Dear All,
The court sanctioned abuses of the elderly and disabled has gone beyond the courtroom and into our most trusted establishments, including Chicago Title and Trust. About six weeks ago, a Chicago Lt. Fireman, just divorced, put $20,000 in escrow to purchase my mother’s home. He offered $289,000. Chicago Title and Trust said the Title was clouded, and the sale did not go through. On April 15, 2013, Megan Philipsek closed, purchasing the property for $238,000: Chicago Title and Trust cleared the title. Amanda Brynes from Fishel and Kahn was the attorney for “Mother”, according to the Real Estate agency, Caldwell Banker, who listed the property. Caldwell Banker told me today, that there was only one bid put in on the property! I spoke to a dear friend who is a Realtor in the area, and she said she refused to even allow any of her clients interested in the property, see the property. She said that the title was so clouded, that a respectable agent would not list the property. The property is under the name of Philipsek, Megan (and Joe?) but the only Megan Philipsek is from Calgary…. but there is a Philipsek in Wisconsin… close to where Fred Toerpe has family. Nevertheless, there is something terribly wrong here: in all cases where the homes of Wards are sold, the Probate Court issues orders to sell. Then family or people of interest can object. In this case, there is no order. But wait again! The home is in an alleged Trust and it’s revocable only by Mother. And mother is the only person who can sell the property if she revokes the trust. There is nothing in the trust that gives Toerpe the right to sell the property, except after mother dies. Wait one more time please! Unless Mother revoked the Trust and then signed the papers to sell the property, the Trust itself is a lien on the property is it not? And in the trust it says that all ‘assets’ should be divided 50/50! To date, not one penny has been listed in an inventory to the Probate Court, but I heard that Toerpe got a reduction on the bond for Mother’s assets because she has none!
Finally, my neighbors told me that they were contacted by an unknown person and told that next month my home and my mother’s home are going to be bulldozed. How can that happen? Mother’s home is a historical landmark, and I have yet to see any public sale of my home. Well, as I said many moons ago, they’ve had both properties sold for a long time and all proceeds, are going to pay Fischel and Kahn and the two GAL’s. After all, for almost four years Toerpe has had 8 attorneys represent her….. Imagine that!
And the so called Estate of Mary G. Sykes according to the Court’s order, Toerpe is the only beneficiary. Imagine that.
Yep, now in order to push through sales of people’s homes the probate court s turning a blind eye — unless it’s Jane Louse Stuart. She told me that she has a right to render me penniless and homeless. She told me she has right to determine who should get the money from Lumbermen’s and the sale of my home.
I won’t say anything more before I get myself in trouble. Just thought you should all know that tomorrow I will be in Chancery as Schmiedel and Chase have filed a document to get the foreclosure action on my property, that Chase claims in good faith they want to settle, consolidated with the Probate action In the Estate of Mary G. Sykes.
Gloria Jean Sykes
MaryGSykes.com 
This action is shocking beyond belief. No home in Chicago is safe if the courts allow this travesty to happen.
Agreed. The greed of probate attys knows no bounds of decency and ethics