From FB: How to Operate Smoothly in Probate with Little Oversight, the story of Miriam Solo Soloveichik Greenfield Faskowitz

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Joanne M Denison

Miriam Solo (aka Miriam Greenfield, Miriam Soloveichik, Miriam Faskowitz)

licensed attorney, Illinois.

Parents: Rose Joffen (Raizel) and Chaim Borouch Faskowitz

Siblings: 4 siblings, 5 children total. Moshe, Moredchai, Brandy and Michel.

Link to supporting document file: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wZKLV_7s6uYmE-Heg83u3wWmO7be7k-Z

Estate involvement:

1) Estate of Marjorie Ivy, a long time girl friend of brother Mordecai Faskowitz

On April 11, 2014, Chris Ivy, the nephew of Marjorie Ivy, files a Petition to become the Independent Administrator of his deceased sister Marjorie Ivy. Page 1

According to a October 11, 2013 article in the Chicago Tribune, Mordecai Faskowitz shared an apartment with 70 year old Marjorie Ivy, page 12. The Cook County medical examiner’s office determined that Marjorie Ivy died from multiple stab wounds and cuts in a homicide. Mordechai Faskowitz was held without bail on a murder charge.

Marjorie Ivy had been dead for days, because a man who had keys to the building discovered her body because he had not seen her for days and the apartment was emitting a foul odor. Page 12.

Mordecai F. Admitted to the crime but had to be tazed by police so they could arrest him. Page 13. A friend said of Ivy, that she was a very nice person “who was passionate about animal rights.”

The value of Marjorie’s estate in the Petition was listed as $850,000 by the nephew Chris Ivy.

On page 3, a listing of Marjorie’s assets shows a Vanguard IRA, a Drefus Crop investment account and a New York Life Insurance policy, all naming Moredecai Faskowitz as Beneficiary and/or his trust, Mordechai Faskowitz Supplemental Care Trust. Page 2, ¶ d indicates that it was Razel Faskowitz who created the MFSC Trust naming Miriam Greenfield as Trustee in 2006.

Page 4 shows that Mordecai was found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. Para. 10 relates that Marjorie died of more than 40 stab wounds.

Page 2 shows that the Estate of Marjorie Ivy attempted to reclaim all assets left to Mordecai on under the Illinois Slayer Statute which provides that “A person who intentionally and unjustifiably causes the death of another shall not receive any property, benefit or other interest by reason of the death…in any capacity.” Para 11.

Pages 9 to 11 shows that Marjorie Ivy has some 28 nieces and nephews with an interest in her Estate.
Miriam Solo then files an Affidavit with the Estate of Marjorie Ivy in which she explains: 1) she is the younger sister of Mordecai (page 15). That she met with Mordecai and Marjorie (Gayle) Ivy in June 2016 for Marjorie to “provide for each other” and “Gayle’s specific desire to add to the trust, of which I was the trustee.” ¶ 6.

Question: how is it that Marjorie dies October 13, 2013, Mordechai is put in jail, but then she and Mordechai are meeting with Miriam Solo in June of 2016 to move Marjorie’s assets into Mordechai’s estate upon her death? Why is Miriam Solo helping with this when Mordechai is her brother and she is the trustee of his “Supplemental Needs Trust”? When Mordechai dies, his Estate flows into a Supplemental Needs Trust (again, Miriam Solo is the Trustee) (see below), but why would Marjorie Ivy want to leave her Estate to Avrohom Soloveichik whom she is not related to, upon Mordechai’s passing?

The Affidavit continues on with ¶ ¶ 8 to 33 detailing Mordecahi’s alleged schizophrenic episodes which led up to Marjorie’s death caused by over 40 stab wounds from Mordechai. The real question is, why was Miriam Solo acutely aware of Mordechai’s deteriorating mental health, but she did not make certain that he had his meds and was taking them. She was the only sibling living in Chicago at the time, and she had his POA and he was at her house sometimes during August to September 2013 and Miriam Solo knew his mental condition was extremely poor at that time, yet she did nothing about it.

The probate court, after briefing and hearing, the court then issues an Order that the Petition to disqualify Faskowitz under the Slayer Statute is denied. Page 28. This was based upon a Petition for Summary Judgment filed by Miriam Greenfield on December 7, 2017, page 53 to 63. Miriam Greenfield signed as “agent pursuant to the power of attorney for Mordechai Faskowitz”, p. 36. How did Miriam Solo get this Power of Attorney when Mordechai has been incompetent for years and subject to shcizophrenic and dangerous episodes for most of his life?

A dispute ensues over Mordecahi being able to answer Interrogatory questions prior to hearing because he is institutionalized. Pages 29 to 34.

Page 37 show the beneficiary change request to Moredecai Faskowitz and a secondary beneficiary, Adrienne Russ, both listed as friends. This was done June 23, 2010 and not in June 2016

An Interpleader action was also filed over the the New York Life policy. Page 39.

It is not known from the court records if Mordecai’s deposition was ever taken.

It does not appear in either the court records or in the decision on Appeal, if anyone noticed that the standard to convict for an intentional homocide is “beyond a reasonable doubt’ in criminal court, but there is a much lesser standard of “more probable than not” to disinherit a person in Probate court.

By the time the Interpleader is filed, there are now 45 nieces and nephews claiming an interest in this estate. Pages 41 to 44.

The decision was based upon a Summary Judgment Motion which had argued that Res Judicata applied to the finding of NGRI, and therefore Mordecai was barred from inheriting from his stabbing victim Marjorie.

The Appellate court ruled at ¶ 30 however: A Finding of NGRI on a Charge of First Degree Murder Does Not Create an Irrebuttable Presumption Under the Slayer Statute.

The issue for Marjorie Ivy, stabbed to death over 40 times by Mordecai, was taken up on Appeal and the Illinois Appellate court ruled that the trial court’s decision that someone found “not guilty by reason of insanity” is not irrefutably covered under the Slayer Statute. They find that the use of Summary Judgment was inappropriate for the issues at hand, that is whether the killing was intentional. The court noted that admissions spoken to various doctors during examination could not be excepted from the hearsay rule and were not considered. No deposition was ever taken of Mordecai and since he died on May 15, 2019 (page 49), it is doubtful that there is any possibility of preventing his estate, his Trust, operated now by Miriam Solo, to go to the rightful heirs or the nieces and nephews of Marjorie Gayle Ivy.
No new pleadings have been filed as of that decision. A status is set for Jan. 14, 2019.

The Appellate Court decision is located at:

Click to access 1181691.pdf

Note “Miriam F. Solo” is listed as an attorney on appeal, presumably for brother Mordechai Faskowitz. ¶ 15, “Respondent, through his agent” filed an answer to the Petitions to disinherit him under the Slayer Statute. Meaning Miriam Solo was the agent for Mordechai, but where is her Power of Attorney, when was it executed and how did she know he was in his right mind when it was executed. Or, is it a durable power of attorney that would survive Mordechai’s insanity and incompetence? In any case, Mordechai Faskowitz had been confined to the Elgin Mental Health Hospital since his criminal trial, and perhaps before that up until his death in May of 2019.

More important, the will Miriam Solo filed as Executor was prepared just days before the death of brother Mordecai and it no doubt had to be Executed and witnessed at the Elgin State Mental Hospital. Was Mordechai even competent at that time, not insane, not mentally disabled? After all these facts, that would be quite a stretch to say Mordechai was even competent to have a will. And what about the POA which was used to file all the documents and pleadings in this case? How could a POA be valid when Mordechai was regularly seeing demons and hearing voices? Was it a durable POA granted years earlier when Mordechai was more mentally stable?

And while Marjorie Ivy’s estate is purported to go to the Special Needs Trust for Mordechai Faskowitz, his will at page 45 states that his Estate will go to the Special Needs Trust for Avorihim Soloveichik, another disabled individual. In these special needs trusts, however, the beneficiaries are incapacitated or incompetent, so who is overseeing the management of these funds?

More important, it would appear that Miriam Soloveichik back in 1994 was appointed the Guardian of Avohom Soloveichik, 94 P 10177. Despite the fact she was legally required to file an annual report on the ward, as well as an accounting if the ward held any personal property, Miriam Solo has filed just two annual reports on the ward, so how is then that Miriam Solo is qualified in any manner to manage a trust with $850,000 in it for Avrohom Soloveichik, a disabled person. (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1W-CwP1zSqtSZXGDIVA88xJHy8ZKL4WOo)

2) Estate of Mordechai Faskowitz

Right before the Appellate court decision of June 26, 2019 was handed down, Mordechai Faskowitz dies on May 15, 2019, page 49, and younger sister Miriam Solo Greenfield Petitions to become his Executor.

While all along during the Probate proceedings for Marjorie Ivy in which Miriam Solo was arguing on behalf of Mordechai Faskowitz that Mordechai was hopelessly insane, seeing and hearing demons, stabbing them and skipping his meds, we find that Mordechai Faskowitz, who never gave a deposition or answered critical Interrogatories, is now able to execute a will and is suddenly of “sound mind and memory”. Page 45.

Question, which is it? Was Mordecai hopelessly schizophrenic, seeing demons, stabbing at demons, or is he of “sound mind and memory.” Who is manipulating his pleadings in court?

On page 45, Miriam Solo Greenfield is appointed Executor of his Will and his entire inheritance is amazingly provided to Avrohom Soloveichik Supplemental Needs Trust, even though Mordechai has numerous nieces and nephews and Avrohom has been, for years, placed in an institution in New York as a disabled adult.

The witnesses are illegible, and not typed into this will but appear to be Miriam Greenfield at her address 6538 N Sacramento, and an attorney friend of hers, Jonathan Shimberg, 9003 Lincolnwood Dr, Evanston, IL 60203, Page 46.

NOTE: this will, likely created by Miriam Solo, is not notarized. The names of the witnesses are not typed out. No phone numbers are emails are provided for the witnesses.

Listed as heirs on Page 51 are Avrohom Soloveichik Suppplemental Needs Trust with Miriam Soloveichik as Trustee (now listed as M. Greenfield, Trustee), together with brother Moshe Faskowitz, and sisters Michele Triester and Brandy Tuchman. On page 52 it also lists Miriam Solo Greenfield. Avrohom Soloveichik is Miriam’s eldest special needs disabled son by her first marriage.

Further provided in this estate is an Affidavit of Heirship noting that Chaim Faskowitz (DOD Aug. 1997) and Razel (Rose) Jofen (DOD Dec. 2018) are the parents of the decedent Mordechai Faskowitz. Page 47.

In this Affidavit Chaim and Razel or Rose Faskowitz had 5 children: Moshe, Mordechai, Miriam, Michele and Brandy.

2) Estate of Irving (Isaac) Faskowitz (Fisk) and Sofia in Florida

On April 8, 1999, Sofia (Fisk) Faskowitz died leaving her entire estate to her husband, Irving Fisk.Page 100 and 98.

On June 22, 1999, Irving (Isaac) (Fisk) Faskowitz died, but his will only name his wife who had predeceased him. Pages 101 and 96.

Neither of the wills executed by Sofia and Irving Fisk named any other beneficiaries other than themselves.

A probate proceeding, PC 99-307 was opened in Florida and Rose Faskowitz, mother of Miriam Faskowitz Soloveichik Greenfield, promptly filed an Affidavit of Heirship (page 65) claiming that her husband’s name was Chaim, and that he was a cousin and uncle of the decedent, Irving Faskowitz. ¶ 15. This was because the decedent’s father was Isaac Faskowitz, and Isaac’s father was Mordecai Faskowitz. Mordecai had another Son Moshe. Son Moshe married the daughter of Mordecai, or in other words, Daughter Miriam supposedly married her uncle Moshe. They had four children: Chaim, Alter Mordecai, Breina and Beila. Only Chaim had children. Chaim married the Affiant, Rose Faskowitz, and they had four children: Moshe, Miriam, Brandy and Michel. ¶ 10.

During World War II, Chaim’s entire family was in Poltusk, Poland.

The Affiant, Rose (Razel) Faskowitz, then claims the rest of the family, other than her and Chaim, perished in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

However, it must be noted that while ¶ 10 of the Affidavit of Rose Faskowitz lists four children (Moshe, Miriam, Brandy and Michel); note that in the Estate of Mordechai Faskowitz, Rose suddently has a 5th child–Mordecai.

On page 50-51, the Affidavit of heirship for Mordechai’s Estate clearly shows 4 siblings: Moshe, Brandy and Miriam. Apparently on January 5, 2001 Rose (Razel) Faskowitz forgot she had a 5th child.

We know that Miriam Greenfield Solo was involved in this because she filed a Consent and Waiver and acknowledged a copy of the Petition to Determine Beneficiaries and waived notice to hearing on the Petition to Determine Beneficiaries. (Page 65). She also received a copy of the Fla. ATG Petition to Set Aside Finding of Beneficiaries. Page 82. While brother Mordechai was remembered when he hacked his girlfriend Marjorie Gayle Ivy to death, she forgot he had to be included in this estate of alleged Uncle/Cousin Isaac Faskowitz.

Nonetheless, the Affidavit of Heirship filed by Rose (Razel) Faskowitz turns out to be utter nonsense.

On August 2, 2001, the Attorney General of Florida investigated the Probate Case of Irving (Isaac) (Fisk) Faskowitz and concluded that none of the children of Rose Faskowitz were in fact related to Irving Faskowitz, the decedent. While the Affidavit of Rose Faskowitz tells a long tale of nieces marrying their uncles (the family tree that does not branch) and harrowing escapes from Nazi occupied Europe to the US, none of that is apparently true.

From ¶ 8 of the ATG letter:

The information provided by the discovery of the decedent’s birth certificate is inconsistent with the Affidavits in support of the Petition to Determine Beneficiaries as follows:

a) the decedent’s name at birth was Isaac Faskowitz, not Irving Faskowitz, as alleged by affiants.
b) the decedent was born in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York; not Poland as alleged.
c) The decedent’s parents were Harry and Anne Faskowitz, not Isaac Faskowitz, as alleged.
d) The decedent did not, nor did his parents, immigrate to the United States from Poland. The decedent’s parents immigrated from Russia, and the decedent himself was born in this country. ¶ 8, p.81 ¶

It should also be noted that Isaac Faskowitz was married to Sofia Faskowitz and her death certificate says she was born in Puerto Rico and therefore was an US citizen. Nothing was said of her in the Affidavit. Most likely decedent met his wife in the large Puerto Rican community when he was young in Manhattan. The decedent was an US citizen born in New York City.

Despite the fact that the ATG of Florida researched the probate estate and found the heirs to be a fraud, no action was taken by the Florida Probate Court and on December 2006, the Estate was finally distributed with a total of $1,592,456 for 4 beneficiaries, or $398,114. Not bad for finding a similar name and cooking up affidavits.

On page 89, An agreed order was entered determining the beneficiaries to be Miriam Greenfield, Brandy Tuchman, Michel Triester and Moshe Faskowitz. No mention of brother Mordechai.

On page 91, it appears that Moshe Faskowitz, Rose Faskowitz and Dr. Jean Jofen were already to testify there were 4 children of fake Uncle/Cousin Mr. Isaac Faskowitz and not 5.

On page 93 is the Proof of service of final accounting and petition for discharge. Again, no mention of a 5th sibling in the Faskowitz sibling group. Mordechai is missing his hundreds of thousands of dollars. And Miriam Solo Soloveichik Faskowitz Greenfield is part of it.

3. Estate of Ralla Klepak

On May 3, 2019, Miriam Solo Greenfield files a Petition to become the Executor of her friend, Ralla Klepak, who passed on April 25, 2019. Page 118.

She lists the value of Ralla’s personal property at $1 million and her real estate at 2046 W. Addison Ave, Chicago for $250,000, despite the fact that Ralla’s office building, which she owns, is worth easily over one million dollars. In addition she owns a home on Addison Ave and a home in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The decedent, Ralla Klepak, has told many people that she adopted a Mexican son, however no “son” is mentioned in her will at Page 102. A Jorge Bautista at 5158 N Ashland is listed in the will, but he is not mentioned as a son. According to Instantcheckmate.com there is a person named Jorge Bautista at 5156 N Ashland and an address in Tampa, Florida. However he is 71 years old and clearly not a “son” which Ralla met and adopted at age 10 some decades back.

The bulk of the Estate is given to Miriam Solo. All the contents of Ralla’s home. Third ¶ p. 103. Jorge Bautista $500,000. Miriam Solo is given Ralla’s Puerta Del Sol South Apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida. P.105, FOURTEENTH ¶ , the rest and residue of her estate to the Ralla Klepak Trust for the Performing Arts, and Miriam Solo is to get $75,000 per year for managing the trust. Page 109, Article4 (sic). Large amounts are given to various charities on p.110. $100,000 to Victory Gardens Theater, $100,000 to Steppenwolf Theater, $100,000 to Northlight Theater, etc. Page 110

The Will appears to have been quickly drafted with tons of typos.

A typical will has the Testator initial every page of the will. No pages are initialed in this Will.

The will has an attestation clause by witnesses, but it is not notarized, as a will typically is notarized.

Sharran Greenburg is a witness, and mentioned in the will.

The will is executed 2 months before she died. Just like some others…..

4. Guardianship of Alice Gore

Cooper’s Corner show.

here is a video with a lot of detail about MS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG8FZhBJGXI

Bev Cooper (the host of the show) is the daughter of 99 year old Alice Gore.
Miriam Solo (aka Soloveichik, Greenfield, Fisk, Faskowicz), was the Guardian ad Litem for Alice Gore.

11:18 – MS brought false charges against Bev Cooper and obtained a false Order of Protection
Bev Cooper had to pay to see her own mother at Warren Barr Pavillion, a nursing home 20 miles from Bev Cooper’s home. Bev Cooper loved to take care of her mother and told Miriam Solo she wanted to take her mom home and take care of mom — for free.

12:19 – Nursing home is owned by a cousin of MS

13:10 $1.5 million is billed by attorneys in fees during 3 years of guardianship

13:15 – Alice Gore loves to eat, but against her will a GI tube is inserted so she can never eat again.

14:40 – MS chooses a mentally ill granddaughter, with multiple psych hospitalizations to become the guardian of Alice Gore, over the objections and petitions of Bev Cooper to become the guardian of her own mother

15:50 – Bev Cooper cannot visit her own mother

16:08 – Bev Cooper states than MS is an animal, inhumane, and evil

In conclusion

There are now two wills (Klepak, Mordechai, Ivy) which all have the following similarities:
1) not notarized, witness signatures have no typed or printed names next to them so their names are easily read and known to others.
2) the decedent dies days or weeks after the will is allegedly executed (Mordechai, Klepak)
3) disabled individuals are used to move substantial amounts of money via a Trust mechanism, which is essentially a private device with no court oversight and little accountability, especially where the beneficiary is mentally deficient or incompetent. Who is looking out for this disabled person? Where is the accountability and oversight when the Beneficiary is disabled or mentally infirm himself?

From Ken Ditkowsky–the Barbara Stone case is a horror show–demand her immediate release today

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Joanne M Denison

Barbara is a true heroine and should be reinstated with honors as an attorney in both New York and Florida.

She showed what the system was–money grubbing, despicable and onerous.

From Ken Ditkowsky:

The Barbara Stone case is representative of the ELDER CLEANSING/HUMAN TRAFFICKING SCANDAL and illustrative of the corruption and total disregard for America’s core values that has become an epidemic amongst our ‘ruling class! The elite are so used to ignoring us – the great unwashed – that the South Florida POLITICAL ELITE fresh from victories over the public in the condominium scandal feel empowered to run roughshot over any who oppose their dictates.

Like all scandals the ‘power players’ all have ‘warts’ and some of the good guys do and say things that are bad strategy, bad form, and downright stupid. The Political elite HAVING THE UNDYING LOYALTY of their knee jerk supporters and the media thus frame the aggreived in the worst possible light. So obnoxious and amoral are the elites that they and their supporters have no compunction and no conscience – they can even rationalize the killing for profit of 12 elderly residents of the Hollywood Hills nursing home and blame Governor Scott for the carnage. The fact that that so as to rob Medicare of a few dollars these miscreants nursing home operators could not transport (or call 911 for the town of Hollywood Florida to transport) the helpless elderly a few yards across the street to safety. The fact was that transporting the victims across the street to a safe environment would have cost the operators of the nursing home a few dollars and THEY HAD TO WEIGH the safety of their human commodities over the dollar loss – the dollar loss won! 12 people died.

We have the very same situation in the guardianship of Helen Stone and the persecution of Barbara Stone. We just do not approve of overt discourtesy toward our revered institutions, its servants, or law enforcement. We believe we are a NATION OF LAWS and even though every one else is a ******, we have to uphold a STANDARD. Dissenting – does not mean descending into immaturity and they very type of conduct that is exhibited by the corrupt Political elite. We, the great unwashed are better than that!

Now let’s look at the facts. Helen Stone, an elderly human commodity, became an object of profit for a corrupt guardian and jurist who were actively pursing ELDERLY HUMAN TRAFFICKING. She (Barbara Stone) interrupted the isolation and dehumanization process of her mother and did so openly and notoriously. As has been disclosed on numerous blogs once a human trafficking victim falls under the control of the ELDER CLEANSERS that individual has to be stabilized. To obtain maximum HEALTH CARE DOLLARS and the greatest Medicare payment the most efficient warehousing technique is the goal. Opioids are routinely employed to induce a ‘zombie’ effect, but while these chemicals are performing their function i is necessary to address nutrition and delivery of services.

Routinely therefore the opioid serviced individual is fitted with a feeding tube and a Cather so that bodily functions do not require too much human attention. Thus, nutrition and excretion require minimum costs are substantially reduced and other services also reduced to their lowest common denominator. For instance, physical therapy does not require a technician – wheeling the elderly person into the hallway meets the criteria and a hours PT can be billed to Medicare at full rates. The cost to the facility is nominal.

Barbara Stone, interrupted the orientation of her mother. She without warning and permission removed her mother from the feeding tube routine and demonstrated the falsity of the medical authorizations for the same. She took her mother out to a restaurant and enjoyed a meal with her. The entire orientation process approved by the Court was demonstrated to be FRAUDULENT and by her action Barbara Stone jeopardized the economic prospects of the Judge, the guardian and other members of the Political elite. The entire guardianship for profit scenario was placed in jeopardy!

This aforesaid act by Barbara Stone was so reprehensible that the Judge was duty bound to extract the most harsh penalties against Stone and make an example of her so that such travesties would not occur in the future. Ms. Stone resisted and worse yet formed alliances with the some of the most radical individuals – these individuals lost all sense of proportion – some demanded HONEST INVESTIGATIONS and one of said individuals exposed on her blog (MaryGSykes) judicial corruption.

As I personally am one of the miscreants who objects to the HUMAN TRAFFICKING in the Elderly by those who prosecute Barbara Stone and other who object, Governor Scott, President Trump I as a member of the great unwashed demand an HONEST INVESTIGATION and the restoration of the Equal Protect of the Law to all citizens including the elderly and the disabled.

From Joanne:

It turns out there is absolutely no evidence, no clinical study that a feeding tube and catheter is better than feeding a patient who so desires, any food they want. (see prior blog post on this). But it is routine in nursing homes to plunk down a tray and pick it up 15 minutes later. Joy Ketelhut, in observing the feeding of her mother at Warren Barr Nursing Facility in downtown Chicago, noted one day she was late to feed her mother. So she asked one of the nurses there about her mother’s meal and why wasn’t she being fed? The answer, a huge lie, “oh she ate earlier”–but then she found her meal on the cart, untouched with her name on it.

Every years thousands of elders in nursing homes are admitted to hospitals due to malnourishment and dehydration, my nursing friends tell me. Sometimes it’s on purpose because the hospital needs to fill beds. If a nurse complains or files a complaint, they are fired on the spot and blackballed. No one ever investigates the malnourishment and dehydration of an elder in a nursing home.

Similarly, I am told they often die. Funeral directors must fill out a “condition of the body” report. These reports are filed and no one does anything with them, I am told by funeral directors.

No one cares about the elderly and disabled, if it weren’t for the blogs.

The sad part is, the ARDC is fighting this blog. See my prior post where they claim this blog is a lie, I make judges and attorneys cry when I call them on the carpet for perfidy and mendacity in the probate courtroom.

This is not my job. I’d love to return to engineering and patents and all that fun stuff, but I will not and cannot when there are seniors and disableds at risk and attorneys at the ARDC like Larkin, Opryszek and Smart patently allow our elders and the disableds to be abused.

Barbara Stone is a heroine. She showed how her mother did not need a feeding tube.

She took her mom out for shopping and a meal and the two were happy.

But this interfered with the state’s plan to medicate, isolate and then terminate her for her money. Go look at the Stone dockets I recently posted. It’s all about the money. All the money items are sealed. Reported the brother stole some $600k from Mom, and I see that’s not resolved either, tho it was years ago.

Barbara Stone must be immediately released and Roy Lustig and the crooked judges who put her there should be disbarred and removed from office.

Joanne

Demand Lawyer Activist Barbara Stone be released and Judges Genden, Bailey and Labarga and Atty Roy Lustig be disbarred.

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Joanne M Denison

From ECG and Stone on Stone, this is what they had to say about the Barbara Stone Case:

STONE
ON STONE
REPORTING FROM
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
<http://82.221.129.208/.zl0.html>

I have many times said the U.S. prisons are packed with innocents. Here’s proof.

○ When a real estate attorney discovered her mom was rapidly deteriorating due to neglect at a nursing home, she took her mom out for a meal at Denny’s (where she was arrested) because a prior court order stated her mom HAD TO stay in the nursing home.

Barbara’s saga began in 2013, when, alarmed at the condition of her mother in a facility into which she had been remanded by her court-appointed guardian, Jacqueline Hertz, Barbara took Helen out of the facility and to lunch at a nearby Denny’s. Barbara was then arrested and charged with a multitude of crimes, including custody interference, elder abuse and kidnapping.

Barbara, who was a real estate attorney in New York, had no prior criminal history before she took her Mom to lunch and has accumulated over 500 in-jail days since the “Denny’s debacle.”

SO GET THIS: They let crack heads, car thieves and murdering illegals run amok, and jail a real estate attorney for taking her mom to Denny’s just because a court said she had to stay in a particular nursing home and never leave.

I have said numerous times here that a majority of the people in America’s prisons are highly productive law abiding people that are in there for the sole purpose of feeding work into the prison labor system. They don’t want anyone who is actually worthy of jail in jail because that dilutes down the quality of the prison labor force. So the cities are cesspools and illegals run amok, getting acquitted after they shoot and kill people on a pier or wherever else.

HERE IS
THE PUNCH LINE
THAT PROVES
WHAT I SAID ABOVE IS TRUE:

This woman has gone on to blog against nursing home abuses, and is part of a group of bloggers that are trying to change the corrupt situation of abuse in nursing homes, AND SHE WAS TOLD SHE’D WALK COMPLETELY FREE RATHER THAN FACE THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS IN PRISON IF SHE GAVE UP THE NAMES OF THE OTHER BLOGGERS, SO THEY COULD BE JAILED FOR ONLY TRYING TO STOP THE CORRUPTION IN THE NURSING HOMES BY POSTING ABOUT IT TO THE INTERNET

Speaking from Florida, Dr. Sam Sugar, who is the head of Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianships, a grassroots advocacy group, had this to say about the recent actions in Barbara’s case:

○ The reports that a defendant in a criminal pleading was offered a reduction in sentence in return for unmasking the identities of Americans exercising their First Amendment Rights online with comments about abusive guardianship courts are a chilling reminder that the Gestapo tactics of Nazi Germany have found a new home in Miami Dade courts – the real secret society!

HERE IS
SPECIFICALLY
WHAT THIS WOMAN WAS BLOGGING AGAINST:

The nursing homes have become an industry which seizes the assets of the people who are put in them, (houses and whatever else). They then liquidate those assets, and price their care at astronomically high levels, until the total value of the assets is used up. Once they are used up, they then cause the death of the people they are supposed to care for.

Her mom’s assets ran out, and they were trying to kill her with neglect. So she took her mom to eat elsewhere, and because the court ordered that the nursing home now owned her mom, the police went to Denny’s and threw her in prison. She has now lost everything, including her career as a real estate attorney.

And that, dear folks, is precisely why America has the world’s highest prison population, all the while the real thugs continue to rape rob and murder unabated. They’ll throw a real estate attorney in jail for protecting her mom, and let an illegal who shot and killed a woman on a San Francisco pier be totally acquitted and walk free. There is no question that the real motiviation for this is to feed high quality people into a prison labor system, which happens to be the largest prison labor system in the world. THAT IS EXACTLY HOW THEY GET THE PRECISION GUIDED BOMBS, DRONES, AND CRUISE MISSILES MADE BY QUALIFIED PEOPLE. Those are mostly made by a prison work force. That’s f^**ed UP.

If you doubt this, check this out from Counterpunch <https://www.counterpunch.org/2013/09/05/war-profiteers-slavery-and-the-hypocrisy-of-imperialism>

Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Boeing, and BAE Systems all use prison labor to manufacture military equipment. Prisoners are often forced to labor under sweatshop style conditions, and when they are paid they often receive meager wages like 23 cents an hour.

Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and others ONLY MAKE HIGH TECH WEAPONRY. This quote took approximately 7 seconds to find at Counterpunch <https://www.counterpunch.org/2013/09/05/war-profiteers-slavery-and-the-hypocrisy-of-imperialism>

Another even more damning report on the topic is HERE-<https://www.alternet.org/story/150777/defense_contractors_using_prison_labor_to_build_high-tech_weapons_systems> and this issue has been a pet peeve of mine for DECADES.

They are jailing high quality people on the most spurious of charges and using them to manufacture high tech weapons. Maybe that’s why all the software companies had to hire people from India – too many of America’s white male engineers were stuffing the prison labor system on horse shit charges usually related to the family court system. That way, the people who are seeking to destroy the United States can wipe out families and the best of people in ONE WHACK – at the same time they get the weapons built which they intend to destroy much of the rest of the world with. And they get that done via virtually free skilled labor. A WIN WIN WIN for disgusting low life tyranny.

Look folks, if they are jailing bloggers for uncovering corruption in nursing homes, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. see this at Activist Post. <https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/woman-refuses-give-list-fellow-activists-gets-three-years.html>

and in this case, you can find the docket sheets for these cases online.

most popular docket entry for a case? petitions for fees, hearings for fees and fees, fees, fees granted. All over the place.

QUESTION: IS A GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING MERELY A MONEY LAUNDERING OPERATION FOR JUDGES, ATTORNEYS AND COURTROOM VENDORS?

take a look at these docket sheets I just downloaded:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DNg3_EjF9EDVKNM2G0FrwBWA5wuFcKn1

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SAdHUMHLLENTXE4kng8KhRJfJ_MKMT9Z

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DNg3_EjF9EDVKNM2G0FrwBWA5wuFcKn1

Just about every other docket entry (other than Barbara Stone complaining about how her mother is being abused in probate) is about Atty Roy Lustig and his cash cow firm getting paid. AND MANY OF THE ENTRIES ARE SEALED.

Now you all know from this blog, the courts are supposed to be open and democratic, nothing is supposed to be sealed unless it is of the utmost dire urgency. Not even state secrets can be sealed more than a few days after being declared a state secret well, because, that’s just old news someone’s got someplace on the internet.

More important, where is the constitutional requirement that every document be examined and there be a hearing and findings of fact and conclusions of law placed on record as to why the document was sealed and that must be public information on file with the clerk of court. WHERE THE F IS THAT?

So the real question is, why are attorney fee petitions and fees granted illegally and unconstitutionally sealed in Miami Dade?

Because the judge is corrupt, the attorney is corrupt and both need to be disbarred, that’s why.

Both put Helen Stone in an abusive situation where she ended up with malnutrition, dehydradation, lacerations, contusions and broken bones and multiple infections in ICU for THREE WEEKS. NONE OF THEM WENT TO JAIL FOR THAT–JUDGE GENDEN, ATTY LUSTIG GUARDIAN BLAIR LAPIDES OR THE 2 HATIAN CAREGIVERS–BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE.

Meanwhile, Barbara Stone is rotting in jail for crimes she did not commit.

Please pray for her and to DEMAND HER RELEASE.

Joanne

From Ken Ditkowksy –

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Joanne M Denison

From: kenneth ditkowsky <kenditkowsky@yahoo.com>

To: “timlahrman@aol.com” <timlahrman@aol.com>

Subject: Re: Donald Sterling’s Very Bad Appeal of Clippers Sale Denied – Tarnished Twenty

Date: Nov 30, 2015 4:58 PM

What the public (and most lawyers) do not understand is that when the ‘fix is in’ the decision is going against you. Your arguments mean nothing and the fact that you are right is irrelevant. You are just not going to beat the fix.

In JoAnne and my cases, a letter was revealed in Joanne’s case (and not mine) from Cynthia Farenga to Larkin 18 USCA 242 Conspirator Lea Black complaining of the fact that the Probate Sharks blog had reiterated our call for an HONEST INVESTIGATION. Days later proceedings commenced against me in an effort to intimidate me and shut me up. I knew instantly when Farenga was writing directly to Black ***** that I had no chance. You saw exactly the same thing on a regular basis in In re: Mary Sykes 09 P 4585. (Even without jurisdiction or a hearing Mary was condemned to being elder cleansed and any attempt to obtain her Constitutional Rights was thwarted).

With the ‘fix in’ and Larkin and his gang of 18 USCA 371/18 USCA 242 co-conspirators threatening disbarment for lawyers who comply with Rule 8.3 or 18 USCA 4 few lawyers are willing to risk their licenses. Large law firms are full of timid lawyers who do not want to make waves. Look at the American Bar Association. They published the Non-Muslim ISIS violation of JoAnne’s First Amendment Rights pointing out that he was attempting the censor her blog AND MADE NO EFFORT WHATSOEVER to stand up and be counted. What they did when members of the public wrote in horror that such could occur was to remove the comments from their website.

There is so much illegal money to be garnered in elder cleansing that the Fix appears to extend into the highest levels of government. Take a look at the nursing home business! How many billions of dollars does it generate in single month? Take a look at the pharmaceutical business? CVS purchase Omnicare for 10.4 billion dollars. JoAnne found in one of the *** homes a sign offering “finder’s fees” of **** dollars for patients. I understand several guardian at litem ***** have interests in nursing homes, and by magic elder cleansing victims wind up in those homes.

It is my opinion that public figure Jerome Larkin is well paid to protect these vested interests from gadfly attorneys who cannot sit quietly and watch the corruption of the American legal system. These attorneys (like me) are spitting into the wind! Only by honest law enforcement doing their job and enforcing the law will the fix be broken.

NB. With Illinois on the verge of Bankruptcy, public pressure should be put on the Illinois Department of Revenue and the Illinois Attorney General to collect the State Income taxes due from Jerome Larkin and his co-conspirators. In Florida, California, Washington, Ohio, etc he has counterpart who is acting in concert with the elder cleansers – they also should pay the Federal and State Income taxes, interest and penalties due. At the very least the public would not have to be taxes for the indulgences of criminals in public office.

What exactly IS the definition of theft? LB was asking Scott the other day.

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Joanne M Denison

I am told that during Scott’s deposition the other day, he was asked if he thought the non inventorying of $1 million in gold coins constituted theft (objection–witness is not a lawyer and cannot formulate legal opinions).

I can’t believe LB asked Scott if he considered the noninventorying of $1 million in gold coins to be theft or not! that’s a complete hoot.

first of all, you’re right about who cares if scott knows the legal definition of theft, but second of all, it begs a better question and that is, why would LB want to even consider bending the legal definition of theft.

okay, so if I see a million dollars in a safe deposit box with your name on it, can I just use it for a little and put it back, or,
maybe if I move it here for awhile or there for awhile, you won’t mind now will you,
or I’m just using it for a bit until Mary is no longer incompetent and then she’s gonna get competent and say what I did was fine because she likes me and I’m her beloved daughter Carolyn.

hmmm. i’m not impressed.

if it looks like a theft, sounds like a theft, smells like a theft and quack liks a theft, then it’s a duck?

joanne

Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:06:18 -0700
From: kenditkowsky@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Lea Black filed a motion to have me banned from testifying after she wrote

Larry – indeed, copy it and sent it JoAnne and anyone else who wants a copy.

I always hated to hear lawyers start a sentence with I have been practicing law for 2000 years and I have never seen anything like this; however, I’ve only been practicing law for five decades and I have to admit that I have have not seen a petition like the petition that LG filed to bar me from presenting Gloria Sykes as my witness in the ARDC proceeding that seeks to punish me for complaining of judicial corruption. If the law were applied uniformly the United States Attorney is in real trouble as he not only complains about corruption, but he even sends corrupt judges to jail.

If I were to approach you and tell you that the ARDC attorney after doing everything possible to create an acrimonious relationship with Gloria, and after Gloria attempted to appease her by renting a suite, converting one room into a conference room etc, the ARDC attorney filed a sanction motion (Rule 219) to bar me from using Gloria as a witness in defense of the frivolous and spurious complaint that the ARDC authored – would you believe me? Well it is true! JoAnne, Larry will send you the Motion so that you can verify that what I say is indeed not my being delusional!

I know it is difficult to believe that the ARDC filed a petition to punish me for complaining about judicial corruption in Cook County and in particular:

1) objecting to Stern, Farenga, Schmiedel et al denying Mary Sykes (a senior citizen age 90 plus) of her rights, privileges and immunities guaranteed under the United States Constitution

2) Circuit Court Judges and court appointed lawyers ignoring the jurisdictional limitations of the Courts and in particular those designed by the legislature to protect senior citizens. A judge has a duty to determine if he/she has jurisdiction. In the Sykes case it appears that (using the words of Adam Stern) ‘it is a technicality!’ I just hope that at some point in time Adam Stern, Cynthia Farenga et al have to personally address that technicality.

3) Objecting to the non-inventory of over a million dollars in assets belonging to Mary Sykes! LG asked Mr. Evans if he considered that theft! It makes no difference if Mr. Evans considers it theft or not! Theft is unauthorized control and except in these probate cases that is unauthorized control It is also a taxable event. I calculate that with the taxes due, interest and penalties at this point in time the conspirators owe in excess of a million dollars to the United States of America. (Mr. Dubow – the accountant informs me that the interest is 5 per cent per month up to 25% of the tax due. The fraud penalty – for the breach of fiduciary relationship and the concealment – is 50%. The tax is 30%. Ms Troepe should be sleeping very well at night knowing that at this point in time she and the conspirators to evade the legitimate income taxes owed to the United States of America can help Mr. Obama make a dent in the debt!

Oh well! four years ago we were promised ‘change!’ This change did not come from Washington, but come via Naperville! The new National Socialists are a bonus! As law enforcement is quiet concerning our demands for an honest, comprehensive, and complete investigation maybe we ought to start a fund at BOA to purchase brown shirts, and jack boots so that all our new found friends can be in uniform as they goose-step to the Daley Center.

JoAnne – it all fits into the grand scheme of things – The golf course that Betty Maltese purchased would make a wonderful camp. Mr. Schmiedel can rave over the progress that grandma is making as she learns to breathe MIC. The ARDC does not believe that the last sentence is protected speech – fortunately they are the only ones – and the United States Supreme Court has mandated. Indeed, if you want to verify that I am again speaking the truth – the ARDC complaint against me is on their web-site. While the document takes a great deal out of context, is misleading and replete with unfounded conclusions it nevertheless clearly demonstrates, the due process, the first amendment, and other liberties are a thing of the past!

If law enforcement and the politicans who really care about the United States do not wake up, smell the coffee and act to preserve our democratic society we will not have one – we will be sent to the Gulag!

Ken Ditkowsky

http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/
–

Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:06:18 -0700
From: kenditkowsky@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Lea Black filed a motion to have me banned from testifying after she wrote
To: JoAnne@DenisonLaw.com; lawoffice5940@yahoo.com; lawrence@Lhyman.com
CC: drditkowsky@aol.com

Larry – indeed, copy it and sent it JoAnne and anyone else who wants a copy.

If I were to approach you and tell you that the ARDC attorney after doing everything possible to create an acrimonious relationship with Gloria, and after Gloria attempted to appease her by renting a suite, converting one room into a conference room etc, the ARDC attorney filed a sanction motion (Rule 219) to bar me from using Gloria as a witness in defense of the frivolous and spurious complaint that the ARDC authored – would you believe me? Well it is true! JoAnne, larry will send you the Motion so that you can verify that what I say is indeed not my being delusional!

I know it is difficult to believe that the ARDC filed a petition to punish me for complaining about judicial corruption in Cook County and in particular:

1) objecting to Stern, Farenga, Schmiedel et al denying Mary Sykes (a senior citizen age 90plus) of her rights, privileges and immunities guaranteed under the United STates Constitution

3) Objecting to the non-inventory of over a million dollars in assets belonging to Mary Sykes! LG asked Mr. Evans if he considered that theft! It makes no difference if Mr. Evans considers it theft or not! Theft is unauthorized control and except in these probate cases that is unauthorized control It is also a taxable event. I calculate that with the taxes due, interest and penalties at this point in time the conspirators owe in excess of a million dollars to the United States of America. (Mr. Dubow – the accountant informs me that the interest is 5per cent per month up to 25% of the tax due. The fraud penalty – for the breach of fiduciary relationship and the concealment – is 50%. The tax is 30%. Ms Troepe should be sleeping very well at night knowing that at this point in time she and the conspirators to evade the legitimate income taxes owed to the United STates of America can help Mr. Obama make a dent in the debt!

Ken Ditkowsky

http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/

From: JoAnne M Denison <jdenison@surfree.com>
To: Larry Chambers <lawoffice5940@yahoo.com>
Cc: ken ditowsky <kenditkowsky@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: Lea Black filed a motion to have me banned from testifying after she wrote

Dear Larry;

Can you please scan and email a copy of the motion filed by LB to bar Gloria’s testimony.

i would like to publish that, it’s soooo amazingly incredible.

thanks

joanne
—–Original Message—–
From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Jul 24, 2012 2:44 PM
To: GLORIA Jean SYKES
Subject: Re: Lea Black filed a motion to have me banned from testifying after she wrote

You will in testify – I cannot envision the ARDC acting so overtly to protect Stern and Farenga et al that they would even attempt to have you barred from testifying.

I was wrong! A petition came in in today’s mail. Even though you have gone through hoops and gone the extra mile to accommodate, Ms. Black wants to bar your testimony. I am sorry – she wants to prevent me from calling you as a witness. As you are on her witness list, she still can call you.

The incentive to join Farenga, Stern, et al in the corruption is must be incredible. I estimated the gold coins at about a million dollars in value; however, I must have underestimated the value as the harassment continues unabated. We have to have an honest, comprehensive and complete investigation. It appears that we hit a nerve and the Constitution has been suspended! The Administrator of the ARDC’s petition to bar your testimony in a trial in which I am the respondent is not only outrageous but a declaration that if you oppose the denial of liberty, property, civil rights and human rights in the eyes of the Illinois Judiciary you also lose your rights, privileges and immunities. I find that concept totally unacceptable and I will not walk quietly into the gas chambers! It is my intention to continue to fight for ‘grandma’s rights’ and win, lose, or draw I have no intention of allowing my civil rights to be compromised.

For your information I prepared a draft of a response to the petition filed by the Administrator. It states what I wish to say:

Response to Motion to Bar Respondent’s witnesses based upon failure to Administrator to comply with Rule 201(k)

The Petitioner’s prayer for relief reads:

“The Administrator’s motion is Allowed/denied. Respondent is barred from presenting Gloria Sykes as witness at the hearing in this matter.”

The motion of the Administrator does not allege any wrong doing on the part of the respondent or that Gloria Sykes is not a person named on the Administrator’s witness list and/or an independent person and citizen entitled to her liberty, her property, her civil rights and her human rights. Indeed, the relationship between the respondent and the potential witness Gloria Sykes necessary for the Administrator motion to be viable was abrogated in 1865 with the adoption of the 13^th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The respondent is a bystander in the discovery dispute between Ms. Sykes[1] and the Administrator.

It is respectfully submitted that the Petition of the Administrator to Bar use by respondent of the Testimony of Gloria Sykes reveals that the only action of the respondent in the dispute between Ms. Sykes and the Administrator were the attempts by the respondent to assist the Attorney for the Administrator in reaching an accommodation between her acrimony toward Gloria Sykes. [Ms. Sykes is disclosed by the Administrator as one of his potential witnesses.] The Respondent was not involved in the discovery dispute that is the subject matter of the Motion. It is further respectfully suggested that in the United States of America there is no precedent for any duly constituted judicial body or panel barring an opponent’s witness because a discovery accommodation cannot be accomplished by the petitioner (plaintiff) with a witness. It is respectfully suggested that the inappropriateness of these proceedings, the Administrator’s bias and lack of concern for due process and the Rule of law is evident in the Motion and mandate that the panel re-examine it prior rulings in relation to dismissal of the proceeding.

Under American Law , the respondent has no duty to ‘blackjack’ or intimidate persons who have knowledge of the falsity of the Administrator’s disciplinary complaint to appear for discovery depositions conducted by the Administrator. To require such a duty would be in derogation of the civil and criminal laws of the State of Illinois and the United States of America. Every person, regardless of race, color, National origin, or status in the case of in re: Mary Sykes is entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the United States Constitution, the Illinois Constitution of 1970, and the human rights declared by the mesne Nations of the World. There is no exception that reads: “except Kenneth Ditkowsky” or “except the witnesses of Kenneth Ditkowsky” or “except Gloria Sykes.”

It is significant that the Administrator does not seek to enforce the subpoena served on Ms. Sykes, but instead seeks sanctions against the respondent[2] . The Administrator cites no authority for punishing the respondent for his own failure to conduct a meaningful 201(k) conference with Ms. Sykes or his failure to attempt to enforce his subpoena. Rule 219 addresses discovery sanctions and the cases interpreting those cases provide that in order to seek enforcement the petitioner must allege a meaningful attempt to resolve disputes pursuant to Rule 201(k). The draconian sanction against the respondent (who is involved only tangency in this discovery dispute between the petition and a witness who appears on the Administrator’s witness list is directly contrary to the mandate of the Appellate Court of Illinois to wit:

Because the purpose of these sanctions is to effect discovery, rather than to punish the dilatory party (Jones v. Healy (1981), 97 Ill.App.3d 255, 52 Ill.Dec. 695, 422 N.E.2d 904), a “just order” under Rule 219(c) is one which, to the degree possible, ensures both the accomplishment of discovery and a trial on the merits (White v. Henrotin Hospital Corp. (1979), 78 Ill.App.3d 1025, 34 Ill.Dec. 349, 398 N.E.2d 24). For these reasons, default judgment or dismissal of the action, being the most drastic sanctions, are ones which courts are reluctant to impose and should be imposed only as a last resort in cases where the actions of the party demonstrate a deliberate, contumacious and unwarranted disregard of *374 the trial court’s authority, all other enforcement powers at the court’s disposal have failed to advance the litigation, and which may be set aside where a trial on the merits could be had without hardship or prejudice. (Kubian, 178 Ill.App.3d at 196-97, 127 Ill.Dec. at 407, 533 N.E.2d at 25.) Martinez v. Pfizer Laboratories Div., 216 Ill. App. 3d 360, 373-74, 576 N.E.2d 311, 320 (1991)

Fairness, which apparently is a foreign word that is unknown in certain legal circles, usually requires that documents and circumstances be reported in context and that completely. It appears that some of Ms. Sykes’ communications have not been submitted as part of documentation. This morning one Ms. Sykes’ e-mails to Ms. Black appeared on the net. It is attached hereto and made part hereof as exhibit 1.

Wherefore the respondent moves that the Motion of the Petition be denied and that the deposition of Gloria Sykes go ahead as scheduled, to wit: July 27, 2012 at 10:30 AM at the Chicago Holiday Inn and Suites, Chicago, Illinois.

[1] Ms. Sykes is on the Administrator’s witness list, yet the Administrator seeks only to bar the respondent from using her as witness. This conduct is consistent with the Administrator’s ignoring 735 ILCS 110 et seq, The First Amendment, land the recent Alvarez case decided by the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Syke’s testimony is expected to disclose the unusual events that have occurred in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, the unusual conduct of several of the Administrator’s witnesses who apparently claim to be judicial officials, confirm the words and phrases of one of the Judges of the Circuit Court in December 2009 that is most troubling, and the significant facts recited in her affidavit that verifies the respondent’s answer and counterclaim. In addition Ms. Sykes is a signatory on a American Disabilitly Act complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that is consistent with whatever statements the Administrator claims were stated by the respondent pursuant to his First Amendment and Article One rights. Picking a ‘discovery dispute’ with a person on his own witness list and seeking to bar ‘his own witness’ from being called by the respondent is not only a obvious attempt to ‘salt’ the evidence but a further demonstration of the improper conduct that respondent has attempted to have law enforcement honestly, and comprehensively investigate. The Administrator in filing this instant motion places the legal profession is total dispute and demonstrates why there is reputedly a Spanish proverb to the effect that mouse would rather be assigned to a ‘cat’s mouth’ rather than a “lawyer’s care!”

[2] Rule 219 specifically provides that nonparties are subject to discovery sanctions for noncompliance.¹ When faced with a refusal to comply with discovery by a nonparty, the primary sanction available to the trial judge is a finding of civil contempt and a corresponding fine. This sanction is designed to coerce compliance with court orders or subpoenas to testify at depositions.10 Ill. Prac., Civil Discovery § 19:21 (2011)

Ken Ditkowsky

http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/

From: GLORIA Jean SYKES <gloami@msn.com>
To: “kenditkowsky@yahoo.com” <kenditkowsky@yahoo.com>
Cc: Tim Lahrman NASGA <timlahrman@aol.com>; maria 60 Minutes <lutzenm@cbsnews.com>; Dave Silver Iphone account <dmsilver@me.com>; ARDC springfield <12175222417@myfax.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:25 PM
Subject: RE: Lea Black filed a motion to have me banned from testifying after she wrote

Lea Black filed a petition to have me banned from testifying because I am an ‘uncooperative’ witness and ‘unneeded’ according to her paralegal. This came after I wrote her and asked her to call me on Friday to resolve this matter. I changed all my plans this week in order to testify and Scott holds no weight in this matter.

Ken you suggested I find a hotel and I did. Then Lea Black faxes me a letter she claims she mailed to me on the 16th: I never received such a letter! She then claims she can’t fax me, and refuses to e me. She then says that she cannot fax me because it’s filled up.

Then she offers me to take the depo at an attorney’s office that will allow Shaggy, and since I fear ambushes and with all that Peter Schmeidel,, Adam Stern, Cynthia Farenga, and Deborah Jo Soehlig have been able to accomplish, I asked Mr. Larkin to step in. He refused.

I am scared to death of our Judicial and the Officers of the Court and now the ARDC, who are suppose to protect the public from attorneys such as those I mentioned above. I know that Lea Black needs to have me disqualified or banned as my testimony stands between my mother’s life being saved and being slowly murdered by a Probate Division and the officers of the court for greed. Since I cannot afford an attorney in this matter I am pro se, and obviously, Lea Black can get away with ‘murder’ and ***.

I have jumped through hoops Ken to schedule a convent place as you suggested, and since Hotel’s no longer have ‘conference rooms’ but banquet halls, which I cannot afford. (There are business centers, but not good for meetings). That said, I was going to have the Suite set up as a conference room.

Yes, Lea Black and the ARDC have caused me much pain and suffering and yes they have intimidated me. On Monday they filed a motion to have my testimony banned and this comes after I asked Mr. Larkin to step in and/or Lea Black to call me (pursuant the letter, which I did not have a copy of when I wrote the first letter on Friday). I have filed a complaint with the U.S. Postal inspector for stolen mail, but I did not get this letter of the 16h or any letter from Lea Black. What is evident is that Ms. Black will go to any extent to prevent me from doing this deposition. She and the ARDC do not want the truth and that is a matter of fact. I don’t know what to do except to write a letter to the Commissioners and file another affidavit, as now it’s understood the questions they asked Scott Evans, who, unfortunately cannot testify to my mother asking for an attorney, the gold and silver coins, or even the Sodini requirements/notices. The ARDC would have to have my Aunt Yo or Aunty Jo or even me testify to that. Had I not been so terrorized by the Probate Division and Peter Schmieel, Deborah Soehlig, Adam Stern and Cynthia Farenga, who area sanctioned by the court to LIE and live above the law, I would have quickly agreed to allowing Ms. Black to arrange for one of her attorney friends offices. As it is, and after yesterday where Toerpe defied the courts instruction and stole all my property, *****.

This is America Ken is it not? I’m not scared to death to come near Chicago and the Crooks of the Court as officers of the court are protected by the ARDC and the Illinois Supreme Court to do great harm to innocents. This is witness tampering.

(Apparently and according to Black’s paralegal, they’re satisfied with Scott Evan’s testimony as the only witness in your case Case. Unfortunately, Scott’s testimony is simply hearsay, and he cannot testify to mother asking me to find you Ken, mother repeatedly asking for an attorney, any of the digital recordings (including audio recordings of August 2009), or the Sodini requirements. Let this email stand to my testimony that (1) I never received notice of a guardianship proceeding and was in court on the 26 August 2009 I, and mother’s sisters, Josephine DePietro, and Yolanda Bakken, (along with family Kathie Bakken and dear friends Scott Evans, Doris Evans, and Suzanne) were in court on the petition for the order of protections authored by and verified by my mother, Mary G. Sykes on June 9, 2009. That on December 10, 2009, without notice, Carolyn Toerpe, the named respondent to a petition for a protective order was appointed guardian of Mary G. Sykes (and this was done even though Mary G. Sykes objected profusely to such a guardianship) by an agreement between Toerpe, and attorneys Adam Stern and Cynthia Farenga. That even the docket is evidence that there were no notices, which are jurisdictional, and that the order clearly testifies to the ‘agreement’ between Toerpe, Stern and Farenga. That there is NO ORDER setting a guardianship hearing because there were no 14 day notices. The Petition or the order of protection is still pending and Illinois Statue clearly states that if a ‘respondent’ to a “petition for an order of protection’ is a guardian a ‘temporary substitute guardian SHALL be appointed”. Given that the court lacks jurisdiction, and that Toerpe is a respondent to not only (now) two petitions for an order of protection, but also a contempt order for not complying with a court order, it is unfair and unreasonable to believe that the ARDC would go to such extremes as to prevent the one testimony that would save my mother’s life, but instead, protect the lawless and evilness of attorneys Adam Stern, Cynthia Farenga and Peter Shcmiedel. I don’t know how high this ‘corruption’ goes, but it must be very deep and powerful.

That said, I will not be intimidated and will do what I need to do to testify, Ken. I have that right and you have a right to call me as one of your witnesses. I have cooperated, but Lea Black and the ARDC have done everything to stop and prevent the deposition as they do not want the truth on record. With what happened yesterday, indeed I am scared to death, Ken, that Peter Schmiedel, Adam Stern and Cynthia Farenga will go to any extreme to cause me pain and suffering for their financial benefits. Lea Black is conveniently not in today and Mr. Larkin has repeatedly redirected

Please advise.

Gloria Jean Sykes
Bon Ami Productions, Inc.

Congratulations to the family of Daniel Ross–let’s hope that Mary’s Justice comes in time for her to enjoy it.

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Joanne M Denison

From NASGA, a belated story of happiness for one family member that continued on the fight for others in a conservatorship that just want to go home. Justice in this case came too late, tho. If you do not read the entire article, what this state Supreme Court said is that Daniel Ross just wanted to go home and his guardian had to listen to his wishes.

Mary G just wants to go home and have Gloria care for her. The situation is ridiculous where she is sitting in an unhappy home in Naperville where she was ripped from her home and family, friends, garden club she knew since the 1950’s. Her Plenary Guardian, when she is working, sends her to adult day care where she sits idly with low functioning adults.

Please help her and sign our petitions and see the videos (info below). Mary wants to go home. Gloria wants her there and has said she will care for her. Gloria has now been evicted from the home and all her assets frozen. Mary will be put in a nursing home (mark my words on this) and the house sold and put in a trust Carolyn benefits from. Don’t let this happen. It’s the nadir of our justice system. ~~from JoAnne Denison

Hi Ken,
You may not have ever heard of the Daniel Gross case (an interstate conservatorship involving CT and NY and a massive -and costly- tug of war between the two states – at Daniel Gross’ expense and to his detriment), but you will enjoy this article and appreciate the victory and the weight of such a victory. See the below article written by Rick Green, reporter for the Hartford Courant, who has followed the Daniel Gross case for several years. Perhaps you can use it in your advocacy efforts for Mary Sykes.
Dee King (Daniel Gross’ daughter) is a NAGSA member. We’re all celebrating this victory with her today!

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-green-probate-judge-decision-0324-2-20120323,0,3395932.column
The state Supreme Court stood up Friday for a simple right that matters deeply for all, but especially to the old, sick and disabled.
The job of a lawyer appointed by probate court is to fight for the client, whether he is healthy or a stubborn 86-year-old man.
In a unanimous ruling in the long-running civil rights case of Daniel Gross, the justices ruled that court-appointed lawyers do not have immunity from lawsuits if they abuse their clients. The court also ruled, in a divided opinion, that conservators appointed by probate have limited immunity. The justices also ruled that a nursing home does not have immunity from lawsuits in probate cases.
The ruling has far-reaching implications for our troubled probate court system. It means that a court-appointed lawyer, and to a lesser extent the conservator — who is appointed by probate when a person can no longer live independently — cannot ignore the wishes of a client. The message to probate court is clear: Lawyers and conservators must be held accountable.
For probate courts, this has huge implications because many of the unsettling and outrageous cases I have been writing about for the past six years stem from abuse by conservators and court-appointed lawyers and judges who don’t pay enough attention.
Although Gross died in 2007, his civil rights case lived on. The lasting lesson is that the old or disabled — even if they are unwell and cranky — have the same rights as the rest of us.
“It means that if you get a court-appointed lawyer, that lawyer cannot have any doubt that the lawyer’s job is to listen to you,” said Sally Zanger, the Connecticut Legal Rights Project lawyer who represented Carolyn Dee King, Gross’ daughter. “It’s what the lawyer is supposed to be doing.”
Amazingly, that’s been the problem in the probate cases I’ve been telling you about since 2006. Gross’ was the first and most heartbreaking case I stumbled upon, when a Legal Aid lawyer told me an unbelievable tale of an old man from Long Island being held against his will in a Waterbury nursing home.
Elderly but still independent, Gross became ill while visiting his daughter in Waterbury. He was hospitalized, and while his children fought over his care and who should control his finances, Waterbury Probate Judge Thomas Brunnock approved his involuntary conservatorship.
Gross wanted to go home to Long Island. He wasn’t told of the hearing where he was ordered conserved. His court-appointed lawyer, Jonathan Newman, failed to object to the conservatorship, even though Gross just wanted to leave Connecticut. His conservator, Kathleen Donovan, had him placed in a locked, restricted ward at Grove Manor Nursing Home in Waterbury. His roommate was violent.
Later, when Gross was on a day visit to his Long Island home, he was hospitalized. Donovan brought him back to Connecticut in an ambulance against the wishes of Gross’ New York doctor.
In June 2006, Superior Court Judge Joseph Gormley, at a dramatic writ of habeas corpus hearing, ordered Gross freed, declaring that “a terrible miscarriage of justice” had taken place and that the man had been “deprived of his liberty.”
King, Gross’ daughter, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Brunnock, Donovan, Newman and the nursing home. Brunnock, as a judge, could not be sued, but the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals sent the question of immunity for the others back to the state Supreme Court for a ruling. King’s lawsuit against Donovan, Newman and the nursing will now go back to federal court.
Newman’s lawyer — who argued to the Supreme Court that his client’s role was like that of a lawyer for a child — did not respond to my call. A lawyer for Donovan, Richard A. Roberts, said the ruling might mean that conservators and court-appointed lawyers will be forced to go to a judge for every decision they make.
But Fairfield Probate Judge Daniel Caruso, president of the association of probate judges, said that his colleagues will welcome the ruling.
“When the Supreme Court articulates and provides brighter lines as to what is and is not within the bounds of immunity, it helps everyone,” he said.
Public-interest lawyers hailed the decision because it provides new accountability to a court system that critics say still lacks oversight.
“Our legal system has safeguards. Even when you are appointed by the court you are accountable for what you do,” Tom Behrendt of the Connecticut Legal Rights Project told me.
When I reached King, she reminded me of her father’s humiliation before a court that was supposed to protect him.
“He was robbed of his humanity at the end of his life,” King said. “He was used as a pawn. They just ignored him.”
We can’t change that, but the elderly man’s lasting legacy is a powerful one. If you are old or disabled, probate court is a less-frightening place thanks to Daniel Gross.

Petitions

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/to-return-mary-g-sykes-home-and-to-remove-carolyn-toerpe-as-plenary-guardian/

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/359/248/993/petition-to-protest-the-publication-and-filing-of-a-complaint-against-atty-kenneth-karl-ditkowsky/

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/230/881/491/is-mary-g-sykes-incompetent-watch-the-videos-and-vote/

Videos:

5 at Vimeo.com. I had to post them because someone kept on taking them down on youtube.com!

http://vimeo.com/user10893323/videos

Legal Disclaimer–
Although this is obvious, no person in this blog has been accused of any wrongdoing, crime or even arrested unless stated otherwise from a website reporting actual arrests and convictions. We are stating our opinions and we have the right to do this. Only the particular author is responsible for his or her content. (So don’t blame me if you dislike some posts from someone else). This site is newsworthy because it is picked up automatically by many other blogs and is therefore protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution and the Illinois State Constitution and violations will be taken seriously with charges under the Illinois Citizens Participation Act. We ARE participating in government here–we are lawyers trying to make a difference to make things better for grandma and grandpa. We don’t care how much money you’re making–directly or indirectly from Probate or a nursing home or home health care wired-in business. Do yourself a favor and get a different job, it’s not worth it. And if you’re someone filing ARDC complaints against this blog, we are all exercising our rights to disseminate important news to protect the rights of the elderly and respect their wishes. Again, go get another job–it’s not worth it.

“Guardian’s Recipe for Success”

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Joanne M Denison

From Gloria Sykes and also sent to the GAL’s Cynthia Farenga and Adam Stern:
(Government and Judicially Approved Stratagem for Abuse and Exploitation of the Elderly)
by Advocate Mary Claire Connors

1.) PREDATORS – can be: government agencies, APS, (Adult Protection Services) and their contract agencies, County Area Agency on Aging, State Department of Aging, social workers, nursing facility corporations, care providers, care givers, law enforcement, attorneys, (including guardian ad litem) courts, (judges, court reporters), and their associates, such as medical doctor, psychiatrist, other professionals or greedy family members / in-laws. Litigation is the slaughter of the predator bait. The predators co-operate (collude), with each other for mutual benefit: financial gain, real estate, Federal funding stream, favors, job security, political agenda, etc.

2.) PREDATOR BAIT – elders and disabled who are victims of crime, (especially white collar), accident, friendly neighbor’s call to APS, (Adult Protective Services), disagreement among family that goes to litigation, health crisis, family crisis, any event that results in litigation; you can be advised, intimidated into believing that you need a lawyer, hence – litigation. Also, elders whose family lives out of state, elder property owner, (especially if property is wanted by state / corporation or connected to others). Widows are more common targets than male elders. Also vulnerable are those with small families, especially living out of state, and those with no doctors / attorneys in immediate family. There is something of value to be taken – financial, real estate, political, (funding stream, precedent case, etc.), by the predators…the “takings”. You do not need to be rich; assets of some kind between $100,000 and millions of dollars.

3.) Unbeknownst to you, you are rapidly encircled by “predators” before the guardianship is granted which guarantees the guardianship outcome without accountability. The circle is like strangulation. You are very unlikely to get out. You are completely surrounded by the predators which includes your own attorney and / or appointed guardian ad litem. (Bar attorneys first allegiance is to the court – not their client; it’s “job security”, etc.).

4.) If you are relative or anyone acting in behalf, defense of the targeted ward and you have a DPOA, (Durable Power of Attorney); are legitimately entitled to information, etc., YOU ARE AN OBSTACLE TO THE STRATAGEM. You will be demonized; accused of the exploitation the predators are perpetrating or the criminal actions of those who victimized you. Accusations of mental illness, (you will be ordered to get psychological testing from predator’s associate, a fairly common tactic), drug addiction, etc. No proof is necessary. Maybe the, (covered), criminal will testify against you. You are not charged with anything – therefore you have no right to face your accuser and get evidence in your defense. Accusations are made off the court record, in the court hallway. Remember, it is a kangaroo court proceeding. The judge makes the decisions, issues the orders and ignores the laws with impunity and no remedy. Elders are “expected” to get ill and die. Hence, this stratagem has been practiced on them for years in darkness of no exposure without a court order. The disabled; now publicly initiated.

5.) APS, (Adult Protective Services), are often one entity in the circle of predators.

6.) Intimidation and deception are always tools of the predator’s trade.

7.) The “circle of predators”, usually thru intimidation, makes sure, (while treating you as a criminal), there are no witnesses; no written, verbal uncensored communication; demands severe unnecessary restrictions; refuses to write them down, (avoid any possibility of proof of abuse and liability), such as, no visitors; only one visitor at a time, no video cameras; telephone access, audio recorders, no vitamins, nothing from home. You may be allowed “supervised visits”. The targeted ward’s assets will pay for the “visit supervisor’s” time. You need no record of abuse whatsoever; no verifiable evidence of abuse; you may even have proof of good care giving, (an obstacle to predators “recipe”), which will never be entered into the court record.

8.) The targeted “ward” and later declared “ward” is denied specialized medical treatment even when he / she can pay for it. He / she is allowed no contact with medical professionals outside of the predators’ circle, which includes its associates. He /s is not supposed to improve, since that is an obstacle to squeezing every penny, (possible benefit), from the ward and avoiding any possibility of liability. No independent medical evaluation is allowed, though law requires it. The predators’ doctor examines the targeted ward and that is his / her “independent med evaluation”’.

The ward is expected to be and almost always is a ward until death. The ward is sentenced to enforced health decline. The family has NO SAY AT ALL. If the ward is dying, the family member who is the “obstacle” to predator’s profit is often not told. THE GUARDIAN OWNS THE WARD and the fruits of his / her and his / her spouse’s lifetime of labor. Wards and slaves are regarded as property, not as humans, and are owned as a result of NO ACCOUNTABILITY, NO REMEDY, just as in the Terri Schindler display of corruption and murder.

9.) Deception and no exposure: two fundamental keys to success. The media will not print the real story if they print anything at all. Notice how most people think Terri’s case is uncommon! If exposed, there would be no predator bait.

10.) Felony crimes committed against you are suppressed, covered up. Authorities will not prosecute the crimes against you because the predators are likely to use alleged criminal against you as witness(es), etc. The acknowledgment of crime might be obstacle to gaining guardianship over the targeted ward, which is the lock down of the “takings”. Any and all ‘obstacles’ are removed with no regard for laws, crimes, human rights, abuse and exploitation. Obstruction of justice is a predator specialty. No law enforcement nor remedy, recovery, justice for the crimes committed against you is allowed.

11.) An “emergency temporary plenary guardianship of the person and estate” may be granted to one of the PREDATORS without a hearing, in the judge’s chambers. Your lawyer will play dumb or fabricate an explanation such as, “it’s just temporary until things can be investigated” and “it’s normal”.

NO! It is the initial stage of OWNERSHIP (GUARDIANSHIP) of the “ward” and the beginning of HELL.

12.) The ward’s mail, finances, health care or lack, complete existence is taken over by the emergency temporary guardian/permanent guardian. You, her advocate, will be allowed no information at all. You become non-existent. The ward has no family, for all practical purposes. If you make a complaint about the facility; you are not allowed to know the results, etc.; all information goes to the guardian. You have rights, on paper; in reality, you must know them; your attorney probably won’t tell you. When you exercise them, you will be considered angry, aggressive or something equally negative. Sometimes you are punished and can never see your loved one again.

13.) If your family seeks help thru government agencies, state government, Federal government, legislative representatives, you will get a run around, shut down, and told to leave. The more grievous the violations, the more of a closed door, “get out” reaction you get. The greater the wrong committed toward you, the more impossible to get any help.

14.) Most attorneys seem to equate “guardianship” cases with leprosy – untouchable. If you have $100,000 or more remaining, an attorney may take your case; that has nothing to do with the outcome. Contingency does not exist for guardianship. Public interest law groups will not “touch” it.

15.) Your attorney does not make a good record for appeal since he must be favorable to the probate judge. If you can still afford an attorney, you are most likely to appeal and lose. If you can’t; you can try to find remedy as a “pro per” litigant. I have been more successful learning from experienced “pro per” litigants and representing myself. The State Supreme Courts: Pennsylvania., Florida, Nevada, Massachusetts, Oregon, Virginia, and more have a negative reputation and are not known for “upholding the rule of law”.

16.) If you try federal court or bankruptcy court, (both Federal), you may delay some of the confiscation of property. Remedy is unlikely; exposing corruption in high, (Government), places is taboo. Then the excuse of “abstention doctrines”, (abstention doctrines are not in the Constitution), covers for the “taboo”. Federal courts do not take jurisdiction of cases litigated in state court if the outcome would trump a state court decision, even in matters of Constitutional violations. It is possible to get past the abstention doctrines, though much more likely, there is no remedy, as seen in Terri Schindler’s case.

17.) The ward and advocating family member pay for your own abuse, exploitation and involuntary institutionalization. After the guardianship is permanent, involuntary institutionalization may be paid by Medicare fraud; the predators want as much as possible of the “takings” to divvy among themselves.

18.) This “war” goes on for years if you persist toward remedy. Your health is negatively affected from the constant stress and you have difficulty functioning as well as you did before HELL, which compounds the stress. Depression, anxiety, ulcers, cancer, or other chronic illnesses affect the ward and family. Your financial losses are not recovered and you can easily become totally broke. A great deal of time is required for “pro per” litigation. Your family relations are difficult or shredded, due to abuse, loss, helplessness, disillusionment, etc. (This stratagem is from my experience and many others).

19.) The “ward”, (your mother, daughter, family member) is held hostage while you spend most of your time and resources attempting to free her / him.

20.) If you cannot free the ward, your family member, when he / she is no longer a profit producer, (about the time limited medical treatment produces diminished health / illness), he / she will have a “duty to die”. First, no food or water, when organs start to fail, some morphine, which hastens death by reducing respiration. The above stratagem without truthful media exposure is “silence of the lambs”.

Note: Without forewarning of this entire “recipe”, the predators almost always succeed and you and the “ward” pay, as victim(s) of crime with unimaginable loss, abuse and exploitation without remedy, an epidemic practice.

Legal Disclaimer (added by JMDenison)
Although this is obvious, no person in this blog has been accused of any wrongdoing, crime or even arrested unless stated otherwise from a website reporting actual arrests and convictions. We are stating our opinions and we have the right to do this. Only the particular author is responsible for his or her content. (So don’t blame me if you dislike some posts from someone else). This site is newsworthy because it is picked up automatically by many other blogs and is therefore protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution and the Illinois State Constution and violations will be taken serious with charges under the Illinos Citizens Participation Act. We ARE participating in government here–we are lawyers trying to make a difference to make things better for grandma and grandpa. We don’t care how much money you’re making–directly or indirectly from Probate or a nursing home or home health care wired-in business. Do yourself a favor and get a different job, it’s not worth it.

New Videos! Come see Mary G Sykes speak her mind and write down her thoughts!

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Joanne M Denison

Who says Mary G Sykes is incompetent and cannot speak her mind?

Come and look at the videos and judge for yourself. It has been alleged in court that Gloria is abusive (primarily because her mother gets agitated and wants to go home when Gloria is there and she thinks that Gloria can do this for her–not so little grasshoppers out there–there is big money involved. The GAL’s Adam Stern and Cynthia Farenga and Carolyn Toerpe smell money–they’re not going anywhere).

So judge for yourself and please leave a comment.

Feb 28, 2010 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg7D1VokGdE

Feb 28,2010 – part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcAU3Svl_SQ

Sept 9 2009 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7lZMgbbGiY

since the date that these videos were published, sadly several were taken down. however, the videos are now up at vimeo.com–a website that does not allow others to flag and remove. an actual reason must be given for any video removal.

see all the videos play better, come in HD, and look much better than youtube!

http://vimeo.com/user10893323/videos

Result of Appeal of Sanction award against Kenneth Ditkowsky for attempting investigation of the Mary Sykes matter.

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Joanne M Denison

As you are aware, when I was engaged by the Friends and family of Mary Sykes to investigate the unusual circumstances that surrounded her being isolated (by Court order) and her assets being removed from her possession, I ran into a ‘fire storm.’ The promulgators were the two guardian ad litem and the attorney for the plenary guardian. Well knowing that if my investigation of what appeared to be gross ‘elder abuse’ and unconscionable financial exploitation of Mary Sykes was unethical under the rules that govern the practice of law in Illinois then the place to bring a request for an inquiry was the Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission.

Mr. Stern, Ms Farenga, and Mr. Schmiedel however filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County a Motion to sanction me in what was in my opinion a blatant attempt to intimidate me and end my investigation. The fact that Illinois Statutes 735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (Citizen Participation Act) prohibits the very conduct that was being perpetrated against me was of no concern to anyone, least of all the Circuit Court. Most seriously the Court and the Court appointed guardians were totally disinterested in the fact that there were protections afforded Mary Sykes that had been ignored. The Appellate Court had previously ruled that these basic protections were ‘jurisdictional.’

When the Circuit Court rejected my arguments that it lacked jurisdiction on several basis, the Court awarded almost $5000.00 in sanctions against me. I took an appeal and then did a more comprehensive investigation as to why there should an effort to prevent me from doing the due diligence that Supreme Court Rule 137 , and FRCP 11 mandated as necessary before an attorney can agree to becoming engaged in litigation. I soon found out! The tip of the iceberg was the fact that Mary Sykes owned a safety deposit box and therein were fungible ‘gold (Au) coins,’ fungible United States Dollars, ‘ jewelry, and other valuables. Today with the rise in the value of gold it is estimated that the ‘loot’ had a street value of more than a million dollars.

My appeal addressed two major legal concepts. 1) the sanction motion was brought under Supreme Court Rule 137 which was directed at false pleadings filed in pending court proceedings, and 2) jurisdiction. As I was at best a stranger to Mary’s estate litigation, until I filed an appearance for someone the Court lacked jurisdiction over me. I had not done so – all I did was start the inquiry process. In addition, it appeared to me that the Court was over-reaching in its claim of any jurisdiction. The case of In re: Sodini required that Mary be protected from a ‘railroad job!’ The statute required that 14 days notice to close relatives. Mr. Schmiedel is not shy in admitting that no notice was given to close relatives! Sodini points out that the failure to give this notice is not a casual requirement that can be ignored – it is jurisdictional. Thus, without the Sodini notice it is respectfully suggested the guardians are acting without Court authority. The judge sitting on the bench may be wearing a ‘robe’ but the judge might just as well be sitting his/her basement dispensing justice to the neighborhood children – the proceeding without jurisdiction has not binding force and effect.

Unfortunately, the Appellate Court was not interested in the more sophisticated jurisdictional deficiency. (It would have been a surprise if it had been). However, even though all that would have to be done would be for the plenary guardian (or the GALs) to request a proper hearing and give the close relatives 14 day notice the Court would have been clothe with jurisdiction and then *****. It is respectfully suggested that Stern, Farenga, and Schmiedel were interested in thwarting my investigation because it was reasonable to assume that a scintilla of due diligence would unearth this jurisdictional deficiency.

As the Courts appear to not be interested in addressing in the Sykes case the Sodini issues, the sanction award was vacated upon the more basic jurisdictional deficiency – I was and always have been a stranger to the Mary Sykes case. Thus, I am not subject to Court sanctions. That is not to say that the Supreme Court of Illinois will not investigate to determine if questioning the conduct of such august persons as Farenga, Stern, Troepe, and Schmiedel is unethical – Indeed, the ARDC is investigating me! All of the above persons have been reported to have made frantic pleas to the Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission to investigate me! It is interesting that no investigation is going on to ascertain why the plenary guardian denies Mary Sykes visitation with her (Mary’s) siblings, her younger daughter, her friends, her neighbors. Indeed there is no investigation in the ‘looting’ of the safety deposit box, etc. The investigation is whether on not is it unethical to inquire as to the foregoing!

All that said, as the guardians have discovered even a cloutless attorney with a neighborhood office has ‘teeth!’ The sanction motion is ‘garden variety’ malicious prosecution. 735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (Citizen Participation Act) provides a State of Illinois claim to sue to recover the lost remuneration, anxiety, etc that I suffered as the result of the sanction motion. 42 USCA 1983 provides a remedy to sue in the Federal Court based upon the fact that Mr. Stern and Mr. Schmiedel (and possibly Farenga) used their office to attempt to deny me my First Amendment Rights. (Right of Association).

All that said, I would trade these causes of action for Justice for Mary Sykes. All that is required is for Mr. Stern, and Ms. Farenga to do their jobs. Turning a blind eye to the financial exploitation, spoliation of evidence, isolation and abuse of Mary Sykes may be the MO that is the current vogue, but Mary Sykes and Gloria Sykes are innocents – the fact that Mary Sykes has a few coins (worth a million plus dollars) should not be the focus – the focus should be honesty, honor, integrity, and good will toward all men.

This is the Christmas Season. America needs a Christmas present – giving Mary Sykes back her life and whatever property that has not been dissipated would be ‘good start!’

Ken Ditkowsky

www.ditkowskylawoffice.com

Legal Disclaimer (added because the ARDC is on my butt)!
Although this is obvious, no person in this blog has been accused of any wrongdoing, crime or even arrested unless stated otherwise from a website reporting actual arrests and convictions. We are stating our opinions and we have the right to do this. Only the particular author is responsible for his or her content. (So don’t blame me if you dislike some posts from someone else). This site is newsworthy because it is picked up automatically by many other blogs and is therefore protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution and the Illinois State Constution and violations will be taken serious with charges under the Illinos Citizens Participation Act. We ARE participating in government here–we are lawyers trying to make a difference to make things better for grandma and grandpa. We don’t care how much money you’re making–directly or indirectly from Probate or a nursing home or home health care wired-in business. Do yourself a favor and get a different job, it’s not worth it.

How long will the court allow the isolation of Mary G Sykes?

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Joanne M Denison

Question: How often have you (Gloria Sykes, a nearly 60 year old woman) seen your mother since Carolyn Toerpe was appointed Guardian of your mother:

(1) the second to last time I spent time with my Mother. We went bowling. She even broke 100! People were coming up to her because she was so filled with energy and a good bowler, that they were applauding her (for her age).

(2) the last time I saw my mother was at my Aunt Jo’s home in March 2009. She played yet another winning hand of canasta. Here she was so happy to see Shaggy, and obviously, he’s also happy to see her.

(3) Mom and I the first time I saw her after 10 1/2 months of not being able to see or talk to her in 2010. This was the first visit based on a court order that I can visit my mother ‘approximately every two weeks”. Don’t know how a court can stop the association between a mother and daughter, let alone demand supervision, but Carolyn Toerpe NEVER complies with court orders.

I love my mother so much that I’ve risked everything to save my life in order to save her life and bring her home to the community where she thrived for 55 years and the people she loves and trusts.

From Gloria Sykes.

No one understands at all why Carolyn will not let Gloria visit her, or why the court allows a guardian to isolate a 92 year old disable person from her family. Her elderly sisters have not seen her. They cannot call her on the phone. Gloria cannot call her.

Neither Mary’s sisters nor Gloria could Mary for Thanksgiving 2011. And they did not see her in 2010.

If Gloria (daugher) or Yolanda (sister) wants to see or call Mary G, they must get a court order for each and every phone call or short one hour visit.

This is clearly not the intent of the Illinois Probate Code. No Guardian should EVER be allowed to isolate and refuse visitation and phone calls by family members.

The Probate court allows this to continue. The GAL’s turn a blind eye and deaf ear to the isolation. As long as they get paid for each and every court call, they allow the abuse to continue so they can continue to bill on the case!

Carolyn Toerpe continually vioates court orders, she violates the probate code. The Court and the GAL’s are well aware of this, BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE or STOP THIS from happening.

Please sign the petition at:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/to-return-mary-g-sykes-home-and-to-remove-carolyn-toerpe-as-plenary-guardian/

Legal Disclaimer–
Although this is obvious, no person in this blog has been accused of any wrongdoing, crime or even arrested unless stated otherwise from a website reporting actual arrests and convictions. We are stating our opinions and we have the right to do this. Only the particular author is responsible for his or her content. (So don’t blame me if you dislike some posts from someone else). This site is newsworthy because it is picked up automatically by many other blogs and is therefore protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution and the Illinois State Constitution and violations will be taken seriously with charges under the Illinois Citizens Participation Act. We ARE participating in government here–we are lawyers trying to make a difference to make things better for grandma and grandpa. We don’t care how much money you’re making–directly or indirectly from Probate or a nursing home or home health care wired-in business. Do yourself a favor and get a different job, it’s not worth it.

MaryGSykes.com

Category Archives: Probate

More court documents in the Miriam Solo Executor of a $28 million estate of Ralla Klepak

From FB: How to Operate Smoothly in Probate with Little Oversight, the story of Miriam Solo Soloveichik Greenfield Faskowitz

From Ken Ditkowsky–the Barbara Stone case is a horror show–demand her immediate release today

Demand Lawyer Activist Barbara Stone be released and Judges Genden, Bailey and Labarga and Atty Roy Lustig be disbarred.

From Ken Ditkowksy –

What exactly IS the definition of theft? LB was asking Scott the other day.

Congratulations to the family of Daniel Ross–let’s hope that Mary’s Justice comes in time for her to enjoy it.

“Guardian’s Recipe for Success”

New Videos! Come see Mary G Sykes speak her mind and write down her thoughts!

Result of Appeal of Sanction award against Kenneth Ditkowsky for attempting investigation of the Mary Sykes matter.

How long will the court allow the isolation of Mary G Sykes?