The following article was published in the New York Times on March 24. Bonnie Lee Apple starved and nearly died on Guardian’s Watch, Family Says. I think you will be able to open the following even if you are not a subscriber.
Aligra: Please tweet @cathylrodriguez who leads and is part of a California group. An email for her is [email protected]. A protest in Sacramento is in the works.
Hi: Thank you for your email. I sent you a message via twitter, but I have included more information here. In California, Disability Voices United. Email: [email protected]. Tom Coleman of the Spectrum Institute is another helpful resource. [email protected].
I have recently been introduced to the following.
National Association of Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA.org)
Sravya Tadespalli wrote the following article which was published in Prism Reports about how conservatorships affect communities of color, the guardianship abolishment movement, and the policy and legal barriers that stand in its way. Here is the link:
Thanks, Erica. This is happening to too many individuals and families and has to eliminated. It is criminal and crooked. I read your book, I’m Not Playing about your efforts to rescue your mom. It is a beautiful blend of poetry and prose.
I just read your other comment and commented there. If you are interested in speaking to an investigative reporter please let me know and I will put you in contact with him. I spoke to him earlier today and he is very interested in learning more about this.
Please let me know if you would like to speak to an investigative reporter that I spoke to earlier today. He wants to talk to victims.
Warm regards,
Marian
Hi Gilbert:
Thanks for your comments. It is so important for people to know this is going on. Speaking of $400 an hour. The last court-appointed guardian was billing at that rate and when she was named, she billed my mother and was paid $25,000 for reviewing files. It was approved by court order from a judge. She wrote the check to herself from my mother’s account. That was just a warm up. Another was billing at over $600 an hour and she always had a colleague w/her, so she billed for both of the ($375 for her colleague). She wrote a motion to have me removed as my mother’s personal needs guardian and billed my mother. She said that she visited my mother and when I said it wasn’t true, she said I was preventing her from visiting and filed her motion. I had to hire a lawyer to respond. And then she countered again – all of it billed to my mother and approved by a judge. What I have described is shockingly routine. It is criminal.
The above comments from Carol and Shel 369 show that guardianship is a license to steal. It was used a century ago to steal the Osage in Oklahoma of proceeds from mineral rights which had been granted by treaty. There have been statutory changes and media exposes, BUT THE SYSTEM IN PRACTICE HAS NOT IMPROVED. Growing is a giant professional guardianship industry who can have hundreds of clients with absolutely no oversight. JUDGES DO NOT FOLLOW THE LAW. The state supreme courts are aware of the problem. No one is using their authority to ensure compliance.
WE DO NOT KNOW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN GUARDIANSHIP. No one is collecting data. This practice has to be investigated. That is why RICO was designed. Then it must be dismantled. Call guardianship what it is REMOVAL OF RIGHTS.
The following article was published in the New York Times on March 24. Bonnie Lee Apple starved and nearly died on Guardian’s Watch, Family Says. I think you will be able to open the following even if you are not a subscriber.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/nyregion/court-appointed-guardian-abuse-case.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DODmweiOIEGYWP-kDLIqFkesEvmj2DXNhANqMiSLl90-ZFM01kTUyhqIafldEOKj4474KvW2d8l7T8YYcFyx64JG-oNLU4g7SloxONNDX3XaHc03B3Jg5685cyIEWt2CBf2v_HEbVqiYN81KwhBpB8QTwCdzDK66ezc2h2P9-Hahna6QckCaoOCXyIw4nqu_9Xex5SCFnGUHp-_W06jdhdM9sQN6_0RAUyLIu82f5CTzw1c_r6QsE5VIPWlL51sLPSqhbqy8C-x_k-FaU8r6ptHhbPPQBV5CiXGnmb_QT5&smid=em-share
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Kathy: Amazing work. Thank you.
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Aligra: Please tweet @cathylrodriguez who leads and is part of a California group. An email for her is [email protected]. A protest in Sacramento is in the works.
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Hi: Thank you for your email. I sent you a message via twitter, but I have included more information here. In California, Disability Voices United. Email: [email protected]. Tom Coleman of the Spectrum Institute is another helpful resource. [email protected].
I have recently been introduced to the following.
National Association of Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA.org)
MindFreedom International (MindFreedom.org)
One of their current efforts is this petition https://chng.it/cdqRmH4S5K
Thank you,
Marian
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Sravya Tadespalli wrote the following article which was published in Prism Reports about how conservatorships affect communities of color, the guardianship abolishment movement, and the policy and legal barriers that stand in its way. Here is the link:
https://prismreports.org/2022/02/01/as-conservatorship-abuse-gains-more-attention-more-activists-speak-out-against-it/
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Thanks, Erica. This is happening to too many individuals and families and has to eliminated. It is criminal and crooked. I read your book, I’m Not Playing about your efforts to rescue your mom. It is a beautiful blend of poetry and prose.
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Steve:
We reached each other. Thanks for your contact information.
Best,
Marian
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I just read your other comment and commented there. If you are interested in speaking to an investigative reporter please let me know and I will put you in contact with him. I spoke to him earlier today and he is very interested in learning more about this.
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Hi Ship2Shore:
Please let me know if you would like to speak to an investigative reporter that I spoke to earlier today. He wants to talk to victims.
Warm regards,
Marian
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Hi Gilbert:
Thanks for your comments. It is so important for people to know this is going on. Speaking of $400 an hour. The last court-appointed guardian was billing at that rate and when she was named, she billed my mother and was paid $25,000 for reviewing files. It was approved by court order from a judge. She wrote the check to herself from my mother’s account. That was just a warm up. Another was billing at over $600 an hour and she always had a colleague w/her, so she billed for both of the ($375 for her colleague). She wrote a motion to have me removed as my mother’s personal needs guardian and billed my mother. She said that she visited my mother and when I said it wasn’t true, she said I was preventing her from visiting and filed her motion. I had to hire a lawyer to respond. And then she countered again – all of it billed to my mother and approved by a judge. What I have described is shockingly routine. It is criminal.
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Thank you, Francesca. It is very widespread.
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The above comments from Carol and Shel 369 show that guardianship is a license to steal. It was used a century ago to steal the Osage in Oklahoma of proceeds from mineral rights which had been granted by treaty. There have been statutory changes and media exposes, BUT THE SYSTEM IN PRACTICE HAS NOT IMPROVED. Growing is a giant professional guardianship industry who can have hundreds of clients with absolutely no oversight. JUDGES DO NOT FOLLOW THE LAW. The state supreme courts are aware of the problem. No one is using their authority to ensure compliance.
WE DO NOT KNOW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN GUARDIANSHIP. No one is collecting data. This practice has to be investigated. That is why RICO was designed. Then it must be dismantled. Call guardianship what it is REMOVAL OF RIGHTS.
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WOW indeed.
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Thanks for your thoughts. I’ll have a look at the link you shared.
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Hi Bananas:
The solution is to abolish guardianship. People need support and protection. Guardianship is neither one.
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Thank you Francesca. It is a very routine phenomena. I have been in connect with victims from all over the country.
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