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