Mom Alleges Conspiracy

After her daughter was abused, Brenda Bryant spent a decade fighting on her behalf. Now, two years later, a court-appointed guardian is fighting to end all contact between the two, saying Bryant is a controlling parent who refuses to allow doctors and social workers to treat her daughter.

Bryant alleges a conspiracy between the state and the caregivers who now watch over her daughter, a 34-year-old mentally retarded woman.

Bryant: "It's been orchestrated."

The latest troubles began in May, when Bryant learned a probate judge had appointed a Greenville attorney to act as guardian ad litem - a volunteer appointed to work on behalf of children - for her daughter. Within a week, Bryant says her daughter refused to take her calls at the group home where she lives, and the guardian soon filed a petition seeking to remove Bryant as her daughter's legal and financial custodian.


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Missing Money Over 300K

A final report shows that nearly $335,000 is missing from the estates of past clients of Karyn McConnell Hancock, a former Toledo attorney who is being investigated for thefts.

A report indicated $34,632.46 was missing from the Chapman estate, bringing the amount missing from Ms. McConnell Hancock's probate clients to the more than $300,000 figure. She is also being investigated for thefts from other clients.

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