In re Lorraine Phillips.

Words cannot describe. While I go to court to beg for a few more dollars for Mom and a 24/7 caretaker son who are living below the poverty level (yes, the judge even looked it up right on her desk) Atty David Martin and his client are arguing that these two should not get another dime.

Estate bank account–$143k.  Income is now $25k per month, with $15k per month in expenses for a valuable piece of property in downtown Chicago.

Today the son told the court he qualified for food stamps.  Then we all asked him to decrease his monthly allotment from social security (he is under age 65) to get social security for him and his mother.

Judge wouldn’t budge one dime.  The GAL said he agreed an increase was in order, but he didn’t know how much an upcoming balloon payment on the loan…