Happy Birthday Nono!

March 12th is my Grandfather's birthday.
Nono... I think of you every day and wish so
much that you were here.  I love and miss you.
Lori

gone yet not forgotten
although we are apart
your spirit lives within me
forever in my heart. -unknown

          

BEWARE!

Beware of these San Francisco Probate 
Fiduciaries, Conservators and Attorneys:

Elizabeth Adler
Professional Fiduciary and Conservator

Lawrence Siracusa
Witherspoon & Siracusa, Elizabeth Adler's Attorney

Herb Thomas
Professional Fiduciary and Conservator

Elvira Orly
Herb Thomas' Attorney

Bruce Feder
Court Appointed Attorney

Brian McCaffery
Elizabeth Adler's Litigation Attorney

Anne Marie Paolini-Mori
Attorney

Emilie Calhoun
Attorney

Charles K. Lewis
Attorney

For Sale - 1462 11th Avenue

Elizabeth Adler, Professional Conservator and Fiduciary  has decided that our family's house is UNRENTABLE!

More About the Conservatorship Crisis

Shocking But True...

On January 14, 2011, Elizabeth Adler, Professional Conservator, filed two Petitions in San Francisco Superior Court’s Probate Department.  The purpose of the Petitions was to obtain court approval for payment of conservatorship related fees for both Ms. Adler and her attorney, Lawrence Siracusa of Witherspoon&Siracusa in San Francisco.  The reporting period covered a period of 15 months and the total fees requested were:

$88,101.27

$88,101.27 for one of two conservators and one attorney.  There are additional “professionals” involved.  Some have already staked their claim…

Herb Thomas, Conservator:  He has submitted his Petition but I have not seen it yet.  My guess is that he just copied Adler’s Petition, and I expect his fee request to be somewhere around $40,000.

Elvira Orly, Herb Thomas’ attorney.  Again, have not seen the Petition but $20,000 is probably a conservative guess.

Bruce Feder, Court appointed attorney for my Grandmother.  No Petition.  I have no idea.  $75-100,000?

Brian McCaffery, Elizabeth Adler’s litigation attorney.  Mr. McCaffery was retained after my attorney told the Judge I wanted a jury trial.  What are they afraid of?  Has already been paid a $5000 retainer from the Trust.

Anne Marie Paolini-Mori, my Grandmother’s attorney for 4 weeks who has submitted a bill for approximately $10,000. 

Emilie Calhoun, my brother’s attorney who is requesting that the Trust pay her $80,000.  Ms. Calhoun filed a 150 page document in July of 2009 at the direction of my brother’s sociopath girlfriend who had been accused of killing her ex-husband’s aunt while caring for her under similar circumstances.  The document included a declaration that was supposedly signed by my Grandmother.  I later had it analyzed by TWO forensic handwriting specialists.  One of them works for the SFPD!  The declaration is a forgery.  Coincidentally, the now ex-girlfriend is a convicted felon.  Her crime….FORGERY!

Total fees that these vultures have requested that the Trust pay…nearly $350,000 in 15 months.  This is the best part of all.  We mediated a settlement of this case in October of 2009 and the case was dismissed!!!

The hearing regarding the Petitions for Fees is scheduled for March 30, 2011 at 9:00 am.

Believe It!

CALIFORNIA CONSERVATORSHIP LEGISLATION

On September 27, 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger signed the “Omnibus Conservatorship and Guardianship Reform Act of 2006.”   The act is a package of four sets of legislation created to provide enhanced protections for conservatees; create a regulatory system for professional conservators and guardians; and mandate creation of standards for background and education for the court staff personnel, court investigators and attorneys who are appointed to represent conservatees, along with the judges themselves who are in charge of the conservatorship system in California’s 58 superior courts.

Fast forward to 2011, nearly 5 years after the legislation was signed by the Governor…

Based on my first hand experience, I know that the San Francisco Superior Court does not enforce these 5 year old laws.  Below you will find my real life examples.

Elizabeth Adler filed her first accounting on January 14, 2011, and the 2006 legislation requires that she follow the requirements mandated by the legislation:

1.    If the conservator is a professional or licensed conservator, the conservator shall file all ORIGINAL account statements showing the balance of all periods covered by the accounting.

2.    If the conservatee is in a residential care facility or a long term care facility, the filing shall include the original bill statements for the facility.

3.    If the accounting is the first accounting of the conservatorship, the conservator shall provide to the court all account statements showing the account balance immediately preceding the date the conservator was appointed and all account statements showing the account through the closing date of the first accounting.

4.   With each accounting, the conservator shall file supporting documents.

$9600.  $600 per month for 16 months that was supposedly given to my Grandmother who has severe Alzheimer’s dementia and sadly does not know the difference between $6 and $600.  No receipts.  No justification.  No proof that this money was used for my Grandmother’s benefit.  My guess is that it was used for the caretaker’s benefit!

$85,000.  Nine months of caretaker services paid to Senior Pro Services.  State law REQUIRES details.  None were provided.  The names of the caretakers were not provided and there was no accountability for hours.  Several times I requested information regarding the caretakers’ credentials, work status, insurance, etc.  I was flat out refused access to this information.  My guess is that they were not credentialed, did not have the right to work in the US, did not have valid drivers’ licenses, etc.  $85,000 represented by a couple of line items on a sheet of paper.  NO documentation in support of these charges.

$5250.  Over a 10 month period miscellaneous charges paid to the caregivers.  Mileage, lunches, haircuts and manicures.  NO receipts and no proof that these miscellaneous charges benefited my Grandmother in any way.

$750.  $150 per month for five months for household petty cash.  No receipts.  NOTHING!

$3000.  To the other conservator, Herb Thomas, for miscellaneous expenses.  NO RECEIPTS!

As stated previously, the 2006 legislation requires the conservator to file ORIGINAL bank and other financial related statements. 

BANK OF AMERICA, CHARLES SCHWAB & COMPANY, US BANK, WELLS FARGO, WASHINGTON MUTUAL, CITIBANK…

Not one original statement was included in the accounting.

The accounting also included a list of other expenses supposedly paid by Ms. Adler yet NO SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION was included:

Groceries, supplies, prescriptions, medical co-pays, hauling services, dental and medical fees, appraisals, replaced carpeting, etc.  NO documentation.

I filed my accounting with the court in January.  It contained OVER 1500 pages of supporting documentation, and I’m not even a “professional” like Ms. Adler!

 

Conservator Owned Probate Properties - Astounding!

THE TRUTH!
The conservator system in San Francisco is corrupt.  The conservator system across the United States is corrupt.  Below you will find two links.  Both links will provide you with information regarding the number of probate properties owned by the two conservators assigned to "PROTECT" my Grandmother...ELIZABETH ADLER AND HERB THOMAS!  These are properties that these two conservators have stolen from the people they are supposed to protect.  Keep in mind these are partial lists.


http://sf.blockshopper.com/search?f=seller&q=Elizabeth+Adler
http://sf.blockshopper.com/search?q=Herb+Thomas&classes%5B%5D=Sale