From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Sep 12, 2013 5:30 PM
To: “illinois.ardc@gmail.com”
Subject: ‘elder cleansing’ – safe harbor opportunity
Tag Archives: mary g sykes
From Ken Ditkowsky today–let’s keep up the pressure TO DO THE RIGHT THING! STOP ALL GAG ORDERS IN PROBATE!
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My comments:
I for one would like to know why the Cook County form is not compliant with the Illinois Probate Act statute in that it is NOT in large bold type, easy for a senior to read and study?
How does that happen?
The best attorneys I know reprint the form when involved in a probate case, and put it in large, 14 or 16 point bolded font.
Who does this to seniors?
Medicare cuts to Highly Profitable “advantage” type programs have taken effect
While one recent client has divulged to me the fact that “Medicare Advantage” programs have operated at high profitability levels, while engaging in many shennanigans of cutting services, denying claims arbitrarily, etc., the below article explains much more.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/03/11/12288/opinion-taking-advantage-medicare-advantage
If you know of a senior enrolled in one of these programs you might want to think again. I have already published news stories on these companies denying claims unfairly (woman with broken back story), and I hope to publish a new complaint soon with permission of the client.
Bush, during his term in office, started these programs because he said he wanted to “shift them to the private sector” and away from government. So he offered lucrative incentives. Those are still there and the insurance companies have profited at outstanding rates of return. Problem is, from the article and many stories, they don’t do as good of a job.
From Atty Ken Ditkowsky, a Statutory Cheat Sheet
See below:
Statutory criterion
I. Basis for appointing a Guardian or declaring a person in need:
1. Demonstration of need for Guardian;
a. if it has been demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that because of
his disability he lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make or
communicate responsible decisions concerning the care of his person, 755
Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-3 (West)
b. if it has been demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that because
of his disability he is unable to manage his estate or financial affairs 755 Ill.
Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-3 (West)
2. Venue: Venue. If the alleged ward is a resident of this State, the proceeding shall
be instituted in the court of the county in which he resides. 755 Ill. Comp. Stat.
Ann. 5/11a-7 (West)
3. Petition: The petition for adjudication of disability and for the appointment of a
guardian of the estate or the person or both of an alleged disabled person must state,
if known or reasonably ascertainable: (a) the relationship and interest of the petitioner
to the respondent; (b) the name, date of birth, and place of residence of the
respondent; (c) the reasons for the guardianship; (d) the name and post office address
of the respondent’s guardian, if any, or of the respondent’s agent or agents appointed
under the Illinois Power of Attorney Act,1 if any; (e) the name and post office
addresses of the nearest relatives of the respondent in the following order: (1) the
spouse and adult children, parents and adult brothers and sisters, if any; if none, (2)
nearest adult kindred known to the petitioner; (f) the name and address of the person
with whom or the facility in which the respondent is residing; (g) the approximate
value of the personal and real estate; (h) the amount of the anticipated annual gross
income and other receipts; (i) the name, post office address and in case of an
individual, the age, relationship to the respondent and occupation of the proposed
guardian 755 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-8 (West)
4. Procedure: Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to Section 11a-8, the court
shall set a date and place for hearing to take place within 30 days. The court shall
appoint a guardian ad litem to report to the court concerning the respondent’s best
interests consistent with the provisions of this Section, 55 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann.
5/11a-10 (West)
5. Payment of Fees: “the court may enter an order for the petitioner to pay all such
fees or such amounts as the respondent or the respondent’s estate may be unable to
pay 755 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-10 (West)
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2. Right of alleged disabled person to trial.
Respondent is entitled to be represented by counsel, to demand a jury of 6 persons,
to present evidence, and to confront and cross-examine all witnesses. The hearing
may be closed to the public on request of the respondent, the guardian ad litem, or
appointed or other counsel for the respondent. Unless excused by the court upon a
showing that the respondent refuses to be present or will suffer harm if required to attend,
the respondent shall be present at the hearing. 755 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-11 (West)
Right to Counsel “b) The court (1) may appoint counsel for the respondent, if the court
finds that the interests of the respondent will be best served by the appointment, and (2)
shall appoint counsel upon respondent’s request or if the respondent takes a position
adverse to that of the guardian ad litem. The respondent shall be permitted to obtain the
appointment of counsel either at the hearing or by any written or oral request
communicated to the court prior to the hearing. The summons shall inform the
respondent of this right to obtain appointed counsel. The court may allow counsel
for the respondent reasonable compensation. “ 755 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-10
(West)
3. Criterion for the form of Summons
The summons shall be printed in LARGE, BOLD TYPE and shall include the following
notice:
NOTICE OF RIGHTS OF RESPONDENT
You have been named as a respondent in a guardianship petition asking that you be
declared a disabled person. If the court grants the petition, a guardian will be appointed
for you. A copy of the guardianship petition is attached for your convenience.
The date and time of the hearing are:
The place where the hearing will occur is:
The Judge’s name and phone number is: 755 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-10 (West)
4. Utilization of the Statutory authority..
(b) Guardianship shall be utilized only as is necessary to promote the well-being
of the disabled person, to protect him from neglect, exploitation, or abuse, and to
encourage development of his maximum self-reliance and independence.
Guardianship shall be ordered only to the extent necessitated by the individual’s
actual mental, physical and adaptive limitations. 755 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann.
5/11a-3 (West)
5. Right to Counsel:
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“(b) The court (1) may appoint counsel for the respondent, if the court finds that the
interests of the respondent will be best served by the appointment, and (2) shall appoint
counsel upon respondent’s request or if the respondent takes a position adverse to
that of the guardian ad litem. THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE PERMITTED TO
OBTAIN THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL EITHER AT THE HEARING OR
BY ANY WRITTEN OR ORAL REQUEST COMMUNICATED TO THE COURT
PRIOR TO THE HEARING. The summons shall inform the respondent of this right to
obtain appointed counsel. The court may allow counsel for the respondent reasonable
compensation.” 755 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-10 (West)
6. Appointment Temporary and Notice to the disabled person.
§ 11a-19. Notice of right to seek modification. At the time of the appointment of a
guardian the court shall inform the ward of his right under Section 11a-20 to petition for
termination of adjudication of disability, revocation of the letters of guardianship of the
estate or person, or both, or modification of the duties of the guardian and shall give the
ward a written statement explaining this right and the procedures for petitioning the
court. The notice shall be in large, bold type and shall be in a format similar to the
notice of rights required under subsection (e) of Section 11a-10 of this Act. 755 Ill.
Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-19 (West)
7. Service of Summons on the alleged disabled person1:
the respondent shall be personally served with a copy of the petition and a summons not
less than 14 days before the hearing. The summons shall be printed in large, bold type
and shall include the following notice:
NOTICE OF RIGHTS OF RESPONDENT
You have been named as a respondent in a guardianship petition asking that you be
declared a disabled person. If the court grants the petition, a guardian will be appointed
for you. A copy of the guardianship petition is attached for your convenience.
The date and time of the hearing are:
The place where the hearing will occur is:
The Judge’s name and phone number is:
If a guardian is appointed for you, the guardian may be given the right to make all
important personal decisions for you, such as where you may live, what medical
treatment you may receive, what places you may visit, and who may visit you. A
guardian may also be given the right to control and manage your money and other
1 Paragraph 11a- 10 also requires the following warning, to with:
You do not have to attend the court hearing if you do not want to be there. If you do not attend, the Judge
may appoint a guardian if the Judge finds that a guardian would be of benefit to you. The hearing will not
be postponed or canceled if you do not attend.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ATTEND THE HEARING IF YOU DO NOT WANT A
GUARDIAN OR IF YOU WANT SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE PERSON NAMED IN THE
GUARDIANSHIP PETITION TO BE YOUR GUARDIAN. IF YOU DO NOT WANT A GUARDIAN OF
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS, YOU SHOULD CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR COME
TO COURT AND TELL THE JUDGE. 755 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-10 (West)
Illinois Statutory PlanPage 3
property, including your home, if you own one. You may lose the right to make these
decisions for yourself.
You have the following legal rights:
(1) You have the right to be present at the court hearing.
(2) You have the right to be represented by a lawyer, either one that you retain, or
one appointed by the Judge.
(3) You have the right to ask for a jury of six persons to hear your case.
(4) You have the right to present evidence to the court and to confront and crossexamine
witnesses.
(5) You have the right to ask the Judge to appoint an independent expert to
examine you and give an opinion about your need for a guardian.
(6) You have the right to ask that the court hearing be closed to the public.
(7) You have the right to tell the court whom you prefer to have for your
guardian.
8. Sodini Notices2:
(f) Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by the petitioner by mail or
in person to those persons, including the proposed guardian, whose names and addresses
appear in the petition and who do not waive notice, not less than 14 days before the
hearing. 755 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11a-10 (West)
2 The court acquires jurisdiction over the allegedly disabled person by personal service upon him of a copy of the
petition and summons not less than 14 days before the hearing. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 110½, par. 11a–10(e); see
McCormick v. Blaine (1931), 345 Ill. 461, 178 N.E. 195.) It is also a jurisdictional requirement that the petitioner
give notice of the time and place of the hearing by mail or in person to the nearest living relatives of the allegedly
disabled person not less than 14 days before the hearing. Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 110½, par. 11a–10(f); see In re
Guardianship of Sodini (1988), 172 Ill.App.3d 1055, 123 Ill.Dec. 67, 527 N.E.2d 530. In re Estate of Steinfeld, 158
Ill. 2d 1, 13, 630 N.E.2d 801, 807 (1994)
Illinois Statutory PlanPage 4
His comments:
created this ‘cheat sheet’ so that the exact words of the statute were available in one simple form and an easy reference would exist.
Atty Ken Ditkowsy is invited to speak at a press conference on probate cases
and tell the whole story of just how probate works.
One recent comment made to me by a blog fan was that “the Probate courts are no longer operating as court systems where justice is listened to and enacted. Rather, they have become “business dealing” fora where connected and favored attorneys and judges come together to “conduct business” behind closed doors and with “secret files and documents.” Juicy estates are handled by the “proper judges” who control campaign funds. These favored judges then hand out “the legal business” to well connected attorneys who put them in their position and keep them there and keep the political system running efficiently. This analysis was stated to me by someone who has been heavily involved and studied “the system” in this state and others for many long years hearing hundreds and hundreds of complaints!
This all creates the dichotomy we see in “the business” of probate court. Sykes is ignored, no one cares that Alice Gore’s teeth were pulled when she was isolated for 6 months at age 99, no one cares that Mary Sykes was last seen with filthy teeth and pyrrohea (which is life threatening) and she didn’t have her partial in. In public, in the late afternoon, she was toothless in front.
No wonder why after talking to Adam Stern all video and pics had to be deleted under threat of arrest and no wonder why Commander Krammerer never responded to my emails and faxes!
The Naperville Police department clearly steps and fetches for the political elite.
Gloria’s complaints of Elder Abuse were deemed unfounded, even when there were 4 witnesses.
I would like to hear from the Naperville police, but after a couple of faxes/emails, I will drop it because the ARDC will ask me if I’m sorry I asked them to do their jobs and ignored abuse and the violation of constitutional rights to myself, Gloria and Scott Evans, a close family friend. The ARDC will then ignore the fact that Mary was in a nursing home and wanted to go home and that was not reported to the court, that CT caused her physical pain and acted (per her usual) with lack of sympathy, compassion or feeling near Mary, that Mary’s teeth were filthy, that she had no partial in place, that she wanted to be with Gloria and CT screamed out “NEVER!” to her. How cruel can a situation get?
I hope to see Mary because I care about her, but PS won’t return my emails. I have visited nursing homes for years and played music to the elderly.
The lies march on and on.
See below, and if anyone can, please write letters and fax the Naperville police department, the ARDC and demand the justice these seniors deserve.
JoAnne
From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Sep 10, 2013 11:30 AM
To: Denise R
Cc: “matt_abbott@kirk.senate.gov” , Eric Holder , Cook County States Attorney , “civilrights.cv@ic.fbi.gov” , “tips@tribune.com” , SUNTIMES , “60m@cbsnews.com” <60m@cbsnews.com>, j ditkowsky , Harry Heckert , NASGA , probate sharks , “illinois.ardc@gmail.com” , “IllinoisLawyerNow@isba.org” , JoAnne Denison , Cook County States Attorney , “civilrights.cv@ic.fbi.gov”
Subject: Re: Stop Guardian Abuse Press Conference 9-11-13 @6p
From Gloria Sykes, a probate victim…agreement with Ken’s Letter to ABA
Dear ****,
I found this letter to the American Bar Association to ‘say it all’ as a look into not just the Mary G. Sykes case, but an overall as to what appears to be a cancer in America with attorneys now losing their law licenses because they speak out about the injustices or lawlessness of many of our courts that operate under statutes–mandates—which legislation has determined are the laws upon which a court(s) acquired jurisdiction over a subject and person. This lawlessness is rampant in America, ****.. and sadly, attorneys who are standing up and saying, “No” — on blogs or writing letters to the agencies who, should investigate and stop the lawlessness — are being disbarred by government agencies set up to protect you, me and all citizens from lawyers, that include judges, of violations of the Professional Codes of Ethics.
The subsequent ’emotional water-boarding’ that has done irreversible and unrepairable damage to, the elderly like my mother, Mary G. Sykes, the disabled, and to all people who attempt to expose the lawlessness, save the elderly or disabled persons’ life, or even as in this case, ask for an honest investigation or blog the facts, are threatened or are disbarred, sanctioned, denied access to the courts, or as in my case, my assets frozen then seized, all of my intellectual property, and valuables stolen, destroyed and/or discarded, my home put up for sale, and all my motions and appeals dismissed, without cause. Further, ****, the goal is to tire us out and shut us up so the cottage industry can continue to thrive. Guardianship abuses of the elderly and disabled are as rampant as the stories and written below.
Please publish on your **** website and maybe, just maybe, it will encourage you to do the honest, thorough investigation and report the facts —
Thank you. See below.
Bon Ami Productions, Inc.
From Ken Ditkowsky – a letter to the ABA on the Sykes case
Gloria asks today, where is justice for her and her mother?
From: GLORIA Jean SYKES
Sent: Aug 30, 2013 10:46 AM
To: “kenditkowsky@yahoo.com” , YJ Draiman
Cc: NASGA , LUCIUS VERENUS , “joanne@denisonlaw.com” , “IllinoisLawyerNow@isba.org” , “illinois.ardc@gmail.com” , “janet_c_phelan@yahoo.com” , “k_bakken@att.net”
Subject: RE: Moral Punishment for a Moral Failure?
Dear Mr. Draiman, Gov. to be of California
I lived in Los Angeles for at least 25 years before returning to Chicago when my daddy was diagnosed with a rare Melanoma: he was a healthy, mentally sharp, active 90-year old, long retired from the CPD who, not only invested his life savings in gold and silver coins, and in real estate, but also made certain that his wife, my Mother, Mary G. Sykes, would never be without the finances to live a full, unencumbered, long, healthy productive lives. Carolyn Toerpe, my sister, who has been aided by the Cook County Courts to steal, emotionally and physically harm, and otherwise, slowly murder ‘our’ mother, was estranged from the family since and about 1996: she is the respondent to a protective order authored by my Mother, and many complaints filed against Toerpe by my Mother, as Mother learned Toerpe was not only financially exploiting her, but depriving Mother of her assets.
I on the other hand, worked my entire life, and also generated a nice nest egg for my retirement – beyond what my daddy left me. As I write to you, my sister, Toerpe, has not only pauperized my mother and to do so, isolated her from all people she trusts and loves, including me, but also, pauperized me. How does this happen that a court lacking subject matter jurisdiction can authorize the seizing of non-party’s assets, and the convert over $200,000 of a medical fund to the name of In the Estate of Mary G. Sykes, and name Toerpe the sole beneficiary? How is it that a Court lacking jurisdiction can enter an order granting Toerpe possession of Mother’s home in spite of all of he legal documents in place authored by my Mother, and verified by the Courts, seel Mother’s home that is in a living revocable trust? How is it that a Court that lacks subject matter jurisdiction can collaterally attack a final order in 2013 that was entered in 2008, with a testimony of a physician who had never met or even tested my mother? How is it that Toerpe’s husband Fred Toerpe can beat the crap out of me with witnesses, a police investigation commands a warrant for his arrest and a protective order, and yet the Cook County State’s Attorney protect Fred Toerpe, and has the criminal charges against him dismissed? How is it that Toepre’s attorneys, the law firm of Fischel and Kahn, (Peter Schmiedel, Deborah Jo Soehlig, Amanda Bryne, et. al), and GAL’s Cynthia Farenga and Adam Stern, can accuse me of stealing $1.3 million dollars from my mother, accuse me of being the physical and emotional abuser of my mother, and LIE to every judge they go before, an the Illinois ARDC sweeps every complaint I and other interested persons write, under the rug, and Mother’s attorney and friend, who Mother requested represent her, be disbarred because he asks for an honest investigation? How is it that a court lacking subject matter jurisdiction can willy-nilly grant Toerpe an order to sell my home and take all of the equity in the home? How is it that both my mother and I have been raped by the Courts without due process of law, and not one law enforcement agency gives a damn — and each one believes Toerpe rather than the facts?
This goes beyond moral failure, and is a direct attack on our United States and Illinois Constitutions and all that we as Americans claim we stand for. This is treason against he Constitution — a sense of a n American Holocaust, or American terrorism — that unless stopped, will cause the annihilation of a generation of people, including the Baby-boom generation, that has established wealth. This is against all pubic policy set up not just in Illinois, but California, New York, Arizona, et al. When our governmental agencies ignore these travesties, in order to protect the justices protected by the political elite, one must ask, can we stop this or, is it a incurable cancer?
Growing old in America should not be a bad thing — but it is. Given there are other emotionally and mentally ill people in the world, such as my sister, Carolyn Toerpe, who, investigators told me was institutionalized 20 years ago, and used the name of Mary C. Sykes with her husband the POA of medical. (It was not my mother, by the way). If any person did an investigation on Toerpe, would they learn what my investigators told me that she was ‘kicked out’ of the classroom because of serious emotional issues and many complaints by student’s parents: that she took a leave of that the Union protected her and she was able to be transferred to a lower paying position with the title of guidance counselor, and yet, keep her base pay plus added income appropriate for the new position, which provided Toerpe with an income 50% over the pay scale. That Toerpe LIED to the court as well as non-medical and medical doctors, claiming that she is a PhD, psychologist: that Toerpe actually was asked to leave, retire early or took an early retirement because she had the wealth she needed to live above her status (her husband has been unemployed for a long time, but told the Court he was retiring: how does a person retire from unemployment). That Toerpe has filed Four FRAUDULENT Inventories on Mother’s assets and property and claimed expenses that were never made — including claiming for three years Mother had o Blue Cross Blue Shield and therefor, Toerpe had to pay over $10,000 in medical cost in 2010 and almost as much in 2011. That most recently, in front of 4 witnesses and a staff at the Sunrise Senior Living LLC in Naperville, Toerpe overtly physically and verbally abused my Mother, and yet, with the help of Adam Stern, not only got Sunrise Staff to sign fraudulent affidavits, but also, reported to the Court that it was I who verbally and abused my mother on June 22, 2013.
Now my mother is hidden from all people who love and who she trusts and loves. In Illinois hiding an elder or child, or any person for that matter is kidnapping, but the Cook Cournty and DuPage County States Attorney offices don’t care: the Naperville Police is protecting Teorpe, and the DuPage County Sheriff’s department is aiding Toerpe as Fred Toerpe’s son, Robert Toerpe is a DuPage County sheriff! In the real world, Toerpe would have been arrested and charged with Fenony 2, but instead, she’s so empowered, she is looking for a way to murder my mother and blame me or Aunt Yo, or somebody else, so she can collect the final $200,000 + she stole from my medical account — as the court made her the sole beneficiary as it converted the money from a non-party Indiana account to the Clerk of Cook County in re the Estate of Mary G. Sykes.
Now I’m babbling, but as you run for Gov. of Los Angeles, I will share your concerns and drive to stop court sanctioned abuses of the elderly and disabled in California with a many friends and colleagues who still reside in LA area. Suffice, thank you for listening — although I don’t know if you have any answers and my not be able to do anything until you are voted in and is the Governor of California…
To close, here is a an open letter written by my cousin to Toerpe and her attorneys….
Open Letter to the Guardian, Guardian’s Attorney, and Both Court Appointed GAL’s
Shame on you. Shame on ALL of you. The arrogance and cruelty you have showered upon my mother has reached a new subterranean level by even the subpar standards applied in this guardianship.
You have the gall to allow an eighty-three year old woman to believe she would be able to visit with her ninety-four year old sister today – for a meager one hour visit allowed by the guardian. Then, at the last minute, you pull the rug out from under her? If there was ANY issue regarding supervision, this should have been dealt with weeks ago.
May I remind ALL of you, Judge Connor’s reprimanded the guardian on more than one occasion to be sure that her mother was NOT being isolated or kept apart from her family. You have all had the audacity to lead Judge Stuart to believe that my Aunt is not being isolated, when in fact, you know the opposite is true.
You have been complicit in the viciousness and spitefulness with which a tyrannical daughter has separated her mother from the people whom she loves and cherishes. Your aiding and abetting of the guardian’s actions has allowed her to punish her own mother for crimes unknown, while at the same time inflicting emotional pain throughout what was once a peaceful and loving family.
In your eagerness to have my Aunt guardianized, you erred grossly and placed her with the one person whom she asked to be protected from. It is time you step up to the plate, and do the right thing.
As Judge Stuart has said, you are the ‘XXX.’
Thank you
Gloria Jean Sykes
Bon Ami Productions, Inc.
Great WSJ Article on the over use of psychotropic drugs at nursing homes
Dear Readers;
This great article was sent to me by Ken Ditkowsky from the WSJ but it was locked and the WSJ does not makes its contents generally available until the next day. Judy Ditkowsky found an open article:
http://www.northjersey.com/community/Nursing_homes_temper_their_reliance_on_drugs.html?page=all
While Federal Laws restrict the use of psychtropic drugs except with consent of the patient–even those under a guardianship or conservatorship, and while the FDA contraindicates these drugs for those under 20 and above 60 because they are simply too hard on the brain and internal organs, yet an astonishing third of these drugs dispensed in the US go to nursing homes and the most frail, elderly populations in the US. Obviously this is a very, very serious problem in the US that has to be addressed for the safety of seniors in nursing homes.
In Illinois, a person cannot have psychotropic drugs dispensed without notice, being provided with other options, and then the person has the right to refuse these drugs–primarily because they often don’t work and are actually dangerous to the senior. See In re Tiffany, Ill. Supreme Court Opinion. inreTiffany-notice-meds-case
If you have not read the case, please do so now and thanks to the reporter for “outing” this dirty little secret of nursing homes.
When residents are chemically restrained, you can keep them like sardines in a can.
JoAnne
Charges that Deny a Lawyer’s First Amendment Rights are a 42 USC 1983 violation
From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Aug 26, 2013 5:52 PM
To: JoAnne Denison
Cc: NASGA , probate sharks , “60m@cbsnews.com” <60m@cbsnews.com>, john wyman , “chicagotonight@wttw.com”
Subject: the act of Mr. Larkin in bring IARDC charges that he knows or should know with a scintilla of investigation to be a denial of Attorney First Amendment Rights
Hear Atty Ken Ditkowsky on Feet to Fire discuss Elder and Ethics Cleansing in the US!
From: kenneth ditkowsky <kenditkowsky@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Tomorrow on Feet to the Fire
Depositions and Exhibits of Gloria Sykes, Yolanda Bakken, Scott Evans and Kathie Bakken
Bravo to these heros and heroines for standing up for truth and justice in our court system!
Give yourself a pat on the back for doing your civic duty and appearing for your deposition.
For filing tomorrow–the Depositions of Gloria Sykes, Yolanda Bakken, Kathie Bakken and Scott Evans
Dear Readers,
as you know, last month I took the depositions of the Sykes family and I was utterly amazed at how firmly they they all told the same story, how their statements, answers and question for the truth, integrity and justice and Probate was utterly severe to the highest levels.
They directly contradicted everything in my complaint.
They told the same story–a tale of horrors. No notice, no jurisdiction, yet seizing Gloria’s assets–assets meant for her health care post breast cancer which clearly endangers her health. They tell the story of isolation of an active, vibrant elderly woman who was active in her garden club, walked miles around her own neighborhood for everything she wanted, the bank, the garden club, neighbors, the beauty salon–you name it, if it was within 2 miles, she would “do her daily walking” there. So it was no surprise that at age 90 she was healthy, ambulatory, lucid and coherent.
But THAT does not stop the Illinois Probate system when it has targeted a senior with a paid up home in a highly desirable neighborhood, a good bank account, rumors of millions in gold coins and cash ($40,000) in a mattress. Nope, things like due process and the US Constitution and the Illinois Constitution and even international treaties pertaining to human rights, civil rights and due process mean nothing to these miscreants.
Who are they and how do they do these scams are still a mystery because there HAS BEEN NO INVESTIGATION.
Why don’t the feds or states attorneys get someone in there with a wire? There are many of these cases going on, starting right now, and no one stops this cash cow machine of probate–stealing lives and fortunes.
see below and take care
joanne
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION
In Re:
JOANNE MARIE DENISON
Attorney-Respondent
Reg. No. 6192441
Commission No. 2013 PR 0001
NOTICE OF FILING
TO:
Atty Sharon Opryszek, Atty Melissa Smart and Atty Jerome Larkin
ARDC, One Prudential Plaza, 12th Floor, Chicago, Illinois via personal delivery and email
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 23, 2013 I will file a the attached Depositions and Exhibits of 1) Yolanda Bakken; 2) Kathie Bakken; 3) Scott C. Evans and 4) Gloria J. Sykes with the Clerk of Court of the ARDC, a copy of which is attached and served upon you herewith.
Respectfully Submitted
_______________________________
JoAnne Denison
JoAnne Denison
Denison & Assocs, PC
1512 N Fremont St, #202
Chicago, IL 60642
Ph 312 553 1300, Fax 312 553 1307
joanne@denisonlaw.com
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION
In Re:
Commission No. 2013 PR 0001
JOANNE MARIE DENISON
Attorney-Respondent
Reg. No. 6192441
Notice of Filing of Depositions and Exhibits
Joanne M. Denison (“JMD” or “Atty Denison”) herewith files the following Depositions together with Exhibits which were taken on 7/30/2013 pursuant to the Notice of Deposition shown in the attached exhibits:
1) Deposition of Yolanda Bakken, sister to Mary G. Sykes;
2) Deposition of Kathie Bakken, daughter of Yolanda Bakken and niece to Mary G. Sykes;
3) Deposition of Scott C Evans, long time and close family friend to Mary Sykes and her family;
4) Deposition of Gloria J Sykes, daughter and long term caretaker of Mary G Sykes.
You are invited to read and review these deposition which directly, firmly and completely contradict the Complaint which the ARDC filed on January 8, 2013.
Why these depositions could not have been taken before the January 8, 2013 complaint was filed is a complete mystery. Further, the ARDC’s failure to conduct an adequate investigation before taking legal action against Atty Denison (and Atty Kenneth Ditkowsky as well) should be seriously considered for Rule 137 sanctions under the Rules of the Illinois Supreme Court.
In a highly unusual fashion, no counsel for the ARDC appeared at any of the above depositions. In addition, when the ARDC counsel was asked if they would like to bring back the witnesses to cross examine them, they said they would do this at trial.
In a further highly unusual fashion, the Tribunal thought it proper to require the attendance of Ms. Yolanda Bakken at trial, they would not use her deposition as an evidence deposition even though she is elderly (83+ years) and tires easily, and they desire to subject this woman to cross examination. The undersigned attorney has never before seen a judge in the Illinois Court court system require an elderly, frail woman to attend a trial when a deposition would suffice. In addition, it is equally cold and heartless for the ARDC not to attend her deposition and agree it may suffice as an evidence deposition. Clearly the intent of the ARDC has not changed to a clear conviction to seek out the truth, find all miscreants in probate, and bring truth and justice to probate and integrity to the courts and their functioning. It is highly disappointing to all honest and ethical attorneys involved.
Finally, it is further submitted that there is highly unusual activity taking place in this trial where the undersigned counsel had to take the depositions of her own witnesses, and that in volumes and pages of court transcripts, motions and pleading practice though numerous court actions in Illinois, this is the first time the Sykes family has been able to put their story on record in a deposition–or any full and fair court proceeding, for that matter. This is most likely the first time when the Sykes family has not been abused in a judicial proceeding.
It is submitted that the blog at http://www.marygsykes.com is in fact truthful, accurate and that the Complaint filed against the undersigned is entirely without merit and the ARDC has steadfastly refused to answer to, investigate or give any credence to dozens of complaints involving Sykes, as well as numerous entirely credible client complaints involving the following Illinois cases, all of which have been operating without jurisdiction under the Illinois Probate Act: Sykes, Wyman, Bedin, Valentino and now, because the ARDC does nothing and takes no action, and the judges and attorneys involved do not seem to care, a more recent case was invoked without notice: Marcel Payton.
No one investigates and no one cares. The victims involved are elderly and frail. They cannot speak for themselves. However, this does not mean that the US Constitution and Illinois Constitution, as well as international treaties pertaining to due process and civil rights do not apply to the likes of Sykes, Wyman, Bedin, Valentino, Payton, etc.
These elderly and frail individual deserve better. Alice Gore did not need to be isolated and have all her teeth pulled and then subject to a DNR/no food no water regimen which quickly killed her. And that is not the only case where such nefarious activities are prevalent.
The ARDC can and must sit up and take notice that the public is becoming swiftly aware of the broken, unjust and unfair system currently residing in the probate courts.
My blog is just one small part of the fight for human rights, civil rights and dignity that can and must be implemented in our Illinois Probate court system.
The above Sykes case is just one story out of several dozen that the undersigned attorney has become aware of. Not only has the Sykes family been abused in probate, but they are being abused by the ARDC and JIB when repeated requests for investigations and action are made with no apparent results..
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
_______________________________
JoAnne M. Denison
Attorney-Respondent
Prepared By:
JoAnne M. Denison, Atty. No. 14,867
Denison & Associates, PC
1512 N Fremont St, #202
Chicago, IL 60642
phone: 312-553-1300
fax: 312-553-1307
http://www.denisonlaw.com
JoAnne@DenisonLaw.com
Gloria asks, what would happen without the blogs?
From: GLORIA Jean SYKES
Sent: Aug 17, 2013 6:49 AM
To: kenneth ditkowsky
Cc: JoAnne M Denison , probate sharks , NASGA , Tim NASGA , “60m@cbsnews.com” <60m@cbsnews.com>, “IllinoisLawyerNow@isba.org” , “illinois.ardc@gmail.com” , Harry Heckert , “ACLU@ACLU.ORG” , “janet_c_phelan@yahoo.com”
Subject: Re: 95-Year Old WWII Vet Murdered By Police for Refusing Medical Attention
Why won’t The tribune do a story on my mom and what happened at Sunrise
My mom said to me ‘I knew you’d come for me. I knew you didn’t abandon me.’
These words will haunt me for the rest if my life. My mom is 94 and the police let Carol drug her and Sunrise helped Toerpe remove her from the back and the police didn’t even talk to her.
Nor did the Department on Health and Aging.
What the F is going on? A frail, elderly, 95 year old man being tasered and my mom being beat up by a so called “plenary guardian” Carolyn Toerpe.
And innocent attorneys like Ken Ditkowsky doing what’s right [telling the truth] and being disbarred?
Without the [probate] blog[s] no one would know of my mom or the horrors and whores of justice.
Every appeal I have had has been dismissed with prejudice just because Peter Schmiedel has asked for it?
from Gloria Sykes, younger daughter and excellent caregiver for 10+ years, named in her mother’s POA as preferred guardian.
Sent from my iPhone
Dear Gloria;
Because of the blogs, thousands and thousands of citizens have exactly the same question, exactly what is going on with our nation’s court system and why are the clear laws being ignored, day after day, court date after court date?
I don’t understand either. Hundreds of people on this blog alone have asked me what is going on with Gloria and Ken and the ARDC and why are millions missing from the inventory of Mary Sykes, and no one dares to touch these questions?
Adam Stern said during Ken’s trial that “he investigated” and sent out subpoenas. From the Record on Appeal–the official court record, there were no subponeans sent out by him, no returns, no affidavits of service.
I challenged the Sykes court to show proof of service on Mary and her elderly sisters when I first started this blog in December 2011, and years later, no proof of service upon Mary, Josephine and Yolanda. The evidence consisting of declarations were published on this blog. No response from the court or the GAL’s but I know the GAL’s read the blog because from time to time they email me.
No answers, just question after question after question.
Gloria, you were a highly renown investigative reporter. When you ask the questions and no one responds, you know what is going on.
The questions have been asked. The court does not answer you. The GAL’s do not answer you. Peter Schmeidel runs and hides from us just as he did on Aug. 16, 2012 when you asked him just when was jurisdiction seriously considered before. He is a coward and a liar.
I think it is a great story. Millions missing, many questions.
My response is that it is clearly “the machine” in Illinois, which reaches from the politicians, to the elected to office, to those tied in with it, the zoning board, the probate court which benefits, to the actors in court which benefit.
Ken and I have stated it is a scandal greater than Greylord — no constitutional rights, elderly with paid up homes and bank accounts being declared incompetent by standing on a porch, Doctors Rabin, Amdur and Shaw never see the patients, but are psychics verified by their own court testimony, no hearings, no attorneys appointed for those that object to the guardianship, judges that say 2-1401 does not exist in probate, lie after lie after lie.
You know, it’s great fodder for a blog, for a political cartoon, for the inconvenient and embarrassing truth. We laugh and we jest.
But it’s the ultimate in horror show for the families that live thru this, the Tylers,the Drabiks the Sykes, the Bedins, the Wyman’s, etc.
It exists to the tune of Rosemary’s baby.
And and all I can do and all the families can do is pray and light candles and ask for angels. That’s what I do. Each day, every day. My hopes, thoughts and prayers are always with you.
May justice prevail and may the ARDC be not afraid to confront it.
joanne
New from KDD — Elder Cleansing AND Ethics Cleansing
Totally brilliant.
See below and I agree with KDD, it’s a classic case of Elder AND ethics cleansing.
JoAnne
From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Aug 15, 2013 8:28 AM
To: NASGA , JoAnne Denison , probate sharks
Cc: “IllinoisLawyerNow@isba.org” , “illinois.ardc@gmail.com” , “60m@cbsnews.com” <60m@cbsnews.com>, Harry Heckert , j ditkowsky , GLORIA SYKES , “tips@elderabuseexposed.com” , “tips@tribune.com” , SUNTIMES , “janet_c_phelan@yahoo.com” , Eric Holder , matt senator kirk , Bill , “bill@LawlessAmerica.com” , “michiganadvocacyproject@gmail.com” , “ACLU@ACLU.ORG”
Subject: Freud and Ethics Cleansing
A New Letter to US AG Eric Holder
From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Aug 14, 2013 5:34 PM
To: Eric Holder , matt senator kirk , DiAnn Matson , Larry Chambers , j ditkowsky
Cc: Tim NASGA , GLORIA SYKES , NASGA , probate sharks , JoAnne Denison , Martin Kozak , scott evans , j ditkowsky , Bill , “bill@LawlessAmerica.com” , “susan.harris06@rcn.com” , “60m@cbsnews.com” <60m@cbsnews.com>, “tips@tribune.com” , SUNTIMES , “IllinoisLawyerNow@isba.org” , “ACLU@ACLU.ORG”
Subject: letter to the Attorney General of the United States of America
http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/
note: corrected for typos, comments by JMD in [].
Fabulous Law Review Article by Prof. Margaret Tarkington!
You go girl! Ken Ditkowsky sent me the article from Westlaw, but here is a link on the internet
check it out! Free Speech in one article, the history, the benefits, the NECESSITY of protecting the Amendment we call the first one, and regard as the first one, and the one that keeps us free and democratic.
How wonderful is that?
Thanks so much Professor Tarkington. Now if you were only my Constitutional Law Expert at my trial.
No matter, Ken will do a fabulous job.
JoAnne
Some beautiful Poems by Joanne Denison
This is one I wrote when my mother died
When the clouds roll by in a clear blue sky
Think of me.
When the roaring waves wash upon the shore and gently wash their way around your feet,
think of me.
At the mountain top looking down on hills and valleys below,
think of me.
But when it rains or it pours, when the pain of sleet nips at your toes,
I am there too. But my world now is golden, it shines like pure crystal.
Flower beds full of roses and orchids,
exotic birds and butterflies that freely roam, but never leave.
Think of me and know that our love still flows between these two worlds,
and you will feel the way between my heart and yours.
Always. I promise.
Think of me.
I know that many of you have mothers and fathers that have passed over and perhaps you also suffered with a difficult and abusive guardianship, but I want you to know that your loved ones are now with the angels. I send blessings, peace and love for all of you that have suffered in such a manner.
JoAnne
Requesting some help from the IARDC from Atty Ken Ditkowsky
From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Aug 13, 2013 6:04 AM
To: “illinois.ardc@gmail.com”
Subject: Fw: WestlawNext – 9 full text items for no power to regulate speech
IARDC: A mission of strenuously avoiding the truth and doing justice
Dear Ken;
When you state that all the ARDC has attempted to do is embark on an utter strange mission that is not truth seeking or ensuring justice to anyone, I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment.
Plus, SO’s strange mission for the ARDC appears to be: 1) to not take the depositions of my witnesses; 2) to try to strike and remove my experts who have excellent qualifications: namely: 1) yourself, a practitioner for many, many decades; 2) Bev and Ken Cooper, producers of Coopers Corner a show with 250,000 viewers that often talks about corruption and probate PLUS they produce a popular probate blog; 3) Sylvia Rudek, director of NASGA with thousands and thousands of members/probate victims and 4) John Howard Wyman, a probate survivor and author of a 4.9 star book on Amazon.
They have spent tons of hours and probably 20+ lbs of paper trying to strike my pleadings, my witnesses, deny me discovery (interrogatories) with the Chair claiming “those aren’t helpful
now, maybe later)–4 hours in a deposition, and I have seen NO EVIDENCE that the ARDC wants to get to the truth of the Sykes matter and do justice. Not one scintilla of this at all. And most of the ARDC pleadings are published on this blog or soon will be.
I challenge anyone to show me how, in all of their efforts, their documents, they appear to take even the most remote attempt at doing justice for you, me, Sykes, Tyler, Gore, Bedin, Wyman, etc.?
They don’t even seem to care about Bedin, Wyman, Gore, Tyler, etc.
It’s soooo bad, Gloria considers their actions in your case and mine with respect to her deposition to clearly comprise obstruction of justice and witness tampering.
What madness is this? Why do they strenuously avoid the truth in Sykes and say they are not interested in the equally horrific cases of Tyler, Gore, Bedin, Wyman, etc.?
JoAnne
Atty Larkin’s Rejection on behalf of the IARDC for a full, complete and honest investigation of Sykes, Wyman, Tyler, Gore, Bedin
Protecting YOUR rights under the First Amendment
From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Aug 12, 2013 2:19 PM
To: Janet Phelan , “barbaraetc@” , rudy bush , “askdoj@usdoj.gov” , JoAnne Denison , matt senator kirk
Cc: “janet_c_phelan@” , “(justice07forever@gmail.com)” , Tim , “j ditkowsky (” , “Harry Heckert (” , “probate sharks (” , “(rpfphd@aol.com)” , “(llottielyn1@att.net)” , “joeyshoes” , Marty Prehn , “tvfields@” , “(mxwanderer@)” , “(intelligentones)” , “statesattorney@cookcountyil.gov” , “sheriff.dart@cookcountyil.gov”
Subject: Re: I am asking, what is the Proper and Legal Method for Judicial Branch Whistle Blowing?
From KDD–tracing the “coincidences”
From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Aug 12, 2013 10:30 AM
To: JoAnne M Denison
Cc: Cook County States Attorney , Eric Holder , Tim NASGA , NASGA , probate sharks , Edward Carter , GLORIA SYKES , matt senator kirk , “60m@cbsnews.com” <60m@cbsnews.com>, “tips@elderabuseexposed.com” , “tips@tribune.com” , SUNTIMES
Subject: elder cleansing Himmel Report to the Mr. Jerome Larkin, director of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Discipline commission.
KDD speaks out for seniors/Deposition of JMD
From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Aug 11, 2013 8:04 AM
To: RosANNa Miller , “NASGAmembers@yahoogroups.com” , matt senator kirk , NASGA , JoAnne Denison , “60m@cbsnews.com” <60m@cbsnews.com>, “tips@tribune.com” , SUNTIMES , “janet_c_phelan@yahoo.com” , “chicagotonight@wttw.com” , “michael@activistpost.com” , Eric Holder , Cook Sheriff , “courtclerk@cookcountycourt.com” , rudy bush , “janet_c_phelan@yahoo.com” , Cook County States Attorney
Cc: Harry Heckert , j ditkowsky , jim , Martin Kozak , “maryrichards45@gmail.com” , “Mary_Woolery@isp.state.il.us” , GLORIA SYKES , scott evans , “illinois.ardc@gmail.com” , “ACLU@ACLU.ORG”
Subject: Re: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO THE PRESS !!!!!!
From KDD: Increasing our abilites to do good and bring justice to Probate!
Medicare alternatives or ADVANTAGE insurance turning out to be NO-ADVANTAGE
see below. While private insurance touts these programs to have lower costs and better coverage, many seniors are finding out that they only increase massive profits to the insurance companies — to the tune of $4.17 billion — leaving patients in a lurch– no rehab, no treatment.
Incredulously, this elder suffered a broken back, could not walk, insurance denied her claim for rehab, claiming it “not medically necessary”, leaving her to go home where she could only lay in bed all day. Then she got bed sores and was right back at the hospital!
Her story ran on local news, and suddenly the insurance company “changed its policy”, sent her to rehab and she now walks with a walker.
I would like to thank Sylvia Rudek, Director of NASGA, another highly recommended website for her attention to this article. Great find, Sylvia!
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United Healthcare Oxford Medicare Advantage Denies Coverage …
Dec 28, 2007 – Uploaded by janis123ABC NEWS/GOOD MORNING AMERICA: Senior With Fractured Back Battles UnitedHealthcare Oxford Health …
Uploaded on Dec 27, 2007
ABC NEWS/GOOD MORNING AMERICA:
Senior With Fractured Back Battles UnitedHealthcare Oxford Health Insurance Company Medicare Advantage PlanGMA segment shows UnitedHealthcare/Oxford’s Medicare Advantage Plan would not authorize woman’s care due to alleged age discrimination.
Audit shows Medicare Advantage providers with backlogs of unanswered patient complaints, plans that improperly denied claims, and concerns about marketing practices which do not follow government guidelines.
From Rudy Bush–the tragedy of it all!
Date: August 10, 2013
From: Rudy Bush
To: Eric Holder
What protections do citizens have against government retaliation against citizens for exercising free speech, even now that President Obama has declared on August 9, 2013, citizens who exercise free speech, patriots? Fear is not a defense against the most powerful government on Earth, and I am fearful for Kenneth Ditkowsky who is trying to get your attention, and senior citizens who are in line to be cleansed. And, as a citizen of the USA, I am impotently “fuming” over citizen powerlessness in getting the government to do the right thing and punish perpetrators of senior cleansing, though the perpetrators are employees of, and given power, by this government. I must bring up, again, attempts by the state of Illinois ARDC to control, under duress, the wording of Kenneth Ditkowsky’s complaints to you and the department you head, the DOJ, attempts to end valid complaints to you on elder cleansing, complaints which, up until now have gotten no response from you. Your lack of response leaves me even more fearful.
What kind of government puts a citizen under duress, threatens the citizen with fraudulently generated charges in order to destroy that citizen, because that citizen is exercising free speech by trying to file a complaint to the United States government, trying to file a complaint on elder cleansing with you and the department you head, the DOJ?
President Obama stated in a recent speech on Egypt, that the United States will not tolerate a government that does not listen to its people. To allow the Illinois ARDC to continue to bring pressure on Mr. Ditkowsky to shut him up is to end the opportunity for the DOJ to end senior citizen cleansing in the United States of America. If Mr. Ditkowsky, a lawyer, therefore more likely to be listened to by you, relied upon by senior cleansing victims and their families who are ignored by their government, this government, is punished for his complaints to you, a member of this United States government, the United States is no better than the governments President Obama condemns, because to demand that Mr. Ditkowsky alter his wording, and end his valid complaints to you on senior citizen cleansing, is to continue to allow all senior citizens and their families, who are being cleansed, to be ignored by their government, and allow their government to punish them all for speaking up.
Sincerely,
Rudy Bush
California tries to stop isolation of seniors in conservatorships
Watch the you tube below, very interesting.
What i don’t get is that visitation is just about always limited by these GAL’s and PG’s at first. Even if there was no abuse, or no problem with a close family member. I don’t get that one. Plus, if a guardian wants to, they can go to court and get a Protective Order for any real or imminent harm.
Right now, Gloria can’t see her mother and she did nothing wrong. CT is the subject of a Protective Order and she gets appointed Guardian.
Something is seriously wrong.
John Wyman tries to protect his mother, take her home where she wants to go and GAL SRR gets a Protective Order against that–him and his brother who were involved in trying to save Carol Wyman from an abusive nursing home, together with family members who were not even involved!
Stories that are out of control, crazy, no justice.
Insurance scams and Fraud
Dear Readers;
This week two cases have really hit home. The first one, I just don’t get.
I’m taking out the names because it’s soooo crazy, and with the problems I’ve had with the blog, the damage to my car and the ARDC, we have full blown chilling of free speech.
Scam 1: Insurance Fraud perpetrated by the insurance companies.
After your senior has paid all her or his life tons of money every month for health insurance, when a senior really needs to use it as they get closer to death, some hospital administrator comes to the elder in a hospital and asks them to sign a “waiver of benefits form”. Of course, the administrator is looking for a dotty elder with little or no family or friends. The elder is then kicked out of the hospital because “benefits have been terminated” because they signed the form! They sign the form because they are ordered to do so. Of course, they still need services, they need hospital care, but the administrator will explain, get this, “we have elected to put your case on a lower level of benefits for a period of time.” Yeah right, so you will die because now you’ve gotten expensive in the hospital. Go home and die. Reminds me of Grisham book and movie “The Client” except the insurance company involved this time is a huge, major, company with the largest revenue in the US and about 11 million members. I’d name them, so you could be warned, but the ARDC will probably say I’m lying because it’s too hard to believe. Or maybe they will say I’m too mean to them.
Watch out for this one and if you have experience with this, plmk. It’s like paying $20,000 for a car and then having the car dealer say “sign this form” and we pick up your car and will use it for you. Just stay home. We’ll let you know.
And, after I heard that outrageous story, it comes on the heels of this information from NASGA:
29 E Madison Suite 602, Chicago, IL 60602 ¤
Phone (312) 782-6006 | Fax: (312) 782-6007 | email: info@pnhp.org
© PNHP 2013
Obama administration intervenes to give $71.5 billion to overpaid, for-profit Medicare Advantage plans
Physicians group decries ‘backroom Medicare giveaway’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 9, 2013
Contact: Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
Medicare’s costs will jump by $7.43 billion next year – the equivalent of $149 for each of the nearly 50 million beneficiaries in the program – due to an unprecedented intervention last week by the Obama administration in the way privately run, for-profit Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, which are also known as Medicare HMOs, are paid by the government, a national physicians group reported today.
The total cost to U.S. taxpayers will be $71.5 billion to $104.5 billion over the next decade….
Scam No. 2. Perpetrated by a Guardian, brought to the attention of Judge JLS and she ignores it and does not want to hear it.
Sign up for medicare and one or two other insurances for a sick elder. A cancer patient with $50,000 or more in billings per year of course is preferred.
Submit the bills to medicare and don’t tell them about insurance companies B and C.
Then you take the bills and submit them to insurance companies B and C and you’ve got a real cash cow going on. Of course, it’s medicare fraud, but this probate judge didn’t want to hear about it from another relative! Same old story, the relative, pipes up after it is discovered in the yearly accounting, and the court says, “madam, be quiet!”
Go figure.
JoAnne
From John Wyman–Thoughts on his last 4 years–4 years of torture that is
For any of you that have been following the Wyman case, Powell Wyman recently died, we are petitioning for John to become Successor Plenary Guardinan
In the meantime, he had this to say:
From: john wyman
Sent: Aug 2, 2013 9:18 PM
To: JoAnne M Denison
Cc: kenneth ditkowsky , Sylvia Rudek , Lucius Verenus Probate Sharks , Bev Cooper Probate Sharks
Subject: Re: Recent thoughts on bringing my mother back to Rockford
Well, I’ll try to reach deep down to see if I’m really a writer.
Today is the fourth anniversary of my mother Winifred’s escape from Illinois to Colorado !!
I’d like to say it seems like yesterday, but no, it seems like a lifetime ago. when I started this journey I felt like a young man of 53, and now I feel like an old man at 58, at a time when I should have been in my prime earning years in my profession as a world class hairdresser, I found myself broke, fighting for my mother’s rights. While many of you think I should count myself lucky that I have my mother, but when you save a life as I did you then become responsible for it.
As for being a full time caregiver, I’ve become a proficient at it. I could write the book, yes, I’ve become an expert on elder care, but also on elder abuse not only by the families, the nursing homes, but also by what I was taught to respect the courts!
Well I’ve lost all, I MEAN ALL RESPECT for the government that was suppose to protect those of us too weak or feeble to protect ourselves, to give us our due process rights and our rights as US citizens, but people, that ain’t happening.
Some of you may know I’ve already written a book of my saga, and was fortunate enough to have it land in the hands of one Ken Ditkowsky, who, in turn, passed it on to JoAnne Denison, and I’d like to say they have been great: Ken for all his advice and JoAnne for taking my case pro bono. The last week of July 2013 of the year of our lord we finally won the war of attrition, my father died, we were not notified for almost four weeks even though we had a hearing in that time frame. Sad as it is, my mother Winifred will get her wish to die in her own home, but not before the courts allowed all her assets to be stolen or sold without her receiving any proceed–all under the color of law!!
To make matters worse, two of the adult children, my brother David and my sister Beth, who sided with my father, hid his death, and stripped the house of everything that wasn’t tied down and even those things that were, including all appliances, fire places, etc. In addition, my father, as Guardian of Estate for my mother, took a debt free home and left it laden with back taxes, utilities, and liens from the courts and attorneys all with the help of a Governor appointed public guardian, Sharon Rudy. As Ken has stated, this doesn’t sound like the US of A, but more like Russia or North Korea. We’ll see how this plays out even though I think what is going on is criminal, I’m sure they’ll find a way to justify it in their court of law. A great politician once said, “you’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts”. I hope this holds true for JoAnne and Ken in their fight with the ARDC!!!!!
On the bright side, even though Winifred’s health is declining with time, and she’ll soon pay the debt that all men pay, she continues to paint everyday and, to date, has produced over 250 paintings, and has a major art show at the Sam Wyly center in Colorado in November. Let’s hope she is here to enjoy the fruits of her labor and love of her work and gets to share it with the world before she sheds her mortal coil!!!
As for me, I’m sure one day I’ll have my life back, I will survive and thrive because it’s my nature, but I will be forever changed. I’ve become an advocate for this cause, and I’m writing a follow up book at this time, but alas, I have to wait for an ending!! Hopefully sooner than later!!!!!
Many Many Thanks To everyone who has help, you know who you are, I do!!
Yours Truly,
John Howard Wyman