I believe this is the current version of the bill signed into law by Gov. Quinn.

Click to access 09800SB1342ham006.pdf

Very troubling about the bill is that it actually solves no problems and creates more.

First of all, as any honest Chicago lawyer or judge will tell you, or a litigant, the issue of altered court transcripts is huge.  Mine were altered at my ARDC trial.  Judge Stuart then about 6 weeks later “suddenly retired”.  Coincidence?  I think not.

In jurisdictions where the public are allowed to record the police, the incidence and costs of altercations litigated between the public and police drop dramatically.  Ditto for use of police cameras in uniforms and in the cars.  No surprise there.

Recording only help honesty, it does not help a crook.

The question is, who is putting the anti-recording measures in these bills and what do they have to hide?  Why won’t they let Illinois drop down or out of “most corrupt” state in the nation.  Is it really so very hard to be honest for Illinois public servants?

Let’s face it, you write an email, once you hit “send”, it’s gone.  You no longer have control over it.  You make public statements, they should be recordable as news.

What the Illinois legislature doesn’t get about that, I don’t understand.

The public has to be allowed to record in courtrooms and with the police.  The police are not special, but non-recording makes them special–and vulnerable to charges of corruption.

JoAnne

From the attorney blogs:

http://disbarringthecritics.blogspot.com/2014/02/commentary-to-model-rule-limiting.html

http://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/litigationnews/top_stories/100512-sanctions-free-speech.html

http://work2bdone.com/live/

Lawyers are beginning to report on their blogs that ABA Model Rule 8.2 saying a lawyer cannot:

From: kenneth ditkowsky
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Subject: Americans With Disabilities Act – and the Illinois credo – “do not confuse me with the facts, I’ve made up my mind” erstanding that Judge Evans, the Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Cook County made a special effort to require the Court system to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.    The Justice Department made in very clear to the Indiana Court system that ADA had meaning a harassment of disabled people (including those who were blind and deaf) were entitled to reasonable accommodation.

Dear Readers;

As you know, there is fairly not much more entertaining than the Sykes case, ARDC decision or not withstanding that this blog is now the MOST DANGEROUS BLOG IN ILLINOIS–and it’s for reporting on the Sykes case.

So, let’s state the facts ma’am and only the facts of what happened to day in court.

1) Gloria files an ADA pleading, and no, I don’t have it yet, but I will get it, I promise.  The essence of the complaint is a) Mary Sykes has rights under the ADA and she is being discriminated against in that b) she is isolated from 20+ former friends and neighbors, including her beloved younger daughter Gloria; c) she can’t live where she wants, which is with Gloria; and d) Gloria’s POA was summarily suspended without notice or hearing, etc.  That’s the gist I got from Gloria today who braved 1804 again, this time with the very formidable Judge M.

2)  We all show up at 10 am, and I would bring out my laptop but I get harassed from the court, AS and PS, and I figure, the ADA is going to be a real kicker out the door today, they’ll hear it first, MOTION DENIED, and I’m outta there.  No reason to fight over the laptop, so I grab some order forms and prepare to take 2 notes:  Gloria steps up, MOTION DENIED.  ADA?  are you kidding on the 18th floor?  What a loser.  Okay, I’m the legal  pessimist today.

3)  Neither Carolyn nor Mary shows up.  No surprise there.

4) AS and PS show up–eventually.  But here’s the weird part.  Judge M keeps on going back and forth from bench to back door, about 3 or 4 times from 10 am to 11 am.  Interesting.  PS is here, but apparently wandering.  AS is waiting, for Godoh, I’m sure.

5)  Finally after about an hour the case is called.  Curiously, Judge M seemed to know where PS was and what he was up to even tho it was not disclosed in open court.  Gloria has been wandering in and out and say PS walked to the back hall and disappears.  Okay, I would put 2 and 2 together, but that takes work.  The ARDC says stuff like that never happens, and Lord Larkin has ruled those are actually 18th floor optical illusions and that’s that.  No more stating the obvious.  Let the reader figure that out.

6)  Right away, the argument ensues between Gloria and Judge M.  It takes on a rather personal, nasty tone for some strange reason.  Judge M declares “no dog and this is my courtroom.”  Gloria retorts with the ADA and the dog is not a service dog like one for the blind or deaf, but a working dog and it is covered under the ADA.  Gloria repeats firmly 1)  I have a disability; 2) the dog mitigates my disability.  Judge M says you have to also assert training.  Gloria:  no I don’t.  Judge M: yes you do.  Gloria:  fine, he’s trained.  Judge M:  Get him out of here.  I already ruled and issued a court order and you’re openly defying me.  Gloria’s friends comply and dog leaves.

So much for that.  I’ve really never seen a judge or any court employee challenge a disabled person and grill them, but hey, this is cook county court, right?  We have judges that jail court room observers for pants too low. Got it. Those weenie disableds with all those problems better get their act together and put together a cohesive legal argument and get it done–or else!

Gloria then argues her motion and her ADA claim about her mother and Judge M just says MOTION DENIED.  Finally.  What I came for. There’s no ADA on the 18th floor, not with all those sick people who need to be billed by attys and gotten rid of, right?

You’d think it was the end, but oh, no, there are more points to be made.

A dog bark is heard.  Judge M flies into a flury over how service dogs don’t bark.  Gloria says Shaggy is a working dog and sometimes, yes, they do bark.  I have to agree with that, even tho I don’t have the immediate authority of Google or Wiki, and I’m a reporter at this point, so I have no need to get involved in all that.

But Gloria argues the dog barking point, the working dog point and Judge M kicks Gloria out.  In fact, Judge is fairly rude and condescending to Gloria, like usu., making faces, laughing at times, probate victims know the rigamarole. So do I.  Yawn.

Gloria leaves.

Here’s the weird part.  Judge M then stands up, arms a flying and points at me and yells “And Mrs. Denison, you can go ahead and write down whatever you want in your notes!”  (in a sarcastic condescending tone) (Since when do court watchers get a comment from the judge???  Interesting)  I leave.  I am mostly puzzled and not at all bothered by the comment other than it didn’t seem appropriate from a sitting circuit judge.

Scott reports later that she then turned to him and yelled at him from the bench sarcastically “Mr. Evans, and you too can write down whatever you want to!”

After I leave get in the hall, Gloria bursts into tears.  I comfort and tell her to leave with Shaggy ASAP.  I trust no one, absolutely no one on that floor.

Shaggy gives a few barks on the way out and I guess that was the cue for Judge M to come a flying off the bench, arms waving about the dog that’s never supposed to bark.

But even with all that, Gloria and Shaggy have already made the turn to the elevators.  They are safe.  My work is done.  Gloria would have gone back on the anteroom work bench in silver bracelets and Shaggy down to the pound for assisted involuntary suicide.

Scott says he heard she wanted to put Gloria in contempt again and arrest her (for a barking working dog).

So I close with this article

http://dogcare.dailypuppy.com/can-service-dogs-bark-1135.html

and I suggest Judge M get a 4G wireless table with google to try to keep up on these things.

But we then made it to Starbucks!  Yeah, Starbucks.

But then a guy in a sheriff’s white shirt and a gun walked up to Gloria and said “lady, is this your dog, you ain’t blind or nothing, he has to leave.”

Groan.

One of our party that shall be kept nameless simply said, “officer, are you trained in the ADA?”  “Well, actually, no I’m not.”  “But you’re a deputy, right, with over 200 hours of training, right?”  “Okay.”  “Maybe you ought to think about getting some ADA training before you talk to this young lady about her dog, okay?”  “Okay.”

He left to give directions to a kid.  Good idea.  He’s trained in getting that kid to the State of Illinois building in the pedway.  Good choice.

JoAnne

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 25,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

Click to access doj_hhs_letter.pdf

What a nice holiday present from the US DOJ that recognizes the importance of keeping seniors out of institutions that do not want to be there and that the ADA IS in fact meant to accomplish that goal.

So far, it has been my experience in the Illinois court system they are basically ignoring the ADA when it comes to putting a senior in a nursing home versus his own home (Frake).  Chemical restraints are common to accomplish those goals, even though illegal (Wyman, etc.)

Let’s hope the US DOJ can put out more guidelines and help seniors use the ADA to stay in their homes, avoid chemical restraints, and have freedom to choose their POA and caretaker (Thomas, Sykes) without interference from the state.

JoAnne

Dear ABA Journal Editors:

As someone who runs my own legal blog, I am extremely disappointed by your recent actions, which I believe represent unethical journalism in that you removed about 1/3 of the comments in support that my 3 year suspension by the Illinois ARDC was extremely suspect and wrongful.

Ninety five percent of the entire Sykes family and friends have come to my aide, and continues to come to my aide in supporting my assertions that I have told the truth on my blog, I continue to tell the truth on my blog, and it is the Ill. ARDC that continues to discipline those that report miscreant behavior and strings of felonies against the innocent elderly and their families via the guise of “probate court” and “guardianships” that turn out to be very far from protecting a elderly person–instead they victimize and abuse the elder.  The Ill. ARDC currently prosecutes the journalist lawyer, and not the perpetrators of these grave and serious crimes against our nation’s elders.

The truth in probate across the nation is ugly.  Elders are targeted by hospitals, nursing homes, visiting nurses – and even attorneys, for paid up homes and cars and wealthy elders and then they are railroaded into guardianships (Sykes, Bedin, Wyman, etc.) without jurisdiction, their homes and cars are sold, often at great discounts (in Sykes, the home was appraised for $700k and was sold a couple months later for $238k), and while the attorneys say in court “it’s for the care of the Ward”, often 90% of the fees (or more) go to the attorneys! (Wyman, Sykes, Stone, Martinez/Smith) These seniors are forcibly put into nursing homes where they are isolated (Sykes, Wyman, Stone, etc.) from 90% of former friends and family.  In an incredulous letter from Ms. Stone, a Rabbi was told he could not visit because the daughter asked him to!  I’m not sure if that’s guilt by association or collective punishment, but it’s all wrong and another form of elder abuse.

So many, many victims of this abusive system have come to read and support my blog, that in a very short period of time, I have garnered 70,000 views and the discussions are lively and timely.

I do NOT remove comments from my blogs unless they are spam.  I publish both sides.  And I have to tell you 99% of the feed back is positive of my blog and very supportive.

I would like to remind you of the rules of ethics for journalists:

“Seek Truth and Report It

Ethical journalism should be accurate and fair. Journalists should be honest and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.

Journalists should:

    – Take responsibility for the accuracy of their work. Verify information before releasing it. Use original sources whenever possible.

    – Remember that neither speed nor format excuses inaccuracy.

    – Provide context. Take special care not to misrepresent or oversimplify in promoting, previewing or summarizing a story.

    – Gather, update and correct information throughout the life of a news story.

    – Be cautious when making promises, but keep the promises they make.

    – Identify sources clearly. The public is entitled to as much information as possible to judge the reliability and motivations of sources.

    – Consider sources’ motives before promising anonymity. Reserve anonymity for sources who may face danger, retribution or other harm, and have information that cannot be obtained elsewhere. Explain why anonymity was granted.

    – Diligently seek subjects of news coverage to allow them to respond to criticism or allegations of wrongdoing.

    – Avoid undercover or other surreptitious methods of gathering information unless traditional, open methods will not yield information vital to the public.

    – Be vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable. Give voice to the voiceless.

    – Support the open and civil exchange of views, even views they find repugnant.

    – Recognize a special obligation to serve as watchdogs over public affairs and government. Seek to ensure that the public’s business is conducted in the open, and that public records are open to all.

    – Provide access to source material when it is relevant and appropriate.

    – Boldly tell the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human experience. Seek sources whose voices we seldom hear.

    – Avoid stereotyping. Journalists should examine the ways their values and experiences may shape their reporting.

    – Label advocacy and commentary.

    – Never deliberately distort facts or context, including visual information. Clearly label illustrations and re-enactments.

    – Never plagiarize. Always attribute.

From the Society of Professionals Journalists, http://www.SPJ.com

I do not believe that you have followed some of the above rules, and your removal of comments with facts clearly in support of what I have been doing violates those ethics.  It presents a one sided commentary and reaction to your story.

 In addition, your own “rules of commentary” state as follows

“But there are also limits to that debate. Don’t use profanity or resort to name-calling, threats or personal attacks. Don’t spam the site with advertising. And don’t masquerade as someone you’re not. We reserve the right to delete comments that are inappropriate and block users who consistently violate our policies.

By posting a comment on this site, you are agreeing to follow the ABA’s Code of Conduct and allow the ABA Journal to reprint your comment in all forms of media at any time.

If you believe a commenter has violated our rules or if you spot an error in a post, please let us know.”

By removing the comments, it appears that the posters (who support my cause) have engaged in name-calling, threats or personal attacks, or have spammed the site or they are someone they are not.

I have never removed a comment from my blog.  I might respond with my own commentary, but my blog is open and honest and transparent.  I published the facts.

You published an article without even a scintilla of research from other lawyers involved, the family and friends of Mary Sykes, and you didn’t even look at the pleadings and the record on appeal with respect to Mary’s case.  It’s right on my blog.  In addition, you didn’t even review the court file or records. You just published what the ARDC did and you did no investigation of the fact yourself, even though they are all on the blog.

You should read the briefs and the pleadings that Ken Ditkowsky and I have filed in numerous cases against the miscreants.

You will then find that the Sykes case 09 P 4585 was a sham, Mary’s home appraised in one month for $700k and then was sold a couple months later for $238k because “it was for the care of Mary” but the attorneys involve have asked for and obtained at least $150k in attorneys fees, if not more.  The younger daughter, Gloria, held a valid POA for health care that was summarily invalidated by the court without notice or hearings, or any findings–in derogation of Illinois law, and there is no evidence of service upon Mary Sykes, either in the court file or the Sheriff’s department.  In fact, Sheriff Dart even wrote Ken Ditkowsky a letter that no evidence of service can be found!

The entire case is just about the nadir of the legal profession, and then the ABA goes and abuses the Sykes family all over again by removing positive commentary from the public, friends and family of Mary Sykes that the case contained dozens of procedure defects rubber stamped by judges (Conners and Stuart).  Stuart suddenly retired after lying at my ARDC trial.  You want a good investigative story, here’s a few:

1) Ask Jerome Larkin why he and the attorneys do not Ethics Report yearly, even though this is required by the Illinois Ethics Act of 2009.  (NB – JL may claim the ARDC is not a state agency, but in the cases Mr. Ditkowsky and I filed against the ARDC they responded they have immunity as a state agency.  Go figure).

2) Ask JL why he has large mortgage payoffs on his home, Melissa Smart’s $250k condo was paid off and others at the ARDC have had their mortgages paid.  Ask them who is paying those large sums directly to the banks of the attorneys involved.

3) Ask JL why they do not report staff salaries at the ARDC as other state agencies all do.

4) Go and see the videos of Mary G Sykes at http://www.vimeo.com as see how Mary Sykes clearly displays high cognitive brain function during the months surrounding her guardianization, causing one Cook County Judge to proclaim to Gloria, “Oh, my goodness, this woman is clearly competent.”  He had been a probate judge for a long time and was familiar with who was competent and who was not.

5) Go and look at the “Table of Torts” on my blog, http://www.marygsykes.com for more egregious errors and the railroading of Mary G Sykes, and when you are done with that, I have at least a dozen more cases.

And the public wants to know why and how this is happening.

Please put back the comments that “someone in power didn’t like” and show that you are not a corrupt organization.

I would also appreciate an apology for 1) making the comments one sided and 2) your reporter’s failure to conduct an appropriate investigation by reading the blog and the evidence presented on the blog.

If your reporters cannot or will not take the time to fairly, honestly and reasonably conduct an investigation, they should not be reporting on what the Illinois ARDC does.

My blog tells the truth and only the truth.  I publish all the records and all the pleadings, including the Record on Appeal for Sykes.

I would suggest you either withdraw the story, or conduct a proper investigation and tell the truth, starting with, who and why asked that you remove much of the commentary from your blog on Monday morning.  Was it someone from the Illinois ARDC?  Was it Jerome Larkin?

JoAnne Denison

Please see below, and if Sen. McCain helps, it for sure will reach the dozens of probate blogs out there and other blogs protecting the elderly and disabled.

This message is regarding Alan Smith, Retired Colonel, US Army Corp Engineers.  He is being held against his will in  a nursing home, with a forced feeding tube when he can eat and chew food, the nursing home won’t take the time.  Wife Glenda desperately wants to take him back home and care for him at home.  He was put in the nursing home because he has a sizeable estate the court wants to attack and drain.  I believe they have done a great job so far.

My heart and prayers go out to you, Glenda.

Dear Senator McCain

I receive your newsletters regularly and have written to you in the past and you have responded.
I imagine this request is close to your heart because it involves a fellow Decorated WAR VETERAN  and his family.  My good friend Glenda and her husband Alan, the Decorated War Veteran is in a situation worse the VA Phoenix situation and his situation is more like a concentration camp

The content below is
1.Introduction
2. A War Veterans Needs including Discrimination and Violations .
3. Validation by advocates of this destructive epidemic across USA.
4. Center for Public Representation articles “Constitutional law, state law, the nature and scope of the legal authority to NOT control with whom an adult can associate.      .
5. In closing In the spirit of the Holidays, Compassion, Entitlement and Equal protection of the law!                         Preserving the Constitution And the Sanctity of Marriage, Family. Community and Life is more important By Ken Ditkowski, Esq
6. List of a few advocates across our Nation who can Validate the depth and breath of the epidemic fraud, theft, deception and destruction of our constitution, family and lives for self profit and self dealing .

We need your assistance to correct this horrific illegal attack at the very fiber of our Constitution, Bill of rights
Civil rights, Community, Family, Life and Morality as human beings.

I am forwarding Glenda plea for help and also Our friend, Ken Ditkowsky, Esq
pleas and emails
I know you won’t forsake them

Nancy Vallone
RN BSN MSN CNS
5017 Winchcomb Dr.
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Nvallone1@gmail.com
330-979-1398

Glenda
May I have permission to send this email regarding
The Discrimination and Violation of All Rights, equal protection under the law and report the neglect  and abuse on all levels to organizations and individuals that SHOULD take responsibility and assist you and Allen
Yes Glenda, you are correct –
This is beyond unacceptable Criminal Behavior
And
Yes this is Torture for both of you
And
Yes this is occurring to many of our friends across the nation
And yes some of our friends and loved one have DIED in  identical situation
And
Yes this is more devastating and destructive than the Phoenix VA outpatient clinics Fraud
I live in Phoenix  have been to the Phoenix VA system and also a dependent in the military system
NLV

From:
Glenda Martinez <glenest03@yahoo.com>, “Nancy
If you or anyone have any suggestions AS WHAT CAN BE DONE PLEASE HELP
Lord have Mercy!!!!!
IS THIS THE WAY OUR DECORATED  WAR VETERANS ARE TO LiVE Their last days on earth
To Die Alone in a cold and uncaring nursing home.At the hands of CRIMINALS, PERPETRATORS and THIEVES????
This is one of the several pictures sent to me    Alan, my dear husband is neglected and left alone for hours and shifts and none of his hygiene protocol are taking place in this nursing home
Alan does not receive any cognitive stimulation. No cognitive activities,
No physical therapy. No speech therapy which are direly needed by Alan’s condition and standards of care .
Alan is left alone to languish in bed and probably develop bed sores, infection and die a premature death
His only pleasure (eating his food) was taken away and put on a PEG force feed tube into his stomach!!!
Alan is beet red which is  either his blood sugar or his blood pressure soaring out of control
Three days have passed and  The paid private aide is gone ??
Alan suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury, and needs continuous treatment but nothing is being done for months now, just let to suffer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ,
so Alan can die quickly and they can plunder all that is left in the Estate !!!!!
I have become completely sick to my stomach and the knot and pain wont go away!!
Nancy, you and Ken Esq., Joanne, Esq., Marti, Tom Fields, Roseanne , Beverly Newman EdD and others know how epidemic and destructive these people are across the country First Hand
They are
criminals and thieves,the”nursing homes & attorney” ”
They make a fortune living off the vulnerable and disabled
-the  young Developmental Disabled like your niece Danielle Mutphy
-VETERAN like my husband Alan
– ELDERLY like your mothers and fathers SHAME ON THEM!!!!!!!
This is TORTURE.
I asked for the Catholic Priest to visit with Alan two days ago, they would NOT even let the Catholic Priest in to visit ALAN either!!!  Unconscionable
How and why is this System allowed to get away with violating  Rights with fraudulent orders
Everyone who want to visit Alan is barred from seeing him??
To hide their criminal acts, the neglect, abuse and fraud
Even the Police are NOT allowed to do a WELFARE Check.
What stupid authority does this ABUSIVE CRIMINAL PERPETRATOR guardian have to manipulate the entire system including the nursing home director and staff, into not letting anyone in and my husband die alone ?
Alan doesn’t need a guardian What is Wrong with our Country
I am praying Alan doesn’t die over the holidays, its his birthday and our anniversary next week.
I love Alan with all my heart,
He is the most caring, brilliant and lovable person.
Everyone who meets him is always impressed at his good nature and pleasant attitude!
This is a CRIME,
THOSE CRIMINALS  CRAMER &MORRIS, NEED TO BE STOPPED from destroying
LIVES and FAMILIES  Please Help
GM
I only wish Senator McCain and others would listen and help Alan before its too late! Yesterday was Alan’s birthday, I took his gift, cards and flowers and sent them up with one of Alan’s past nursing aides, but  they would not let him go up to see how Alan was,  nor take him the gifts even! They say the guardian does not want anyone to see Alan, unless they are on his list (the list probably has only himself and the sociopath attorney of his! They are not only physically harming Alan, but also emotionally, at not even permitting someone to come and wish him a happy birthday.  The abuse is intolerable for Alan and worse for me, I became so upset,  got a migraine I’ve had all day, and my blood pressure went flying up.  This is emotionally killing me!  Today I spent part of the day calling agencies reporting the abuse, and I wish there had been more hours of the day to report it to some other ones. The kind retired judge Raab suggested  I was to go in person to the Elder Abuse Agency on Friday and speak with the manager there (if he can be found) and then put the judge on the line to speak with him also.   He says “this whole scenario stinks, something fishy going on here”! He wants to help Alan. And thank you to all that also have tried helping us during the last few days, you have been of great  The problem is that the abusive nursing home in our case, doesn’t care who or how they are harming the victim, emotionally nor physically.   They could care less as long as they can continue helping themselves to as much money each month as can —-presenting fraudulent billings and statements  for  “services provided” to the ward, which should actually read,  “services provided for actively abusing and  neglecting, so to slowly murder the ward” , and doing this by chemically restraining, taking all food and water away from victim,  and  sticking a  force fed tube into Alan’s stomach because no one has the time to help feed him.  They are predatory, deviant,  Sociopath! feeds on inflicting as much pain as can to Alan and me, and who knows to how many other of his “ward” they are doing this to!  As Ken states definitely needs to be honest and thorough independent audit and investigated
GMS
Center for Public Representation article
“legal authority to control with whom an adult ward can associate?”

http://www.centerforpublicrep.org/images/stories/docs/Q%26A-grdn-authority-friends-Sept-200
The answer will be informed by an analysis of Constitutional law, state law, the nature and scope of the guardianship order, the age of the ward, as well as his/her ability to express clear preferences. State constitutions, statutes and regulations must be part of any analysis of this question. Some states’ “mental health patients'” rights statutes, for example, Massachusetts, recognize the fundamental nature and the right of association and do not permit its restriction for any individual, unless there is a compelling clinical justification.An individual’s ability to spend time with and be in relationship with whomever he/she chooses springs from the Constitutional right to free association. Arguably, no state civil court order of any type can interfere with an individual’s right to exercise his/her constitutional rights. However, there are numerous state law guardianship cases that appear to do just that.One of the most frequently litigated issues is whether a guardian has the authority to initiate divorce proceedings on behalf of a ward. The Illinois Supreme Court has recognized a strong majority rule that, absent statutory authorization, a guardian cannot maintain an action, on behalf of a ward, for the dissolution of a ward’s marriage. In re Marriage of Drews, 115 Ill.2d 201, 503 N.E.2d 339, 104 Ill.Dec. 782 (Sup. Ct. Ill. 1986), rehearing denied, Jan. 30, 1987. The Court, however, held that annulment of a marriage was within the authority of the guardian under state law. Presumably, this power is based on the premise that the ward does not have the legal authority to enter a contract. See also Wood v. Beard, 107 So.2d 198, 200 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1958); Phillips v. Phillips, 203 Ga. 106, 108-09, 112, 45 S.E.2d 621, 622, 624 (1947); State ex rel. Quear v. Madison Circuit Court , 229 Ind. 503, 504-05, 99 N.E.2d 254, 255 (1951); Mohler v. Shank’s Estate, 93 Iowa 273, 277-79, 61 N.W. 981, 983 (1895); Birdzell v. Birdzell, 33 Kan. 433, 435-36, 6 P. 561, 561-62 (1885); Johnson v. Johnson, 294 Ky. 77, 78, 170 S.W.2d 889, 889-90 (1943); Stevens v. Stevens, 266 Mich. 446, 254 N.W. 162 (1934); Higginbotham v. Higginbotham, 146 S.W.2d 856, 857 (Mo.Ct.App.1940); In re Jennings, 187 N.J.Super. 55, 58-59, 453 A.2d 572, 574 (1981); Mohrmann v. Kob, 291 N.Y. 181, 189-90, 51 N.E.2d 921, 924-25 (1943); Freeman v. Freeman, 34 N.C.App. 301, 302-03, 237 S.E.2d 857, 858(1977); Hart v. Hart, 705 S.W.2d 332(Tex.Ct.App.1986); cf. Campbell v. Campbell, 242 Ala. 141, 142, 5 So.2d 401, 401-02 (1941) (stating the general rule but finding statutory authorization); Cohn v. Carlisle, 310 Mass. 126, 128, 37 N.E.2d 260, 262 (1941) (finding statutory authorization); Kuta v. Kuta, 154 Neb. 263, 264-66, 47 N.W.2d 558, 559 (1951) (finding statutory authorization)The parens patriae authority of the state to impose guardianship on individuals determined not to be competent carries with it all of the trappings of best interest.  However, Courts often couple the best interest standard with that of the individual’s expressed preference. One guardianship case taking many twists and turns over a seven year period involved a lesbian who had experienced a head injury in an automobile accident and whose family, although initially a co-guardian with her lover, moved for exclusive guardianship and the right to prohibit any contact between their daughter and her lover. The modification of the guardianship and the restriction on contact was originally permitted by the trial court and the Minnesota Court of Appeals, based on a finding that it was in the ward’s best interest and she was incapable of expressing a preference. Ultimately, the woman’s lover obtained guardianship based on a subsequent determination by the Minnesota Court of Appeals that it was both the ward’s preference and also in her best interest. In re Guardianship of Kowalski, 382 N.W.2d 861 (Minn. Ct. App. 1986), 392 N.W.2d 310, (Minn. Ct. App. 1986), and 478 N.W.2d 790 (Minn. Ct. App. 1991). See also In the Matter of the Guardianship of Miller, 1988 WL 106662, (Ohio App. 4 Dist.) (visitation of a stroke victim by previous common-law husband was not in the ward’s best interest and was consistent with the ward’s preference); In the Matter of M.R., 628 A.2d 1274 (NJ 1994) (overruling trial court’s order placing adult ward with mother when ward had expressed preference to live with father). However, the best interest standard is alive and at times is the only consideration in making a determination regarding association. In the Matter of Abbott, 1995 WL 419968 (Del. Ch.) (court applied best interest standard exclusively in determining whether to permit visitation and imposing limitations on frequency).There is a growing recognition in case law that guardianship should be narrowly tailored and that the least restrictive approach should be adopted when limiting an individual’s control over his/her life. In the Matter of Guardianship of Braaten, 502 N.W.2d 512 (Sup Ct. N.D., 1993), a case brought by the North Dakota P&A, the parents and guardians of an adult woman with mild mental retardation sought to restrict her smoking and to keep her from a boyfriend they believed to be abusive. The case challenged the broad general guardianship order that had been entered by the trial court as there was only evidence of incompetence regarding medical treatment decisions. The Court found that this  guardianship was not the least restrictive and that the guardianship order should be narrowed to only encompass medical decisions. See also, In the Matter of the Guardianship of Hedin v. Gonzales, 528 N.W.2d 567 (Sup. Ct. Iowa 1995); In re the Matter of Boyer, 636 P.2d. 1085 (Sup. Ct. Iowa, 1981).There is no simple answer as to whether a guardian can limit a ward’s association. This question is even more complicated for children. To minimize the likelihood of these possible conflicts, P&As should be vigilant in their efforts to defend against unnecessary guardianships or to have guardianships that may be appropriate to be as narrowly tailored as possible.

Have a nice Christmas Nancy and All.
I know all I want for Christmas is for all our abused, neglected and isolated loved ones to come home!
God Bless
Glenda and Alan

On Dec 22,2014, at 9:00 AM,
kenneth ditkowsky <kenditkowsky@yahoo.com> wrote:
It would  be nice if in the Christmas Season if anyone could demonstrate some compassion and Christmas spirit.  Mrs. Martinez is not asking for anything other than that which she and her husband are entitled – Equal protection of the law!
I do not understand why this is so difficult as we do live in America.  Yes I know it is not politically correct to mention Christmas, Christ, God, Mercy, Honor, Justice or similar words as some no account ****** hypothetical individual might be offended,
kenneth ditkowsky esq
<kenditkowsky@yahoo.com>
More Important to consider is
Preserving the Constitution
And the Sanctity of Marriage, Family. Community and Life
Restore and return the family
To what God and our Founding Fathers had intended by sponsoring and signing a declaration to do just that
Partial Solution
NO ONE IS TO Segregate, confine or isolate another human being unless a danger to himself or society.
NO one is to take charge of another person estate unless is granted by the person and family’s
Immediately , the rights will return to the families under the terms of our Constitution, inalienable rights , human Rights and civil rights as intended

From: Nancy Vallone <nvallone1@gmail.com>
December 22, 2014
kenneth ditkowsky <kenditkowsky@yahoo.com>Cc: Glenda Martinez <glenest03@yahoo.com>, ”
Other advocates
<joanne@denisonlaw.com>,

Massive unconscionable fee petitions

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6FbJzwtHocwLXdUNU5jR21pVUE&authuser=0:

From Barbara Stone, probate victim

Subject: Holidays and the end of the hostage siege
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 15:43:42 -0500

Now here’s the strangest anomaly of all.  Presiding Judge of Cook County Tim Evans goes from banning cell phones and cameras and laptops and electronic devices (which are NOT banned in federal court, where the most dangerous criminals are, go figure), but he bans them in the local court system claiming that they are dangerous to victims because gang members take pictures of witnesses to harass or intimidate them?  Who knew?  Of course, he says this and bans the electronics without a scintilla of published evidence, just on his say so.

Now he is apparently going to allow cameras in the courtrooms.

I assume, on cases he selects.

It will be a long and cold day before the cases we really want to hear about–Sykes, Janie Thomas, etc. are recorded for the public’s scrutiny.

JoAnne

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-cameras-courtroom-cook-met-20141216-story.html

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141222/news/141229736/

From: Barbara Stone <bstone12@hotmail.com>
Sent: Dec 20, 2014 3:34 PM
To: Kenneth Ditkowsky <kenditkowsky@yahoo.com>, Eric Holder <askdoj@usdoj.gov>, Probate Sharks <verenusl@gmail.com>, Tim Lahrman <timlahrman@aol.com>, “joanne@justice4every1.com” <joanne@justice4every1.com>, Nasga Us <nasga.org@gmail.com>, “J. Ditkowsky” <jdit@aol.com>, Matt Senator Kirk <matt_abbott@kirk.senate.gov>, FBI- <civilrights.cv@ic.fbi.gov>, Chicago FBI <chicago@ic.fbi.gov>, …
Subject: RE: Urgent – Alan’s Health, Welfare and Life

In Ireland, undercover agents were sent inside “Bungalow 3” and what they found was appalling.  Special needs children hit, slapped, kicked, punched, confined to small spaces or even a chair for hours on end.  Chemical restraints were used.  Glenda M. and others report their loved ones are chemically restrained, others say their loved ones suffered fractures while in nursing care. (Barbara Stone) and feeding tubes are often implanted as a convenience because the patients eat too slow (Glenda M, Alice Gore).  Feeding tubes become an easy way to kill off the senior when the money is gone (Alice Gore).

Ireland is finally using undercover agents where abuse is indicated, and that should spread to the US.  Apparently some members of the health care field are only on “good behavior” during visiting hours.

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/president-houston-hospital-and-three-others-convicted-158-million-medicare-fraud-scheme

Services not performed, dementia patients treated with “psychiatric services” they could not understand, services billed for in hospital treatment but the patients were at home all day.

We can’t get to universal health care, Obama or not, your local pharmacist, hospital and in home nursing care rather than a tied in, for profit, corrupt nursing home, unless and until these cases are hard fought and won and send a message to miscreants that mass fraud in health care cannot and will not be tolerated.

JoAnne

http://www.ibtimes.com/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-tries-exempt-financial-firms-ethics-laws-1763018?utm_content=buffer1d1cc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Personally, I think all the GAL’s on the 18th floor, the tied in service agencies to the wards and their families and anyone taking a dime out of a pocket on the 18th floor should have to file ethics reports.

If the mayor will not require the financial firms servicing city funds to file ethics reports, you know there are problems there–or they will start as soon as the city stops shedding the light on these firms.

The real question is, what friends is he trying to protect?  That would have been the question I would have been asking and I would start looking at the firms.

From: Barbara Stone
Sent: Dec 15, 2014 10:17 PM
To: Douglas Kinan
Cc: “gcoleman@bclclaw.com” , FBI- , “support@wsu.com” , “adam.walser@wfts.com” , Adrian Wyllie , “abc.news.magazines@abc.com” , “abenitez@univision.net” , “abein=m@hfmmag.com” , “abramsreport@msnbc.com” , “balnews@thewbalchannel.com” , “banfield@msnbc.com” , “barbara.hollingsworth@cjonline.com” , “beltway@foxnews.com” , “cavuto@foxnews.com” , “chiaasen@miamiherald.com” , Carol Holden , “cas@cbsnews.com” , Dave Wilson , “hardball@msnbc.com” , “hannityandcolmes@foznews.com” , “hardy_green@businessweek.com” , ISBA Main Discussion Group , “iviewit@iviewit.tv” , Angela Woodhull , “kev_pizz@hotmail.com” , “joanne@justice4every1.com”
Subject: RE: Criminal exploitation and abuse of elderly disabled Florida residents by the Florida Bar attorneys

Please see the link here

https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=5DA8C19320796548!803&ithint=file%2cdoc&app=Word&authkey=!ABbbc6RGUhkkQ3U

We are getting more recognition for this problem and are headed toward uniform laws that take the greed and profit out of guardianships!

Thank you Dr. Sam Sugar.

To:  Jerome Larkin, Administrator of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission

From:   Ken Ditkowsky

Subject:    Why are you afraid of an HONEST complete and comprehensive Investigation of “elder cleansing?”

Date:  December 14 2014.

 

Dozens of people have noted that in the ‘star chamber’ proceedings that your and the cadre of miscreants you lead what is missing is specifics facts.    For instance, both Ms. Denison and I have requested specifics as to the charges that you brought, to wit:

1)      You claim certain statements that we made were false.   What are those statements?

2)      You claim certain statements that we made were reckless.   What are those statements?

The Courts have not forced you to reveal that information, but the Court of public opinion is demanding answers.    At some point in time honest judicial officials will also demand the answers.    

In an effort to address the fact of ‘elder cleansing’ ( i.e. the railroading of a senior citizen or a disabled person into a guardianship for profit, the systematic cleansing of the senior of his/her liberty and property by isolation of the senior and the eventual assisted involuntary suicide of that individual senior of disabled person) we asked you and the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary commission to join with us in requesting law enforcement to do an Honest Complete and Comprehensive investigation of the elder cleansing scenario.     The reaction has been pre-determined  proceedings that you deem “disciplinary” proceedings.

To say that the proceedings are bizarre is an understatement.   With you having the burden of proof you call no witnesses who have knowledge to testify.     Material that is relevant to the proceedings (such as the two Farenga letters in my case and the Sykes file (09 P4585) are excluded.     In the Denison case you even excluded the testimony of Gloria Sykes who is reported to have an ownership interest in the safety deposit box that contained an unaccounted for million dollars (plus or minus) in gold coins.     The guardian who is alleged to committed fiduciary theft was not called upon in either case to deny the charge or explain how she went from being insolvent to exhibiting great wealth!        Indeed, every piece of evidence that might be deemed exculpating was excluded or ignored [1].   

Corrupt disciplinary proceedings unfortunately are legend, but, you have a sworn duty to defend the Constitution and are holding yourself out as the defender of the morality of the legal profession!    As “Caesar’s wife” you have a duty to demonstrate to the public that in the bowels of the legal profession resides a bureaucrat who is intellectually honest and the very model of a lawyer.    Thus, even though you have proven to be lacking in substance, it would be expected that ‘form’ would be demonstrated, especially, if you had nothing to hide!

The last statement is the most ‘telling!’      “If you have nothing to hide!”       The obfuscations that you and the your highly over paid staff have put forth are to say the least intellectually dishonest and culpable.    Elder cleansing constitutes a number of felonies.     It also includes violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and probably RICO violations.     On the civil side a breach of fiduciary relationship is a taxable event and it is horn book law that those who act in concert share liability.     By not joining in the call for an HONEST complete and comprehensive investigation by law enforcement it is quite apparent that were the bodies are buried.    The documents that are now on Ms. Denison’s blog now provide ample proof of the ‘conspiracy!’   

It is too late at this point in time for you to CYA, but, it is not too late for the truth to be told.    We want to know why you are so adamant against law enforcement conducting an HONEST intelligent and comprehensive investigation of elder cleansing.     We have now placed on the net the Cynthia Farenga letters, the videos of Mary Sykes (demonstrating that she was indeed quite competent), and evidence of your acting in concert with the miscreants in their War against the elderly and the disabled.    The Wall Street Journal article of Friday and the editorial on Saturday indicate that the express train of ‘reform’ is coming our way.   

Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to demonstrate that the ordinary citizen demands that government honor their Constitutional Rights and they are joined by the victims of elder cleansing and their families.   Your assault on citizen (especially lawyers) civil rights has been documented and noted.    People are still shocked by your “attorney” asking me if I was repentant for exercising my First Amendment Right and writing to the Attorney General of the United States.    Many are still shocked by the question!    Mr. Larkin the handwriting is on the wall!       It is time for an HONEST complete and comprehensive investigation of elder cleansing and it is time for you to resign and disclose the nefariousness that you acted in concert with and promulgated.

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[1] A pattern of your personal corruption is appearing on the horizon.     In the L. Amu case, even if we ignore the racial nexus of the proceeding, the lack of proof is amazing.   How can you claim fairness when not one of the judges who was accused of corruption denied it!     That is an admission!

Ken Ditkowsky

www.ditkowskylawoffice.com

http://www.wsj.com/articles/medicare-overbilling-probes-run-into-political-pressure-1418355002

From Ken Ditkowsky:

http://journal-neo.org/2014/12/14/got-free-speech-not-if-you-are-an-attorney/

Janet does an excellent job of summing up my case.  As in Lanre Amu’s case, at every twist and turn, I was told “do not litigate Sykes”, WE will determine what happened in Sykes, then we will invite the miscreants as honored guests to say things such as:

1) my career has been ruined because Google puts HER articles at the top (and not my BS awards) (Peter Schmeidel, Cynthia Farenga and Adam Stern) well, do something charitable, kindly or saintly, write an article about it or get a reporter to do it and then get people to click on it.  As with all things on Google, your skeletons will move to the forgotten back pages of Google.

2) the blog is a pack of lies (without pointing out any specific lie)

3) I don’t like what is written on the blog (if don’t like what is written post a correction comment, believe me, it will be posted.  Bev Cooper has repeated invited ANYONE part of probate on their blog or my blog or NASGA’s Most Wanted list to appear on her show and not a single probate attorney on that list has appeared.  But, Judy Barr Topinka did, rest her soul).

4) She can’t say just anything (Quote Melissa Smart, ARDC litigation attorney).  Protection of political speech is the hallmark of the US. We consistently chastise other countries (China, N. Korea, mideastern courntries) for disbarring lawyers (Iraq), imprisoning those critical of government (N. Korea and China), and the ARDC’s actions makes up squarely hypocritical in the eyes of the world.  My blog has plenty of clicks on it from the Mideast and Asia and even Russia.  I’m sure they’re laughing.  I get emails from around the world, and yes, directly people email me that they have the same problems in their country and the US is just a bunch of bullying hypocrites.   Like it or not, JL, your actions in MY case reverberate around the world.  Most certainly with the New Eastern Outlook Article by Janet Phelan.  Each of her articles gets a minimum of 1 million clicks, she gets paid by the click, and prior articles on myself and Ken Ditkowsky receive 1 million click times X.  All you are doing is making activist reporters drawn to this content–the content you create–crushing internal dissent in the US.

5) And I’m not even sure if the litigation attorneys at the ARDC realize that Ken and I and Mr. Amu won’t back down.  We don’t want the courts to be like this. We do not want corruption to prevail in the Illinois Courts.

6)  Change the definition of corruption from “a deviation from laws, morals or ethics” to Greylord type bribery and then say I said on this blog the attorneys received cash in the courtroom.  How preposterous.  Even the witnesses argued with the tribunal on that one.  Corruption IS a deviation from laws, morals or ethics.  1) lack of jurisdiction–no service on Mary or her elderly sisters; 2) failing to follow 1401 when illegally seizing Gloria’s $200,000 to give to attorneys. 3)  Liquidating all of Mary’s assets on the premise she needs the money for her care, and then handing it all over to the attorneys on the case, 4) PS saying he didn’t have to file a fee petition when in reality the 18th floor is forcing all attorneys to do so, even those under a Power of Attorney (Janie Thomas case), plus the estate has been comingled with the trust the house was held in, so a fee petition would be proper.  I will go pull fee petitions this week and publish.  Where did Mary’s $350,000 from her home and from Gloria’s accounts exactly go to? 5) terminating heat where Gloria lived in contravention to the Chicago Landlord Tenant Ordinance–see the list of the Famous Table of Torts.

I had witnesses ready to go, Gloria appeared and was turned down.  I don’t want to violate the Illinois Reporter’s Shield Law and she should have been able to appear and claim that and only turn over the emails she wanted.  I cannot force a witness to violate Illinois Law.

And yet they persist.  I dropped off my exceptions of Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, and right on that day they issed the briefing schedule and they issued to me a record on appeal. Now the ARDC has never been 1) electronic (that was most of the pretrial fight they claim I aggravated their work, seriously? pretrial has to be conducted circa 1960?) 2) prompt in issuing anything, but we’ll see.

A 65 page decision requires a thorough brief.

1) Why did the ARDC quash all my discovery, refused to properly my Answers to Admit, but they say I acted improperly during discovery?  These are all traditional Discovery safeguards available in all the Illinois courtrooms–Except the Sykes case.

2) Why did the ARDC refuse my expert witnesses on blogging–Bev and Ken Cooper from Probate Sharks, Sylvia Rudek from NASGA, John Howard Wyman for his website and book about his experiences in Probate–the ARDC moved to quash them?

3)  No witnesses, no discovery means the ARDC is engaging in the same tactics where they protect certain favored attorneys and then make up nonsense to viciously go after any whistleblowers that are out there.  How can PS, AS and CF possibly charge a client a single dime to a family when they know, but do not warn: 1)  the accused ward with have restricted access to an attorneys and that attorney will come from a “secret list” and their former attorneys they have come to love and trust (Sykes case) will be threatened with sanctions and/or disbarred (Denison and Ditkowsky); 2) the accused ward will not received a Summons or a Notice of Rights in accordance with Illinois law (Sykes, Bedin, Wyman, etc.), the family members will not be notified in accordance with Illinois law (Sykes, Bedin, Wyman, etc.); 3) discovery will be quashed (Sykes, Bedin, Wyman); 4) a hearing will not take place (LDL, Wyman) or just a few controlled questions can be asked (Sykes) in a done deal (Sykes) and if the personal physician will not certify incompetency, the GAL will be told to “find a doctor” that will (Sykes); the person will be isolated from 20+ former friends and family and will NOT engage in former activities, in contravention to the Illinois Probate Act (Sykes, Wyman) (Bedin threatened to be placed in a dangerous South Side nursing home and isolated); ward isolated (Frake, Thomas); forced feeding tube so a bag can be hung twice per day (Tyler, Gore); 29 gold teeth pulled and a forced feeding tube because ward took a long time to eat (Gore)– you get the picture.

If you complain to the ARDC, what responses do you get (published elsewhere on this blog); Sykes–Adam Stern is now Gloria’s guardian; Gore – we find no problems with pulling 29 gold teeth; Wyman, no response, many, many cases get no response or one that makes no sense.

I tell every to write a letter to the ARDC, except no response and then forward it to the FBI.  Eventually they will clean that house.  They already have no ethics reporting mandated under the Illinois Ethics Act of 2009 for years and years–that should do the trick.

We’re waiting, we’re all waiting.

JoAnne

the trial transcript starts on p. 311.

https://drive.google.com/drive/#folders/0B6FbJzwtHocweG5BcTdfZFoxR3M/0B6FbJzwtHocwMFZtZzFhTDk0UTA

this will be used for my brief.  Let me know if there are any volunteer attorneys out there willing to write my brief and that would help me very much because I am very, very, very busy helping probate victims.

writing the brief should be very easy because we have all the case law, you will learn a whole lot about first amendment rights, and it’s merely a matter of assembling together the brief.

thanks

joanne

PS–for all of my mutterings during pretrial about the ARDC getting organized electronically and moving into the 21st century, I dropped off my exceptions today and my assistant (volunteer, thank to Susan, very, very much) was handed the entire Record on Appeal!  Very good.  A hundred gold stars to the clerks of the ARDC today for that.

Now, if they can only get it on gdrive or drop box, a next step.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6FbJzwtHocwajlDeVlCNFI5TFE&authuser=0

This is just like a Notice of Appeal, so I just have to say what I am appealing.  I have made a detailed listing.

Ken liked it, but he also wanted me to mention that the Alvarez SCOTUS case (fake medals of valor) says that it is not up to a US appellate court or the trier of fact to determine if First Amendment protected statements are in fact true or not because then the US government becomes the arbiter of truth, and who wants that?  When a government becomes the arbiter of truth, that is indeed a scary thought and especially in Illinois where we are in the top 3 of corruption this year, and always in the top 5 year after year, as analyzed by journalists and court records of indictments and convictions of politicians and state and city employees.

Let me know your comments and thoughts, and unlike the weenie ABA that finds a need to remove them, MY BLOG IS COMPLETELY OPEN, HONEST AND DEMOCRATIC.

I find the actions of the ABA to remove dozens of posts in support my blog and of the US First Amendment to the US Constitution insulting and degrading to not only me, but the US and Illinois constitution.

JoAnne

I ran across this movie yesterday, and while some nursing homes do music therapy with the residents it is my experience that not enough is being done.  We turn to drugs over human interaction and bringing music and singing to the lives of elders and the disableds.

Watch the movie on Netflix or Amazon and be inspired today.

JoAnne

From the Elder Justice Coalition:

http://www.elderjusticecoalition.com

If you don’t know who your representative are, please visit a website to contact them and push to fund the Elder Justice Act.

JoAnne

Please help this woman if you can