San Francisco

San Francisco

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Happy 4th of July!

Conservatee in SF Probate Court Since 1988

PCN-88-209924

This person was placed in a conservatorship in 1988...23 years ago.

Guess who's the attorney for this conservatee?

First name begins with L...
Last name begins with S...

While all the other Heifers filled buckets by the quart,
Larry found the cash cow for the probate court.

Questionable Property Transactions - Owen and Caridad

The Sad Saga of Elder Abuse: 
Prevalence Far Greater Than Perception
by Albert Samaha
examiner.com

"The property records of Walsh’s San Francisco residence also provide interesting inconsistencies. Whenever a property transaction takes place, two names appear on a property report: the buyer and the seller. In 1999, the year Walsh’s wife passed away, the property report shows the house transferring from “Owen and Ann Walsh Co-Trust” to “Owen Walsh.” For five years the property was solely the possession of Owen Walsh. 

Then in October 2004, one month after Walsh was diagnosed with Alzeimer’s, the property shifted once more. This time the seller was listed as “Anne Walsh” and the buyer was listed as “Owen and Anne Walsh Family Trust.” It is unusual to see a seller’s name, in this case Anne Walsh, be different from the name of the previous buyer, in this case, Owen Walsh. According to a real estate expert, for Anne Walsh’s name to be listed as a seller, a family member or attorney would have had to control her estate. However the question becomes: Owen Walsh is still alive-- and still regularly dancing at the Tonga Room at this point-- why wasn’t it he who signed over the property?"
 
 
On June 10, 2011 via an exparte petition signed by Commissioner Sue Kaplan, Blanca Perez from Coldwell Banker was granted the right to sell 2800 Ocean Avenue, Owen Walsh's home.  Earlier today I searched for properties that are for sale in San Francisco and there is no listing for 2800 Ocean Avenue.  In addition, 2800 Ocean Avenue is not one of Blanca Perez's current listings and there is no record of the property being listed for sale or being sold within the last 30 days.  Very strange! 
 

Professional Malpractice? Owen and Caridad

 
from...

The Sad Saga of Elder Abuse: 
Prevalence Far Greater Than Perception
by Albert Samaha
examiner.com


"Accordingly, Vallangca questions whether her lawyers fulfilled their fiduciary duties.“I felt my lawyer should have protected me. I was never protected,” she explains, “The divorce I understand, but the restraining order is too much.” Eberle maintains that the law team did all they could, and states in a letter, “Dr. Sutherland’s testimony regarding Owen’s statements to her made it clear that we would not prevail.”


Continue reading on Examiner.com The sad saga of elder abuse: prevalence far greater than perception - New York urban policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/urban-policy-in-new-york/the-sad-saga-of-elder-abuse-prevalence-far-greater-than-perception#ixzz1Qzx2omy7

Friday, July 1, 2011

In one of the few cases I have found where the proposed conservatee actually appears in court for the conservatorship hearing, the proposed conservatee tells the Judge he does not like the proposed temporary conservator.  Conservatee is ignored and temporary conservator is appointed anyway.  Temporary conservator collects over $85,000 during a one year period!  So much for the rights of the conservatee.

San Francisco Conservator Abuse
San Francisco Superior Court PTR-07-290580

Types of California Restraining Orders







 



  

  3   years civil restraining order
  5   years domestic violence restraining order
10   years criminal restraining order

The Court files are not available for public viewing and there is no way to determine why a ten year restraining order was issued against Caridad Walsh.  Why did Elizabeth Adler file exparte motions to keep Caridad away from the proceedings?  Why is there a 10 year restraining order?  Caridad Walsh is NOT the criminal!  Why did Owen Walsh die in Vallejo?  Why all the secrecy, Ms. Adler?  What are you trying to hide?

Case Settles Out of Court - Owen and Caridad

from...
The Sad Saga of Elder Abuse: 
Prevalence Far Greater Than Perception
by Albert Samaha
examiner.com

 
"Vallangca had already spent over $24,000 in attorney fees and did not have the money to go to trial, to challenge the injustices she saw. Even without Walsh’s testimony, the doctor’s claim held enough merit. The case was settled out of court. The divorce went through and the restraining order was maintained. 10 years, until 2019. By which time both Walsh and Vallangca would be nearing 100."
 
 
 
Continue reading on Examiner.com...


Thursday, June 30, 2011

Fact or Fiction?

You decide....
92 year old woman who had been a successful real estate broker in San Francisco for many years, trips, falls and breaks her hip.  This woman who lived in San Francisco for over 50 years was in good health, managed her own finances, had a savings account, no liens, paid all her bills and provided for her own needs.


The woman is taken to a local San Francisco hospital and it is determined that she needs hip surgery.  After surgery, a hospital employee illegally obtains her medical records, a unauthorized doctor examines her and it is determined she needs to be in a conservatorship.


Probate attorney who is no stranger to this blog and a professional conservator with hundreds of cases in San Francisco somehow learn of the woman's situation and file for conservatorship.


The 92 year old woman was told she could attend the conservatorship hearing but no one showed up to bring her to the proceedings as was promised.


The 92 year old woman ends up in a low quality "retirement home" during which time the probate attorney and conservator spend her life savings.  Finally, after nine long months, the court determines she does not need to be in a conservatorship.


However, her savings are gone and she has $30,000 in liens plus 5% per annum for the "professional" fees of the conservator and probate attorney.  Woman states attorney and conservator's actions are despicable!

SF Superior Court
CGC-03-426264

Betsy the Probate Cash Cow

Hello my name is Betsy, and I’m no ordinary cow,
Wonder why I’m special?  Well, I will tell you now.

When I was just a little calf, my mama said to me,
Betsy, you're very special, just you wait and see.

While all the other Heifers filled buckets by the quart,
I soon became the CASH COW of the probate court.

Betsy


Ways a Conservator Breachs Their Duty....

Below are some examples of how a Conservator of the Person can breach his or her fiduciary duty...

The Conservator of the Person breaches their fiduciary duty by denying a conservatee their legal rights.  These legal rights include:

        
Receiving visits from family members

A very serious breach of duty occurs when the Conservator of the Person does not advise the Court within 30 days of a Conservatee's change of address.  Notifying the Court four months after the Conservatee has been moved, for instance, would be a breach!

One of the MOST important duties of the Conservator of the Person is to decide where the Conservatee will live.

California Probate law states:

"It shall be presumed that the personal residence of the conservatee at the time of commencement of the proceeding is the least restrictive appropriate residence for the conservatee. In any hearing to determine if removal of the conservatee from his or her personal residence is appropriate, that presumption may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence."

In this case, the Conservator of the Person breaches their duty when they move the Conservatee without the Court's knowledge or approval and when the do not schedule a hearing with the Court to demonstrate the preponderance of evidence needed to move the Conservatee out of their home.  Probate Law in California is very clear regarding a Conservatee's right to live in their own home!

The Conservator's Handbook which can be found on the San Francisco Superior Court's website is a "must read" for all conservators, professional or non-professional.

The Handbook states the following:
"When a person becomes a conservatee, he or she does not lose the right to visit with family or friends.

When the Conservator of the Person does not allow visits with family or friends they are not only violating the rights of the Conservatee but they are violating the rights of the family members and friends who are denied visits.  The Conservator of the Person has breached their duty.

The Handbook also reminds the Conservator not to isolate the Conservatee.  Isolation can happen in a variety of ways.  For instance, a caregiver hired by the Conservator of the Person refuses to allow family members to talk with the Conservatee on the telephone.  An even more blatant violation and breach of duty would occur with the Conservator of the Person denies visits with the Conservatee's son and granddaughter, for instance.

In closing, if faced with a Conservatorship run away from it as fast as you can.  If you have no alternative but to accept it, research the Conservator and beware of those professionals who offer one stop shopping.  For instance, they advertise in-home care services, conservatorships, guardianships, daily money management, etc.  One stop shopping is a HUGE red flag since there is no system for checks and balances and the Conservator is then free to do as they please with total disregard for the law and the well-being of those they conserve.

Hope this information has been helpful and that you are NEVER a victim of a Conservator of the Person who breaches his or her fiduciary duties.



You might want to check out this link....

http://sf.blockshopper.com/search?q=Herb+Thomas+%28Trustee%29&classes%5B%5D=City&classes%5B%5D=Development&classes%5B%5D=Neighborhood&classes%5B%5D=Note&classes%5B%5D=Property&classes%5B%5D=Sale&classes%5B%5D=Story&classes%5B%5D=Street

They are breaking us up. I am half dead.


From...

The Sad Saga of Elder Abuse: Prevalence Far Greater Than Perception
by Albert Samaha
examiner.com
"Challenging the claim that Walsh desired a divorce, Vallangca’s daughter-in-law testified that on a visit to Walsh’s house to pick up some of her mother-in-laws things, a despondent Walsh approached her and said, “My wife, my wife, they are breaking us up! I am half-dead.”


"My wife, my wife, they are breaking us up!
  I am half-dead."

Yet Elizabeth Adler proceeded with her plan anyway.  The divorce became final, a ten year restraining order in place, confidential court proceedings that purposely deprived Caridad of her legal rights, both heartbroken Caridad and Owen never saw each other again....

Coming Soon...

Examples of how the Conservator of the Person can breach his or her fiduciary duty...

Loop Holes, Manipulation, Etc.



Taken from...

The Sad Saga of Elder Abuse: 
Prevalence Far Greater Than Perception
by Albert Samaha
examiner.com

"According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, between 1 and 2 million Americans age 65 or older have been injured, exploited, or otherwise mistreated by someone on whom they depended for care or protection.

Yet elder abuse remains vastly underreported. The NCEA declares that only one out of every fourteen cases of elder abuse is reported, about 7%. Furthermore, only one out of every twenty-five cases of financial elder abuse is reported, about 4%. By comparison according to the latest National Crime Victimization Studies, sexual assault, a notoriously underreported crime, is reported around 41% of the time.

These statistics make chilling sense because, quite frankly, elder abuse is impossibly hard to catch and distressingly easy to commit. After all, the victims are often incapable of recognizing the malignancy. The perpetrators are people whom they mostly trust and care for-- be it family, doctor or lawyer. And particularly in the case of financial abuse, illicit behavior can be veiled by a cloak of legal loop-holes, malleable medical diagnoses, and pure manipulation."



 

 
Legal loop holes, pure manipulation, 
malleable reports, OH MY!


In my conservator nightmare, who would you cast as Dorothy?
How about the Wizard of Oz?  The Wicked Witch of the West?


"I'm melting."
 


"There's no place
 like home."
 

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Chronology of a Conservatorship

True Life?


One of the children, often times the greediest, decides their parent needs a conservator and then files a petition to become the conservator for the parent.

Months, sometimes years go by and the other children begin to notice that just maybe the most greedy of the children really does not have the parent's best interests at heart.

The other siblings go to probate court in an attempt to have the most greedy of the children removed as conservator of their parent or even parents.

After many probate court proceedings, a "professional conservator" or two is appointed.  With two conservators, the estate is drained even faster.

So now you have two conservators, and each of them will need an attorney of their own.  The conservatee will also need a court appointed attorney.

Little by little, or very fast in some cases, the conservatee's money...their life savings...is used to pay for the professional conservators and the attorneys. 

Then the professional conservators decide that the conservatee needs to live in a convalescent hospital and the conservatee is moved from their home without the court's knowledge.  Eventhough the probate code requires notification within 30 days of such a move, these professional conservators and their attorneys file the paperwork at their leisure.  Based on personal experience, the paperwork was not submitted to the court for four months.

After the conservatee is moved from their home, the conservators then petition the court to sell the home.  The home is sold and the proceeds are used to pay for the fees of the professional conservators, the attorneys, the conservatee's attorney, real estate counsel, litigation counsel and case managers.

Within a very short time, the money is all gone and the conservatee is placed in a Medicaid funded nursing home because the money they saved all their lives has been paid to greedy attorneys, conservators and other "professionals" who prey on the elderly.

Families are destroyed.  The elderly die in Medicaid funded, sub-standard nursing home.  Loved ones are isolated and often times served with restraining orders by the conservators.  Often times the conservatee is denied visits from the family members that love them most.

The conservators then file a petition to end the conservatorship because all the money is gone!  They have completed their mission!

If you have any doubts regarding the validity of this scenario, check out....

PCN-07-290276!


Adler's Dirty Lies - Owen and Caridad



Based on my own documented experience, I can prove Elizabeth Adler lies.  Elizabeth Adler has lied to the SF Probate Court time after time regarding my case.  She continually perjures herself by signing Motions and Petitions that are full of "dirty fabrications".  Elizabeth Adler told my Uncle "IT'S MY JOB" when he asked her "HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?"  Ms. Adler and her many attorneys have destroyed countless families that have trusted the SF Probate Court.  Ms. Adler and her attorneys help themselves to millions and millions of dollars from family trusts.  What is most unbelievable is that she thinks she has the right to do what she does...and nobody does it "better" than Ms. Adler.



go to examiner.com to read the entire article...

The Sad Saga of Elder Abuse: 
Prevalence Far Greater Than Perception
by Albert Samaha
examiner.com

"As the depositions mounted, conflicting stories emerged. Adler testified that Vallangca emotionally abused Walsh, hence grounds for the retraining order. In the scathing testimony, Adler ripped apart Vallangca’s character through numerous anecdotes and suggested that Walsh deeply feared his wife. Upon reading the testimony, Vallangca was perplexed and angered. “It is all lies! Dirty fabrications,” she says with a twinge of grief, “I don’t understand how she could make up all those stories.” Vallangca’s lawyers quickly challenged the veracity of Adler’s testimony, bringing in ten witnesses to defend her character and presenting police and hospital reports contradicting Adler’s claim that Vallangca initiated an altercation with another woman on a public bus.'

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Heartache - Caridad Without Owen



another excerpt from...

The Sad Saga of Elder Abuse: Prevalence Far Greater Than Perception
by Albert Samaha
examiner.com



"The justice in this country is going down the toilet,” Vallangca remarks with the resigned sigh of a battered warrior and her mind drifts to her days as a Philippine guerilla, “When I had a Japanese sword put to my head because I wouldn’t talk, it was nothing compared to the pain and stress of this.”



Siracusa's Cash Cow

Add Two More Cases:
PTR-11-294650
PTR-10-293796

Total Cases for Wednesday:

39




Monday, June 27, 2011

Probate Court for Tuesday

San Francisco Probate Court Calendar
Siracusa & Company Cases
June 28, 2011

PTR-04-286717
PES-05-287868
PCN-07-289897
PCN-09-292728
PES-10-293915
PTR-10-294043
PCN-11-294365
PES-11-294641

Light Calendar Tuesday!

Larry Siracusa Seen Heading
 West on McAllister Street

Pre-Nuptial Agreement - Owen and Caridad

a short excerpt from...

The Sad Saga of Elder Abuse:
Prevalence Far Greater Than Perception
by Albert Samaha
examiner.com

"Vallangca believes Walsh’s children separated them in order to ensure Walsh’s will would not include her. To be sure, it is a harsh and dangerous accusation. One that implies the children would have been unaware of the couple’s nuptial agreement that guaranteed neither party would be granted any material property when the other died. Walsh’s children could not be reached for comment."

Lori's Comment:  Isn't it the responsibility of the Conservator of the Estate to locate all important documents regarding the well being of the conservatee?  I believe a prenuptial agreement would qualify as an important document considering the fact that the conservator was planning on initiating divorce proceedings against the conservatee's wife!

Based on my experience with Liz Adler, she probably never even gave Mrs. Walsh the time of day let alone ask for her input.  According to court records, she certainly did everything she could to keep Mrs. Walsh away from all court proceedings by filing exparte petitions to waive notification to Mrs. Walsh and then petitioning the court to keep the orders confidential.  Sneaky!  Sneaky!

I was not at all surprised to learn that according to the Handbook for Conservators published by the Superior Court of California and California Probate Code, Mrs. Walsh had many legal rights as the wife of the conservatee and those rights were seriously violated and totally ignored by Ms. Adler and her attorney.


Continue reading on Examiner.com...