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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doesn’t the conservative (sp?) protect her money? There is no reason her family shouldn’t be able to visit her. If great concern have it supervised.[/quote]
So many of those court appointed conservators or GALs are in it for the money. They get a percentage of the assets and bleed it dry. It's horrible. Why wasn't someone who loves and cares for her not appointed guardian instead of a total stranger who cares not one iota for Wendy. She has family that she was close to, a sister, brother, father, niece, nephew and most importantly a son, but a judge decided to appoint a stranger who will get 10-20% of Wendy's assets to put her in a home and sell off her assets. Disgusting. [/quote]

This may be true. I'll speak to another side of it. I'm an attorney and do some court appointed guardianship. I have only ended up being appointed as guardian for people whose prior guardians were family members who misappropriated, grossly mismanaged, or straight up stole their money. These are heartbreaking situations where people are left with very few resources. I don't enjoy these files because (1) they're really said, and (2) I get paid very little on them (in my state, per statute) relative to the significant time I spend managing their affairs and trying to rectify what's been already done if possible. I do some of this work because it needs to be done, there are not enough attorneys doing it where I live, and it feels like one way to give back in my career. I'm always the villain and people assume I'm making a ton of money and taking advantage, and the opposite is true, but it's such a universal assumption that I don't even bother responding unless it requires a response. When it comes to the "ward" themselves (I dislike this word, but it is the legal term), I will explain over and over and over what's occurring with their funds, even though they often cannot understand or retain the information, because I want them to know I care and am doing my best for them. I don't bother with explaining on repeat to their families, however. There are court accountings required annually and everything is quite transparent from that perspective. I'm just commenting to say, I'm sure there are terrible situations where people are taken advantage of. There are also attorneys who are doing this for very little if any money, because it's a need, and because unfortunately family members are often the first to steal their loved one's money and take advantage of them. I see it time and again, and again, and again.

The cats  :cry: I wish they'd done whatever it would take for her to keep her pets, if she has the funds for someone to ensure it's a safe situation and the animals are well cared for. I wonder if something about the pets had become unsafe, or if the guardians just couldn't be bothered to work out the logistics for her to be able to keep them. But even with that, it could have been either scenario, and there's no way for us to know from the outside. [/quote]

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