial exploitation.
We are hearing of new cases on a regular basis from victims of the Corrupt Cook County Probate Courts. It is time for our stories to be told, and our loved ones to be released from their abusive guardianships.
We invite local and national media to contact us so the crimes that are occuring in the corrupt Cook County Probate Courts may be exposed.
We want our loved ones released from their greedy guardians, with full restitution of their estates. We also want appropriate felony charges to be brought against all unethical players in these cases.
In the words of the victim of this book, we will "never give up this fight."
The book may be read online, or may be purchased. Please visit www.markedfordestruction.com to read or purchase the book.
Signed,
Truthteller
The Corrupt Cook County Probate Courtrooms are frequent venues for FRAUD ON THE COURT.
The requisite fraud on the court occurs where "it can be demonstrated, clearly and convincingly, that a party has sentiently set in motion some unconscionable scheme calculated to interfere with the judicial system's ability impartially to adjudicate a matter by improperly influencing the trier of fact or unfairly hampering the presentation of the opposing party's claim or defense."
Read more at:
http://www.ballew.com/bob/htm/fotc.htm
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-708572/Fraud-on-the-court-as.html
If your loved one's case involved FRAUD ON THE COURT, please report the violators to the appropriate agencies. Please refer to our "HOW TO" index on the right-hand side of our website so can report these unethical violations.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Crime-Stopping Team
P.S. WAS YOUR DISABLED LOVED ONE EXPLOITED THROUGH THE CORRUPT COOK COUNTY PROBATE COURTS BY LACK OF PROPER COMMUNICATION IN A MANNER THAT THE DISABLED WARD COULD UNDERSTAND? WAS YOUR DISABLED LOVED ONE'S ESTATE DEPLETED THROUGH EXCESSIVE LEGAL FEES THAT WERE NOT COMMUNICATED TO YOUR LOVED ONE? WAS YOUR DISABLED LOVED ONE DECEIVED BY MEMBERS OF THE COURT? WAS YOUR DISABLED LOVED ONE'S POA REPLACED WITH A COURT-APPOINTED GUARDIANSHIP WITHOUT HIS/HER UNDERSTANDING? WAS YOUR DISABLED LOVED ONE'S WILL CHANGED WITHOUT HIS/HER UNDERSTANDING/?
HAVE YOU REPORTED YOUR CASE TO SENATOR LEAHY YET? PLEASE FOLLOW OUR HOW-TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!!
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Judges of Probate Court - View these videos and SEE YOURSELVES!!!
FOX NEWS Investigative Report: Guardian Abuse Part 1 and 2
YouTube Videos:
FOX NEWS http://www.youtube.com/user/stopguardianabuse?feature=mhum
This can happen to someone you love:
Editors note: If you are not sickened by what you see in the videos above - you are part of the problem. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com 9-22-2010
An editorial by "Impeach" posted Oct. 9, 2010
In the United States of America there are:
3009 counties, 64 parishes, 16 boroughs, 41 independent municipalities or cities. Keep this in mind as we do some probate calculations.
Lou Ann Anderson from Estate of Denial writes that one probate judge told her he oversees $750 Million per quarter in estate cases. There are four probate courts in that one county of Texas. That would add up to $12 Billion in one year in one county of the US. Above, I've listed the number of counties, parishes, boroughs and independent municipalities which would all have at least one probate court. This will be hypothetical, but it probably would not be far off to multiply this amount per county, etc. and come up with the figure of: $375,600,000,000/year]to make a ball park determination of how much money passes through US probate courts annually.
$375.6 BILLION.
Over a decade this would amount to almost:
$4 TRILLION
Now do you realize the industry that the probate court is truly? And why the government turns a blind eye to the business of these courts? Everyday, Judge xxxxx xxxxx begins by announcing "the business of the court". That's because it IS a business. And he's the CEO. How hard would it be for some of those spoils to be making their way into the wrong pockets? Remember, he was APPOINTED to an elected bench by the governor of Tennessee, Phil Bredesen. It would suggest that Governor Bredesen wanted to make sure he had a man he could rely on to run the business of this company-uh, court.
One judge, NO jury, NO oversight; and a room full of estate attorneys dividing an amount of wealth that rivals the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Do you now realize why we need an accounting from this legal industry? This is going on all over our country and it's the big, dirty secret of the legal world and our government. There's a reason this has never been pointed out to "we, the people", because it's an self entitlement of "us, the power".
"The love of money is the root of all evil". (The Bible)
OCT. 7, 2010 The court of the courts, The Tennessee Court of the Judiciary (COJ), has come under scrutiny this week in Nashville.
Legislators have stated "shock" over the testimony of attorneys expressing fear of retaliation if they petition for a judge to recuse himself or file a complaint with the COJ against a judge. The statistics reveal a governing body that doesn't seem to be doing its job. And the job they do is done in secret.
What disturbs me about the hearings going on in regards to the COJ is that, once again, "we the people" don't seem to be at the forefront of the concerns. Lawyers vs. Judges seems to be the issue. The fundamental problem is the impasse that citizens face when forced into the legal maze. Our voice is filtered through those of attorneys and the plea is often diluted in the name of "I've got to work in this town" syndrome, or so is the case in Nashville. We are forced to inherit the "fear of retaliation" which results in the muting of zealous representation.
In the probate court, this problem is further augmented by the lack of a jury and oversight. When ALL attorneys are on the gravy train of the conserved or deceased (being paid from the estate by the court), what attorney would be encouraged to go the distance in zealously representing their client if it meant bucking up against the judge, who not only is the jury, but the boss who pays the check?
In Judge xxxx xxxxxxx probate court, this scenario is further complicated because Kennedy thinks attorneys are superior human beings and loathes pro se (self-representation), and advertises constantly how "there are more conservatorships in this court than any other court in the state", while bullying any attorney outside his fraternity into submission. And this goes on day in, day out.
It's been decades since Tennessee has impeached a judge. It's time for the COJ to send a message of hope and confidence to the citizens of Davidson County.
Impeach
October 6, 2010 Conservatorships
We're still on the topic of conservatorships. Remember, the probate court is a court of liquidation, but also empowered with the authority to "conserve". How does this work? It doesn't. Conservatorships, meant to conserve, are adjudicated in a court that is set up to liquidate and divide. A law meant to preserve the assets, as well as the person, of the "disabled" has been abused and morphed into a law that is used to loot and dispose.
Here are a few other tactics of the probate mob in regards to "conservatorships".
A person who is conserved loses ALL their rights granted them by the Constitution. A criminal on death row has more rights than a ward who is under a conservatorship. Their court appointed fiduciary becomes their legal surrogate, no, becomes THEM. The conserved lose their right to vote, hold a driver's license, make medical decisions, have any control over their assets, marry, enter into legally binding contracts, even sign their name. They become a ghost legally. With all control over their life taken away, conservatorships lends themselves easily to the looting of the estate and abuse of the person if the court is cooperative and turning a blind eye to the actions of its officers. And this has become the rule as opposed to the exception. In the xxxxxx case, his rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" were included in this list of rights stripped from him. It's in the pleadings which are public record.
And here are just some of the earmarks of the abuse: The ward is locked away, far away, often out-of-state, with no one who truly cares allowed to see them BY COURT ORDER. They are medicated into a stupor so they often don't realize what is being done, and often medicated to death-literally. All their assets become property of the court and are quickly liquidated and disposed of. The real estate is driven into foreclosure, sold to a friend of the conservator and/or court at a bargain, then resold later at face value with participation in the profit. Intimidation is used to scare the ward into cooperation. Cooperative doctors/psychiatrists cooperate in convincing any observers that the ward is mentally incompetent/disturbed and needs the intervention of the court (xxxxxxx Psychiatric Hospital is the big team player with the 7th Circuit Court-you talk about "the patients taking over the asylum"). As quickly as possible, the ward's estate is driven into bankruptcy and their credit report is ruined. This assures the court that no one will have any means to seek legal recourse if the conservatorship is terminated, which they rarely are. And the judge rubber stamps all costs taxed to the conservatorship. Once all the assets are gone, then they tack on all the government subsidies such as social security, Medicare/Medicaid, disability, etc. It's a gravy train ad infinitum. The fiduciary overpays taxes, insurances, etc. and never account for the refunds. It's pocketed. The fraud beneath the fraud is so complex and vast that it appears unbelievable to any listening ear; and the ward, or any concerned, are discredited by the system so no one listens. All the lawyers are on the gravy train, so none of them make a peep, but participate in the coverup and fraud. And, GET THIS, the ward is stripped of the right to sue those that are raping and pillaging their person and property. It's a racket that is deeply and tightly tied up without a chance to fight it. Again, it is truly the dark hole of the legal world.
The xxxxxxx case is deplorable. Here's a musician at the top of his game, big money in the bank, a SEP IRA, substantial income, but a brother hell-bent on his destruction. Three years and over a million dollars later, it's all gone and he's left with over $100K in attorneys fees. The court has ruled a "termination" of the conservatorship, but still allows the bastard brother to capture the royalties without having to account. All the bills have been returned to xxxxxxx, but his income hasn't. It's INSANE and down right evil, but that's how the probate mob works-and Judge xxxxx xxxx is the godfather of this legalized/organized crime. Now that there's no more money left to spend, suddenly xxxx is "just fine", no longer "disabled". If you are truly disabled and have no assets, the probate court won't touch you. They are only interested in those with the bank to loot. And it's so obvious, but they bury it all so deep in a shit pile of paper work that if you ever break out of the conservatorship you have no means to fight back.
The probate court is guilty of crimes against humanity and our government turns a blind eye.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATION 10-2-2010
We at Probatesharks would like to urge our readers to read "Marked for Destruction" by John Caravella. It is the true story of a guardianship abuse victim. The book is written from the pages of a diary written by an 82 year old woman as she found herself a prisoner at the hands of an unethical nurse, attorneys, and judge.
This true story occurred near Milwaukee. A dedicated friend, an ethical attorney, and the local news media helped to release the victim from the "care" of the abusive exploitative guardian.
We at Probatesharks have had our loved ones experience similar abusive situations; estates have been depleted by greedy unethical court players, all under the watchful eyes of the judges on the 18th floor of the Daley Center in Chicago. The judges in the corrupt Cook County Probate courts have legalized (sanctioned) this financial exploitation.
We are hearing of new cases on a regular basis from victims of the Corrupt Cook County Probate Courts. It is time for our stories to be told, and our loved ones to be released from their abusive guardianships.
We invite local and national media to contact us so the crimes that are occuring in the corrupt Cook County Probate Courts may be exposed.
We want our loved ones released from their greedy guardians, with full restitution of their estates. We also want appropriate felony charges to be brought against all unethical players in these cases.
In the words of the victim of this book, we will "never give up this fight."
The book may be read online, or may be purchased. Please visit www.markedfordestruction.com to read or purchase the book.
Signed,
Truthteller
FRAUD ON THE COURT 9-25-2010
The Corrupt Cook County Probate Courtrooms are frequent venues for FRAUD ON THE COURT.
The requisite fraud on the court occurs where "it can be demonstrated, clearly and convincingly, that a party has sentiently set in motion some unconscionable scheme calculated to interfere with the judicial system's ability impartially to adjudicate a matter by improperly influencing the trier of fact or unfairly hampering the presentation of the opposing party's claim or defense."
Read more at:
http://www.ballew.com/bob/htm/fotc.htm
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-708572/Fraud-on-the-court-as.html
If your loved one's case involved FRAUD ON THE COURT, please report the violators to the appropriate agencies. Please refer to our "HOW TO" index on the right-hand side of our website so can report these unethical violations.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Crime-Stopping Team
P.S. WAS YOUR DISABLED LOVED ONE EXPLOITED THROUGH THE CORRUPT COOK COUNTY PROBATE COURTS BY LACK OF PROPER COMMUNICATION IN A MANNER THAT THE DISABLED WARD COULD UNDERSTAND? WAS YOUR DISABLED LOVED ONE'S ESTATE DEPLETED THROUGH EXCESSIVE LEGAL FEES THAT WERE NOT COMMUNICATED TO YOUR LOVED ONE? WAS YOUR DISABLED LOVED ONE DECEIVED BY MEMBERS OF THE COURT? WAS YOUR DISABLED LOVED ONE'S POA REPLACED WITH A COURT-APPOINTED GUARDIANSHIP WITHOUT HIS/HER UNDERSTANDING? WAS YOUR DISABLED LOVED ONE'S WILL CHANGED WITHOUT HIS/HER UNDERSTANDING/?
HAVE YOU REPORTED YOUR CASE TO SENATOR LEAHY YET? PLEASE FOLLOW OUR HOW-TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!!
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
HOW TO REPORT VIOLATIONS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
HOW TO REPORT VIOLATIONS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Since every guardianship is commenced on the basis of disability, the regulations under The Americans with Disabilities Act apply. Under ADA, accommodations must be made for the disabled to appear and/or communicate to the court in order to assert the right to full participation in the judicial process. Reasonable accommodation for communication includes both a method (written words) and a service (person to help deliver them). The DPoA and DPoAHC documents qualify as written messages that become effective during the individual's impairment, and the person named as agent in the documents is the service deliverer. The court's refusal of the documents is a violation of the Disabled's right to communication under ADA Title 28 Chapter 1 Part 35 #35.160. Retaliation against the disabled and/or advocates is also a violation under Part 35 #35.134 and Part 36 #36.206.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has broad jurisdiction over judicial issues such as courts and judges, constitutional issues, and civil rights and liberties. A request has been submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee, through the Office of its Chairman Senator Leahy, VT, to investigate the role of Probate Courts across the country in violating ADA rights with resulting personal abuses, healthcare fraud, and financial exploitation. THEY HAVE AGREED TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST CONTINGENT ON HOW MANY REPORTS COME IN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT THIS IS A GROWING PATTERN.
We now have a specific law and a specific person to work with. Our job is to make noise. Everyone whose case has involved ADA violations, particularly the discarding of PoA documents, in Probate Court should do this:
1) Write a 1-page letter describing the ADA violations in your case in Probate Court, name the state and court, and add a paragraph about who has been hurt and who has gained from the resulting situation.
2) Send a copy of your letter to:
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
ATTN: John Tracy, Field Representative
87 State Street, PO Box 933
Montpelier VT 05601
e-mail: John_Tracy@leahy.senate.gov
3) Send 3 more copies to your Congressional Delegation - your 2 Senators and your district's Representative in the U.S. House.
WAS YOUR LOVED ONE'S POA DISREGARDED BY THE COURT? WAS YOUR LOVED ONE'S ESTATE DEPLETED BY THE COURT WITHOUT HIS/HER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS OCCURRING? WAS YOUR LOVED ONE DECEIVED BY A MEMBER OF COURT? WAS YOUR LOVED ONE ISOLATED AND RESTRICTED FROM COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS? WAS A FAMILY MEMBER THREATENED OR RETALIATED AGAINST IF HE/SHE ATTEMPTED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE WARD?
IF SO, PLEASE REPORT YOUR CASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE--HELP UP PUT AN END TO THIS CORRUPTION!
Signed, Your Probate Sharks Federal Investigations Liaison
Editor's Note: Please also place comments in the "Politics" and "Candidates" sections of your local newspaper's on-line edition, referring victims (and reporters) to this website. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Since every guardianship is commenced on the basis of disability, the regulations under The Americans with Disabilities Act apply. Under ADA, accommodations must be made for the disabled to appear and/or communicate to the court in order to assert the right to full participation in the judicial process. Reasonable accommodation for communication includes both a method (written words) and a service (person to help deliver them). The DPoA and DPoAHC documents qualify as written messages that become effective during the individual's impairment, and the person named as agent in the documents is the service deliverer. The court's refusal of the documents is a violation of the Disabled's right to communication under ADA Title 28 Chapter 1 Part 35 #35.160. Retaliation against the disabled and/or advocates is also a violation under Part 35 #35.134 and Part 36 #36.206.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has broad jurisdiction over judicial issues such as courts and judges, constitutional issues, and civil rights and liberties. A request has been submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee, through the Office of its Chairman Senator Leahy, VT, to investigate the role of Probate Courts across the country in violating ADA rights with resulting personal abuses, healthcare fraud, and financial exploitation. THEY HAVE AGREED TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST CONTINGENT ON HOW MANY REPORTS COME IN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT THIS IS A GROWING PATTERN.
We now have a specific law and a specific person to work with. Our job is to make noise. Everyone whose case has involved ADA violations, particularly the discarding of PoA documents, in Probate Court should do this:
1) Write a 1-page letter describing the ADA violations in your case in Probate Court, name the state and court, and add a paragraph about who has been hurt and who has gained from the resulting situation.
2) Send a copy of your letter to:
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
ATTN: John Tracy, Field Representative
87 State Street, PO Box 933
Montpelier VT 05601
e-mail: John_Tracy@leahy.senate.gov
3) Send 3 more copies to your Congressional Delegation - your 2 Senators and your district's Representative in the U.S. House.
WAS YOUR LOVED ONE'S POA DISREGARDED BY THE COURT? WAS YOUR LOVED ONE'S ESTATE DEPLETED BY THE COURT WITHOUT HIS/HER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS OCCURRING? WAS YOUR LOVED ONE DECEIVED BY A MEMBER OF COURT? WAS YOUR LOVED ONE ISOLATED AND RESTRICTED FROM COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS? WAS A FAMILY MEMBER THREATENED OR RETALIATED AGAINST IF HE/SHE ATTEMPTED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE WARD?
IF SO, PLEASE REPORT YOUR CASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE--HELP UP PUT AN END TO THIS CORRUPTION!
Signed, Your Probate Sharks Federal Investigations Liaison
Editor's Note: Please also place comments in the "Politics" and "Candidates" sections of your local newspaper's on-line edition, referring victims (and reporters) to this website. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Friday, September 17, 2010
LIVE CABLE TV SHOW A SUCCESS
LIVE CABLE TV SHOW A SUCCESS
Cable Free Speech TV show this Wednesday, September 22, 2010, as she welcomed a representative from the National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse (NASGA). The guest discussed NASGA's Open Letter to Congress, and the association's efforts to stop guardianship abuse through proposed Congressional legislation. You can visit NASGA's website at www.stopguardianabuse.org to download the document that was submitted to Congress earlier this year. We have received calls from all over the United States with suggestions for the removal of the monsters responsible for Court Sanctioned Elder Abuse
Guardianship abuse runs rampant in the corrupt Cook County Probate Courts, and is gaining national attention. Politicians from Cook County would be wise to take note of what has been occuring during their tenures in public office, and the growing national and local efforts to expose this corruption.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Media Relations Specialist
Editor’s note: Please use contact information tab for further information of repeat broadcasts in the many communities throughout the Chicagoland area served by the cable company.
Cable Free Speech TV show this Wednesday, September 22, 2010, as she welcomed a representative from the National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse (NASGA). The guest discussed NASGA's Open Letter to Congress, and the association's efforts to stop guardianship abuse through proposed Congressional legislation. You can visit NASGA's website at www.stopguardianabuse.org to download the document that was submitted to Congress earlier this year. We have received calls from all over the United States with suggestions for the removal of the monsters responsible for Court Sanctioned Elder Abuse
Guardianship abuse runs rampant in the corrupt Cook County Probate Courts, and is gaining national attention. Politicians from Cook County would be wise to take note of what has been occuring during their tenures in public office, and the growing national and local efforts to expose this corruption.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Media Relations Specialist
Editor’s note: Please use contact information tab for further information of repeat broadcasts in the many communities throughout the Chicagoland area served by the cable company.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
HOW TO REPORT UNETHICAL LAWYERS AND JUDGES
HOW TO REPORT UNETHICAL LAWYERS AND JUDGES
Unfortunately, there is an abundance of unethical lawyers and judges in the Cook County Probate Courts. Corruption most definitely abounds on the 18th floor of the Daley Center.
Unethical lawyers should be reported to the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Committee (ARDC)
ARDC does not accept email complaints or other email communications regarding confidential investigations or proceedings. Web site visitors may contact ARDC by telephone, facsimile or mail at its Chicago or Springfield offices listed below.
One Prudential Plaza
130 East Randolph Drive
Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60601-6219
(312) 565-2600 or, within
Illinois, (800) 826-8625
Fax (312) 565-2320
Telephone Number: 217/546-3523
Fax Number: 217/546-3785
The 800 number (800-252-8048) will remain the same
ARDC offices are open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
It is a good idea to review the Rules of Professional conduct, so you can speak the the lawyers' violation in your complaint. These rules may be viewed on the website. https://www.iardc.org/index.html
Other helpful links:
To submit a request for investigation: https://www.iardc.org/howtorequest.html
To contact the ARDC: https://www.iardc.org/howtocontact_orginfo.html
HOW TO REPORT JUDGES:
Unethical judges may be reported to the State of Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOUR CASE IS CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION, RETALIATION BY THE JUDGE MAY RESULT, AND MAY NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF YOUR CASE. DEPENDING ON YOUR SITUATION, YOU MAY BE WISE TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR CASE IS SETTLED PRIOR TO REPORTING THE JUDGE. This is an unfortunate truth of the situation.
The contact information for the Judicial Inquiry Board is found below:
100 West Randolph Street
Suite14-500
Chicago, IL 60601
312 814-5554
800 227-9429
TDD 312 814-1881
FAX 312 814-5719
www.state.il.us/jib
The Rules of Judicial Conduct and information regarding the submission and handling of complaints against Illinois Judges can be found on this site.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Whistleblower
Editors note 9-15-2010: The fact that this website is being seriously discussed in the Probate Court of Cook County tells this editor that we are on the right track. Whistleblower - Keep up the good work. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Unfortunately, there is an abundance of unethical lawyers and judges in the Cook County Probate Courts. Corruption most definitely abounds on the 18th floor of the Daley Center.
Unethical lawyers should be reported to the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Committee (ARDC)
ARDC does not accept email complaints or other email communications regarding confidential investigations or proceedings. Web site visitors may contact ARDC by telephone, facsimile or mail at its Chicago or Springfield offices listed below.
One Prudential Plaza
130 East Randolph Drive
Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60601-6219
(312) 565-2600 or, within
Illinois, (800) 826-8625
Fax (312) 565-2320
3161 West White Oaks Drive, Suite 301
Springfield, IL 62704 Telephone Number: 217/546-3523
Fax Number: 217/546-3785
The 800 number (800-252-8048) will remain the same
ARDC offices are open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
It is a good idea to review the Rules of Professional conduct, so you can speak the the lawyers' violation in your complaint. These rules may be viewed on the website. https://www.iardc.org/index.html
Other helpful links:
To submit a request for investigation: https://www.iardc.org/howtorequest.html
To contact the ARDC: https://www.iardc.org/howtocontact_orginfo.html
HOW TO REPORT JUDGES:
Unethical judges may be reported to the State of Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOUR CASE IS CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION, RETALIATION BY THE JUDGE MAY RESULT, AND MAY NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF YOUR CASE. DEPENDING ON YOUR SITUATION, YOU MAY BE WISE TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR CASE IS SETTLED PRIOR TO REPORTING THE JUDGE. This is an unfortunate truth of the situation.
The contact information for the Judicial Inquiry Board is found below:
100 West Randolph Street
Suite14-500
Chicago, IL 60601
312 814-5554
800 227-9429
TDD 312 814-1881
FAX 312 814-5719
www.state.il.us/jib
The Rules of Judicial Conduct and information regarding the submission and handling of complaints against Illinois Judges can be found on this site.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Whistleblower
Editors note 9-15-2010: The fact that this website is being seriously discussed in the Probate Court of Cook County tells this editor that we are on the right track. Whistleblower - Keep up the good work. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Friday, September 10, 2010
HOW TO REPORT UNETHICAL NURSES AND SOCIAL WORKERS
HOW TO REPORT UNETHICAL NURSES AND SOCIAL WORKERS
Despite the fact that the Gallup poll has found nurses as the Most Trusted profession every year except one ( in 2001, after 9-11 when firefighters won the recognition), there are, most unfortunately, some scumbag nurses in this world. These scumbag nurses are driven by greed, and are making a living off of the elderly disabled through unethical and corrupt guardianship proceedings in the Cook County Probate Courts.
Unfortunately, the volunteers at Probate Sharks have both heard of, and witnessed, numerous cases where unethical nurses have: entered false assessments into court; entered false documention into the medical record; committed perjury in court to restrict family members from visiting their loved ones; deceived the elderly disabled in order to gain them as clients for their own guardianship companies; attempted to create discourse among family members for the benefit of the nurse seeking guardianship; and have even allegedly hastened the deaths of the elderly disabled to facilitite a rapid pay-out of illegally altered wills.
If you have had the unfortunate opportunity to deal with one of these unethical nurses, please report the nurse to the :
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Division of Professional Regulation
Complaint Intake Unit
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 9-300
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312/814-6910
The following website will allow you to file a complaint by email; however, you will not be able to submit your supporting documents with this method.
https://www.idfpr.com/dpr/FILING/Complaint.asp
Unfortunately, there are also unethical social workers who have been making their livings off of the elderly diasbled as well; these social workers may be reported to this agency as well.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Professional Watchdog
Despite the fact that the Gallup poll has found nurses as the Most Trusted profession every year except one ( in 2001, after 9-11 when firefighters won the recognition), there are, most unfortunately, some scumbag nurses in this world. These scumbag nurses are driven by greed, and are making a living off of the elderly disabled through unethical and corrupt guardianship proceedings in the Cook County Probate Courts.
Unfortunately, the volunteers at Probate Sharks have both heard of, and witnessed, numerous cases where unethical nurses have: entered false assessments into court; entered false documention into the medical record; committed perjury in court to restrict family members from visiting their loved ones; deceived the elderly disabled in order to gain them as clients for their own guardianship companies; attempted to create discourse among family members for the benefit of the nurse seeking guardianship; and have even allegedly hastened the deaths of the elderly disabled to facilitite a rapid pay-out of illegally altered wills.
If you have had the unfortunate opportunity to deal with one of these unethical nurses, please report the nurse to the :
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Division of Professional Regulation
Complaint Intake Unit
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 9-300
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312/814-6910
The following website will allow you to file a complaint by email; however, you will not be able to submit your supporting documents with this method.
https://www.idfpr.com/dpr/FILING/Complaint.asp
Unfortunately, there are also unethical social workers who have been making their livings off of the elderly diasbled as well; these social workers may be reported to this agency as well.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Professional Watchdog
HOW TO OBTAIN COURT RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTS
HOW TO OBTAIN COURT RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTS
To do a probate case search to see the various orders and motions in your case:
You will want to do this on a reliable, high-speed internet computer. The files are lengthy and take several minutes to download.
Go to the website below:
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=CASEINFOPage&CASEINFOPage=4210
Click on Probate Case Search
Type in the case number at the top of the page, or the ward's name under the box marked "estate". You will see lawyers' names, judges' names, guardians' names, and a chronological report of all orders, motions, petitions, etc. that have been submitted on your case. You can also see the next scheduled court date if you scroll to the entries at the bottom of the file.
This timeline will also come in handy if you want to order specific transcripts or view specific records (you need to go to the Daley Center to see your records); this timeline will also come in handy as you report identified unethical or illegal behaviors to the appropriate agencies.
To Order Court Transcripts:
Official transcripts are recorded for every status hearing, trial, etc. They contain valuable information about your case. These transcripts are PUBLIC records, available to anyone who requests them. However, there is a fee involved, and it can become quite costly. The current rate for they typing of a transcript is $3.15/page. The transcripts may be mailed to you upon request; there is an additional postage fee involved, usually amounting to several dollars.
You can order a transcript by phone. The number is: (312) 603-8405. You will need to give them the name of the judge, the name of the ward, and the case number.
They usually ask you how you are related; however, these are public records, and you can just tell them you are requesting a public record.
After you supply them with the above information, they will look in their records to see who was the transcriptionist for the judge that day. They will give you their name, and the transcriptionist will call you back with an estimate on the cost. You will need to send a deposit, usually as a certified check or money (though some will take personal checks). When they are done typing the transcript (this can take several weeks), the transcriptionist will call you back with the final amount due. The transcript will be mailed to you upon receipt of your final payment.
The payments are mailed to the attention of the transcriptionist at the following address:
Official Court Reports
69 W. Washington
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60602
Though the transcripts are supposed to be reliable, probate sharks has heard of many instances were the transcripts were either lost or inaccurate. This is especially true during proceedings where the lawyers, judges, and guardians would rather the public record not reflect what occurred in court.
That said, please take your own notes if you are present in court that day. It is also advisable to have someone else document the proceedings as well. If you are so lucky as to have a reporter accompany you to court, that would be ideal.
Additionally, it is advisable that you keep ALL communications with your attorney (if you have one) in email form. After EACH court appearance, ask them to report to you exactly what occurred in court that day. Having all communications in writing may be very valuable down the road if you need to report the case to any authorities.
In the event that a transcriptionist tells you he/she has lost the transcript that you are requesting, you should report this immediately to :
Judge Timothy C. Evans, Chief Judge
Ms. Marilyn A. Filishio, Administrator
State of Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County
Official Court Reporters
69 West Washington Street
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 603-8509
Fax (321) 603-9820
To View and Obtain Court Records:
Probate court files are public records. You are able to view and copy them at the Daley Center, Room 1202. You will need a photo ID to check out the case file. Files must be kept in the room, but may be photocopied in the room for 25 cents per page. Here is the name, address, and phone number of the court office:
Richard J. Daley Center
50 West Washington Street
Room 1202
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 603-6441 or (312) 603-6457
Hours: 8:30 - 4:30 Mon-Fri
If you want to view case files, these websites will be helpful to you:
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=DDPage&DDPage=4200
and
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=RecArchivePage
If you are appearing as a pro-se litigant (without an attorney), this website is where you can find various court forms that may be helpful to you for submission into court:
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=FormsPage&FormsPage=4200&FORMNAME=&TITLE=&Submit=Submit
Court records may also be ordered from the Clerk's office; however, this method is more expensive, as you are paying for them to search the records for you. More information on this may be obtained at the following website:http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=RecArchivePage&RecArchivePage=6020
We hope you find this information useful in your fight against Cook County Probate Court Corruption
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Court Records Specialist
Editor's note: Alice R. Gore Estate value about 1 million dollars: Alice R. Gore, deceased, a disabled 99 year old ward of the Probate Court of Cook County, Judge Kawamoto’s courtroom was hours away from ending up in the Cook County Morgue. Alice's estate was depleted by probate court parasites and there were reportedly no funds to bury her. Her loving family paid for the burial expenses so that Alice would not have to suffer the indignity of being stacked like an Auschwitz inmate in the Cook County morgue. The judge allowed an easily manipulated mentally disabled granddaughter to be appointed as Alice’s guardian and yet no sanctions were instituted against the judge or court officers for this blatant infraction of the law.KawamotoDragon.com
Strangely, 16 of Alice’s annuity checks, two of which show forged endorsements, disappeared. Alice’s daughter has a copy of a check with her signature possibly forged. The daughter’s attorney has been trying to obtain copies of the 16 other annuity checks for two years without success. Even more puzzling is a $150,000 life insurance policy owned by Alice and not inventoried into the estate by the court. The Probate Court of Cook of Cook County refuses to investigate these blatant infractions of the law. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
To do a probate case search to see the various orders and motions in your case:
You will want to do this on a reliable, high-speed internet computer. The files are lengthy and take several minutes to download.
Go to the website below:
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=CASEINFOPage&CASEINFOPage=4210
Click on Probate Case Search
Type in the case number at the top of the page, or the ward's name under the box marked "estate". You will see lawyers' names, judges' names, guardians' names, and a chronological report of all orders, motions, petitions, etc. that have been submitted on your case. You can also see the next scheduled court date if you scroll to the entries at the bottom of the file.
This timeline will also come in handy if you want to order specific transcripts or view specific records (you need to go to the Daley Center to see your records); this timeline will also come in handy as you report identified unethical or illegal behaviors to the appropriate agencies.
To Order Court Transcripts:
Official transcripts are recorded for every status hearing, trial, etc. They contain valuable information about your case. These transcripts are PUBLIC records, available to anyone who requests them. However, there is a fee involved, and it can become quite costly. The current rate for they typing of a transcript is $3.15/page. The transcripts may be mailed to you upon request; there is an additional postage fee involved, usually amounting to several dollars.
You can order a transcript by phone. The number is: (312) 603-8405. You will need to give them the name of the judge, the name of the ward, and the case number.
They usually ask you how you are related; however, these are public records, and you can just tell them you are requesting a public record.
After you supply them with the above information, they will look in their records to see who was the transcriptionist for the judge that day. They will give you their name, and the transcriptionist will call you back with an estimate on the cost. You will need to send a deposit, usually as a certified check or money (though some will take personal checks). When they are done typing the transcript (this can take several weeks), the transcriptionist will call you back with the final amount due. The transcript will be mailed to you upon receipt of your final payment.
The payments are mailed to the attention of the transcriptionist at the following address:
Official Court Reports
69 W. Washington
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60602
Though the transcripts are supposed to be reliable, probate sharks has heard of many instances were the transcripts were either lost or inaccurate. This is especially true during proceedings where the lawyers, judges, and guardians would rather the public record not reflect what occurred in court.
That said, please take your own notes if you are present in court that day. It is also advisable to have someone else document the proceedings as well. If you are so lucky as to have a reporter accompany you to court, that would be ideal.
Additionally, it is advisable that you keep ALL communications with your attorney (if you have one) in email form. After EACH court appearance, ask them to report to you exactly what occurred in court that day. Having all communications in writing may be very valuable down the road if you need to report the case to any authorities.
In the event that a transcriptionist tells you he/she has lost the transcript that you are requesting, you should report this immediately to :
Judge Timothy C. Evans, Chief Judge
Ms. Marilyn A. Filishio, Administrator
State of Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County
Official Court Reporters
69 West Washington Street
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 603-8509
Fax (321) 603-9820
To View and Obtain Court Records:
Probate court files are public records. You are able to view and copy them at the Daley Center, Room 1202. You will need a photo ID to check out the case file. Files must be kept in the room, but may be photocopied in the room for 25 cents per page. Here is the name, address, and phone number of the court office:
Richard J. Daley Center
50 West Washington Street
Room 1202
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 603-6441 or (312) 603-6457
Hours: 8:30 - 4:30 Mon-Fri
If you want to view case files, these websites will be helpful to you:
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=DDPage&DDPage=4200
and
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=RecArchivePage
If you are appearing as a pro-se litigant (without an attorney), this website is where you can find various court forms that may be helpful to you for submission into court:
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=FormsPage&FormsPage=4200&FORMNAME=&TITLE=&Submit=Submit
Court records may also be ordered from the Clerk's office; however, this method is more expensive, as you are paying for them to search the records for you. More information on this may be obtained at the following website:http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=RecArchivePage&RecArchivePage=6020
We hope you find this information useful in your fight against Cook County Probate Court Corruption
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Court Records Specialist
Editor's note: Alice R. Gore Estate value about 1 million dollars: Alice R. Gore, deceased, a disabled 99 year old ward of the Probate Court of Cook County, Judge Kawamoto’s courtroom was hours away from ending up in the Cook County Morgue. Alice's estate was depleted by probate court parasites and there were reportedly no funds to bury her. Her loving family paid for the burial expenses so that Alice would not have to suffer the indignity of being stacked like an Auschwitz inmate in the Cook County morgue. The judge allowed an easily manipulated mentally disabled granddaughter to be appointed as Alice’s guardian and yet no sanctions were instituted against the judge or court officers for this blatant infraction of the law.KawamotoDragon.com
Strangely, 16 of Alice’s annuity checks, two of which show forged endorsements, disappeared. Alice’s daughter has a copy of a check with her signature possibly forged. The daughter’s attorney has been trying to obtain copies of the 16 other annuity checks for two years without success. Even more puzzling is a $150,000 life insurance policy owned by Alice and not inventoried into the estate by the court. The Probate Court of Cook of Cook County refuses to investigate these blatant infractions of the law. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Patterns of Scheme and Design and Coming Attractions
"Patterns of Scheme and Design”
With the assistance of our many volunteers, Probate Sharks will be bringing you an educational series to help you fight the corruption in your loved-one's probate court case. The first of these classes will assist you in identifying "Patterns of Scheme and Design".
The elderly disabled in the Cook County Probate Courts are being victimized by lawyers, judges, and guardianship owners. There are cases of family members being removed as guardians for their parents through cross-petitions by lawyers and GALs. This is done so the court minions can become the legal guardians to control your loved-one's estate. Subsequently, the cases continue with instances of falisified wills, kidnapping, deception, false records entered into court, falsified medical testimonies, perjury, medicaid fraud and abuse, family visitation restrictions, "facilitation" of early deaths for the elderly, and depletion of the estate through drastically prolonged court cases with exhorbitant legal and guardianship fees.
Unfortunately, these are not isolated cases. There are many such cases, which seem to follow specific patterns of scheme and design. These patterns are evident, and may be seen by looking at court records which involve the same players (judges, lawyers, GALs, nurses, and guardianship companies).
If you have concerns that your case is being handled unethically and/or illegally, you can see if the same patterns on your case are repeated on other cases that involve the same court players. Court documents to look for include: cross-petitions for different guardians, restrictions on family visitation, naming of new guardians, changes in nursing home facilities, many entries for legal fees, and many strike trial dates. Another clue is that often times the victims' family members need to appear as a pro-se litigant, without an attorney because their own funds have been depleted as well.
To see do a probate case search to see if your probate court case is similar to others, go to the website below:
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=CASEINFOPage&CASEINFOPage=4210
If you want to look at the patterns in your own case, type in the case number at the top of the page, or the ward's name under the box marked "estate". You will see lawyers' names, judges' names', guardians' names, and a chronological report of all of the types of documents submitted into court on your case.
This timeline will also come in handy if you want to order specific transcripts or view specific records (you need to go to the Daley Center to see your records); this timeline will also come in handy as you report identified unethical or illegal behaviors to the appropriate agencies.
If you want to look at other cases in which your court players are involved, click the box on the right which says "claimant, minor, or representative" and enter the name of the GAL, guardian, etc. that concerns you. This will allow you to see the case numbers of these players' other cases, where you can look to see if the same patterns of scheme and design are present. Viewing the records themselves (at the Daley Center) will provide you with helpful additional information.
Watch for future lessons by our many volunteers and specialists on obtaining court records and transcripts, and reporting unethical/illegal behaviors to the appropriate agencies.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Crime-Buster
COMING ATTRACTIONS: The sucess of the last five cable programs on Comcast Free Speach channel #19 has prompted the production of several more true case histories of victims of the Probate Court of Cook County. Check this blog for future listings. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
With the assistance of our many volunteers, Probate Sharks will be bringing you an educational series to help you fight the corruption in your loved-one's probate court case. The first of these classes will assist you in identifying "Patterns of Scheme and Design".
The elderly disabled in the Cook County Probate Courts are being victimized by lawyers, judges, and guardianship owners. There are cases of family members being removed as guardians for their parents through cross-petitions by lawyers and GALs. This is done so the court minions can become the legal guardians to control your loved-one's estate. Subsequently, the cases continue with instances of falisified wills, kidnapping, deception, false records entered into court, falsified medical testimonies, perjury, medicaid fraud and abuse, family visitation restrictions, "facilitation" of early deaths for the elderly, and depletion of the estate through drastically prolonged court cases with exhorbitant legal and guardianship fees.
Unfortunately, these are not isolated cases. There are many such cases, which seem to follow specific patterns of scheme and design. These patterns are evident, and may be seen by looking at court records which involve the same players (judges, lawyers, GALs, nurses, and guardianship companies).
If you have concerns that your case is being handled unethically and/or illegally, you can see if the same patterns on your case are repeated on other cases that involve the same court players. Court documents to look for include: cross-petitions for different guardians, restrictions on family visitation, naming of new guardians, changes in nursing home facilities, many entries for legal fees, and many strike trial dates. Another clue is that often times the victims' family members need to appear as a pro-se litigant, without an attorney because their own funds have been depleted as well.
To see do a probate case search to see if your probate court case is similar to others, go to the website below:
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=CASEINFOPage&CASEINFOPage=4210
If you want to look at the patterns in your own case, type in the case number at the top of the page, or the ward's name under the box marked "estate". You will see lawyers' names, judges' names', guardians' names, and a chronological report of all of the types of documents submitted into court on your case.
This timeline will also come in handy if you want to order specific transcripts or view specific records (you need to go to the Daley Center to see your records); this timeline will also come in handy as you report identified unethical or illegal behaviors to the appropriate agencies.
If you want to look at other cases in which your court players are involved, click the box on the right which says "claimant, minor, or representative" and enter the name of the GAL, guardian, etc. that concerns you. This will allow you to see the case numbers of these players' other cases, where you can look to see if the same patterns of scheme and design are present. Viewing the records themselves (at the Daley Center) will provide you with helpful additional information.
Watch for future lessons by our many volunteers and specialists on obtaining court records and transcripts, and reporting unethical/illegal behaviors to the appropriate agencies.
Signed,
Your Probate Sharks Crime-Buster
COMING ATTRACTIONS: The sucess of the last five cable programs on Comcast Free Speach channel #19 has prompted the production of several more true case histories of victims of the Probate Court of Cook County. Check this blog for future listings. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Friday, August 20, 2010
HEARTBREAKING STORY ON FREE SPEECH CABLE TV PROGRAM
HEARTBREAKING STORY ON FREE SPEECH CABLE TV PROGRAM
Last night a heartbreaking story was told by the niece of a victim of the corruption in the Cook County Probate courts. Allegedly, this woman's elderly aunt's death was hastened by her guardian in order to allow the proceeds of a will (which had been illegally altered to exclude other sibs) to be distributed. This is too appalling for words, but we wish to offer our sympathy and support to this family.
The corruption abounds in Cook County Probate Courts.
Several websites were acknowledged during the program, including www.probatesharks.com. The volunteers at probatesharks.com appreciate this acknowledgement. We are proud to be considered as an organization that is here to help victims of the corruption in Cook County.
If you want to tell your story of corruption in the Probate Court of Cook County, leave word with probatesharks.com and we will facilitate your contact with the host of the free speech Cable TV program. It is time to end the silence; it is our only hope of ending this corruption.
Signed, Truthteller
Last night a heartbreaking story was told by the niece of a victim of the corruption in the Cook County Probate courts. Allegedly, this woman's elderly aunt's death was hastened by her guardian in order to allow the proceeds of a will (which had been illegally altered to exclude other sibs) to be distributed. This is too appalling for words, but we wish to offer our sympathy and support to this family.
The corruption abounds in Cook County Probate Courts.
Several websites were acknowledged during the program, including www.probatesharks.com. The volunteers at probatesharks.com appreciate this acknowledgement. We are proud to be considered as an organization that is here to help victims of the corruption in Cook County.
If you want to tell your story of corruption in the Probate Court of Cook County, leave word with probatesharks.com and we will facilitate your contact with the host of the free speech Cable TV program. It is time to end the silence; it is our only hope of ending this corruption.
Signed, Truthteller
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
BLAGOVEVICH CORRUPTION DOESN'T COMPARE
Blagojevich Corruption Doesn't Compare
If you are appalled with the Blogo corruption case.... you should see what occurs daily in the Cook County Probate Courts. The elderly disabled are being victimized by lawyers, judges, and guardianship owners. There are cases of falsified wills, kidnapping, deception, false records entered into court, falsified medical testimonies, perjury, medicaid fraud and abuse, family visitation restrictions, and "facilitation" of early deaths for the elderly. We invite the media, law enforcement, and FBI to investigate this corruption that is occuring in Cook County.
Signed, Truthteller
If you are appalled with the Blogo corruption case.... you should see what occurs daily in the Cook County Probate Courts. The elderly disabled are being victimized by lawyers, judges, and guardianship owners. There are cases of falsified wills, kidnapping, deception, false records entered into court, falsified medical testimonies, perjury, medicaid fraud and abuse, family visitation restrictions, and "facilitation" of early deaths for the elderly. We invite the media, law enforcement, and FBI to investigate this corruption that is occuring in Cook County.
Signed, Truthteller
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
SOMETHING FISHY IN JUDGE COLEMAN'S PROBATE COURT
SOMETHING FISHY IN JUDGE COLEMAN'S PROBATE COURT
This shark (who swam into court) feels something was fishy in Judge Coleman’s Probate Court yesterday. Judge Coleman heard a case where an heir took a lawyer to his “competent” aunt residing in a nursing home that he had previously placed her in. The aunt had reside in a plush Lakeshore Drive apartment prior to being "resettled" in a nursing home by her nephew. He then removed all his 9 other siblings from the aunts previous will. The aunt was subsequently drugged up, had her teeth pulled and died soon after leaving an estate of over 12 million dollars. No autopsy was performed because the aunt had given her nephew guardianship, and he of course refused an autopsy.
Strange, that the nephew was represented by M.S. (See previous posts regarding the wife of Titus Pula in Judge Kowamoto’s court). M.S. is presently under investigation by Federal authorities for an alleged fraud perpetrated in Florida and Illinois.
ProbateSharks are looking for a few good volunteer Cook County Probate Court watching sharks. Just imagine — if one watcher shark uncovered the mischief above — what could 100 watcher sharks uncover???? Click on the contact tab! Be a watcher shark!
Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
COMMENT #1 Added 8-5-10
A mantra repeated over and over again by the Probate Court of Cook County to disrepute heirs who “question” the veracity of the court.
1. The heir is “crazy”
2. The heir has stolen money or property (reports are rarely made to the State’s Attorney)
3. The heir has “emotionally” or physically harmed the ward
4. Minions of the court approach and befriend the weakest heir - purpose: use hate and money as a weapon.
5. Enter the whores of the court who “churn” the estate in order to propagate legal, quasi-medical “care provider companies” and favored nursing homes.
6. The judge always takes the side of the minions and whores
?. (Sharks: feel free to add more mantras)
This shark (who swam into court) feels something was fishy in Judge Coleman’s Probate Court yesterday. Judge Coleman heard a case where an heir took a lawyer to his “competent” aunt residing in a nursing home that he had previously placed her in. The aunt had reside in a plush Lakeshore Drive apartment prior to being "resettled" in a nursing home by her nephew. He then removed all his 9 other siblings from the aunts previous will. The aunt was subsequently drugged up, had her teeth pulled and died soon after leaving an estate of over 12 million dollars. No autopsy was performed because the aunt had given her nephew guardianship, and he of course refused an autopsy.
Strange, that the nephew was represented by M.S. (See previous posts regarding the wife of Titus Pula in Judge Kowamoto’s court). M.S. is presently under investigation by Federal authorities for an alleged fraud perpetrated in Florida and Illinois.
ProbateSharks are looking for a few good volunteer Cook County Probate Court watching sharks. Just imagine — if one watcher shark uncovered the mischief above — what could 100 watcher sharks uncover???? Click on the contact tab! Be a watcher shark!
Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
COMMENT #1 Added 8-5-10
A mantra repeated over and over again by the Probate Court of Cook County to disrepute heirs who “question” the veracity of the court.
1. The heir is “crazy”
2. The heir has stolen money or property (reports are rarely made to the State’s Attorney)
3. The heir has “emotionally” or physically harmed the ward
4. Minions of the court approach and befriend the weakest heir - purpose: use hate and money as a weapon.
5. Enter the whores of the court who “churn” the estate in order to propagate legal, quasi-medical “care provider companies” and favored nursing homes.
6. The judge always takes the side of the minions and whores
?. (Sharks: feel free to add more mantras)
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