From Linda Kincaid — Info on World Conference on Guardianships

From Linda Kincaid — Info on World Conference on Guardianships

see below:

http://worldcongressguardianship.org/

The World Congress on Adult Guardianship will be held in Washington DC, May 28-30.  This event is the most important meeting this year for advocates such as ourselves.
The World Congress will discuss the both problems and solutions in guardianship.  There will be sessions on person centered care and the move from surrogate decision-making toward supported decision-making.  There will be discussion of rights in guardianship and recommendations for oversight of guardians.
There is a LOT we can learn and bring back to our communities.  We may have opportunities to share our own experiences and seek guidance from leaders in the field.
Bring an open mind and plenty of paper for taking notes.  Details in the attached brochure.
Linda
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Linda Kincaid, MPH

Another Excellent Investigative TV show from Ken and Bev Cooper on Troubles and Issues in Cook County Court

From Ken and Bev Cooper:

Published on Feb 7, 2014 North Shore Live, “Cooper’s Corner”
This “eye opening” program, recorded on 1/29/2014. is about Melissa Calusinki, a woman currently in prison who was wrongly convicted in 2009 for the death of a child. As guests on this program we have Melissa’s father, Paul Calunsinki & Attorney Paul DeLuca. Hear their story.
 
 
 

From Gloria–another important file portion missing!

Joanne M Denison's avatarMaryGSykes.com

see below, and if you know of the whereabouts of this file, please let Gloria know.

I suggested she contact the “help desk” and see if she can get it scanned in there and back online. I would do it for her, but I know she is fearful of all attorneys after my (bogus) disqualification and her subsequent treatment by them.

From: GLORIA Jean SYKES <gloami@msn.com
 Sent: Feb 7, 2014 8:38 AM
 To: JoAnne M Denison <JoAnne@justice4every1.com, kenditkowsky <kenditkowsky@yahoo.com, Kathie Bakken <k_bakken@att.net, scott evans <scottcevans@hotmail.com
 Subject: Re: Illinois General Assembly – Full Text of HB4216
 
 The entire file from the petition for an order if protection June 9,  2009 is gone from the domestic relations court and never copied and or fully transferred to the probate court.
 
 I filed a petition for protective order against Carolyn Toerpe and Fred Toerpe in March/Feb of 2012 and The Toerpe’s showed…

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Another Great Article from Janet Phelan–No country for old men OR women

please contact Janet for link.

This blog makes inroads to the fact that guardianships far too many times ARE NOT WORKING.  They drain estates, they stir up troubles in families for fees from persons tied into the system, and they subject to just as many abuses than if the person had been let alone.  The Sykes case is a classic example of railroading, no jurisdiction, sisters not served, a $272k bank account of Gloria’s frozen under a TRO lasting for 150 ten day terms, a $400k home in Norwood Park laid to waste for 4 years, one sister evicting another sister from the family home, it now appears the $272 bank account will mostly go to Schmeidel who has a $200k plus legal bill on the estate.  Mary will go to a nursing home, even though her POA was summarily invalidated without due process, briefings and a hearing and findings.

I have updated my famous table of “torts”, but the IARDC doesn’t like the words “corruption”, “tort” or whatever so now it will be a table of pain, woes and agonies–for Gloria.

Gloria, Kathie Baken, Scott Evans and Yolanda Bakken have their side of the story and this blog has the right to publish that.  The miscreants (whom ever they are–there has been no investigation, but we know AS, CF and PS never told the court the appointed plenary guardian never drilled out the safe deposit box in April 2010)

The GAL’s and PS have told their story on the transcripts published on this blog. They are welcome to provide this blog with their comments, observations and more of their side of the story, but their side of the story is fairly present on the transcripts.

It’s been a very tough road for Gloria, Yolanda, Scott and Kathie. Let’s keep them in our thoughts and prayers

Immediate Funding/Office Space Needed for our new charity–Justice4 Every1, NFP

Joanne M Denison's avatarMaryGSykes.com

Please call your friends today and see if you can find me office space.  I need it reasonably priced, and the landlord must be flexible on rent OR in need of legal or other services in exchange (I teach violin, keyboard and crocheting).

While I am busy helping numerous people per day, I do need office space to take on pro bono clients and put together their packets for the authorities and refer them to local counsel.

The work we do is important and it fights the troubles, issues and problems (TIPS) in probate!

I now have a staff of 5 people I would like to thank–Alyece Russell, Jim Simms, Michael Nofsinger and Ginny Johnson of Ginny O’s who are also working hard with me to get funding, help various people with their probate and TIPS problems, and provide support and strength for these often long and expensive battles.

So…

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From Tim Lahrman, why is the process so different in Probate?

Joanne M Denison's avatarMaryGSykes.com

From: timlahrman@aol.com
Sent: Feb 6, 2014 11:56 AM
To: kenditkowsky@yahoo.com, gloami@msn.com, JoAnne@justice4every1.com
Cc: NASGA.org@gmail.com, verenusl@gmail.com, statesattorney@cookcountyil.gov, askdoj@usdoj.gov, illinois.ardc@gmail.com, ACLU@ACLU.ORG
Subject: Re: let me suggest: if there are any Judges that think the elder cleansing cases are violating the principle stated in this case

 

in the administration and supervision of a guardianship, the judge is performing a ministerial duty and function — supervising the judges own agent.
may I also suggest that judges are not free to expand the defined class of persons intended to be served by the guardianship statutes, and do so by judicial fiat —  but it is being done all the time by these judges that believe simply being old is good enough reason to appoint a guardian.
one last thing I want to point out here — the civil practice of law —-…

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From KDD–where is the outcry against “Elder Cleansings?”

Joanne M Denison's avatarMaryGSykes.com

From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Feb 5, 2014 9:11 AM
To: Cook County States Attorney , Eric Holder , “illinois.ardc@gmail.com” , Edward Carter , Chicago Tribune , SUNTIMES , “fox2newsdesk@foxtv.com” , “foxnews_7D7B711AF105DCA690AB56169C0FF242@newsletters.foxnews.com” , Chicago FBI , “chicagotonight@wttw.com” , Tim NASGA , NASGA , probate sharks
Cc: Jo Anne M Denison , GLORIA SYKES , Harry Heckert , j ditkowsky , Tim NASGA , Janet Phelan
Subject: CORRUPTION

 Special Prosecutor Dan Webb wrote a report in which he disclosed serious favoritism that occurred with Mayor Daley’s nephew was involved in the death of another individual.   The nephew pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.    Almost Daily the media is drawing conclusions concerning the transaction that suggest that we have two classes of people in Cook County, i.e. the political royals and the rest of us.
Gloria Sykes, Bev and Ken Cooper, the two Mary’s, John Wyman, Steven Schwartz and dozens of others have written…

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Just in — Hurray for Dorothy Brown–efiling in Probate!

Let’s give the clerk 10 gold stars for non corruption today!

There is absolutely nothing more assuring and satisfying that e-filing!  It’s a huge step in the right direction.

Now we just have to get the documents loaded up on the internet for the public to view and download for a RESONABLE COST, similar to Pacer (the system used in Federal Court across the nation) for 8 cents per page, but I guess that can wait for next month.

We have demanded this, and it has come.  Thanks so much to the Clerk and Presiding Judge.  Now you can demand that they be put online and printed out for 8 cents per page–just like Pacer.

The public owns these documents and not Cook County.  We deserve immediate and reasonable access to all court filings and we should insist on just that!

The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County launched eFiling in the Probate Division on Wednesday, January 29th bringing the this service to six out of the seven civil case types in the Cook County Circuit Court.

 
eFiling is now available in the Child Support, Chancery, Civil, Domestic Relations, Law and Probate Divisions.
 
For more information visit: www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org