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!
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