Daniel Gross, an eighty-six-year-old resident of New York, went to a Connecticut hospital for treatment of leg problems and ended up, as a result of a conservator’s appointment, a locked ward of a nursing home where he unnecessarily remained for almost ten months. During that time, Gross charges that his assets were dissipated:
Connecticut Conservatorship
How Can This Happen?
Maydelle Trambarulo's expected 30 to 60 stay in Connecticut lasted over three years:
Losing Control: Bringing Maydelle Home
Fox 5 Investigates: Guardian Abuse
Judith Desautell was forced into a nursing home, and her house was sold to pay for it. Her things were thrown out, her cat was taken to the pound and only 10 garbage bags of her belongings were kept—a haphazard collection of clothes (no shoes, no coats), a dead plant and some material scraps: Losing Control
If you are elderly and you are driving through or visiting relatives in Connecticut and become sick, Official Connecticut wants to rip you and your heirs off:
It is unsafe for Americans to live or even drive through Connecticut
The as-yet unsuccessful push to substantially reform the state's Probate Court system in the past has been propelled by studies showing parts of it to be inefficient, inequitable and, in some cases, unprofessional:
Probate woes becoming expensive, too
A phalanx of court-appointed lawyers — acting on her behalf and on her dime — is fighting 88 year old Rose Quattro and desire to live her remaining days with her son. "Some criminals receive better treatment than Quattro":
Shameful Abuse Of Probate
Alarmed German authorities are asking for an investigation into how Margot Claus, a German Citizen, was taken from New York and moved to Connecticut. A probate court judge in February named a North Haven woman, Linda Eger, conservator of Claus' sizable estate:
Probate Abuses Yet Again
Death and taxes are said to be the two things in life that are inevitable but in Connecticut you can add going through the probate court system as well. The system is running out of money and if someone in your family dies in the near future, you will probably pay more because of it:
Calls to revamp probate system in state
When citizens of our state ask me about Connecticut probate, I give this simple advice: Try not to die in Connecticut:
The Scandal of Connecticut's Probate Courts
Connecticut Conservatorship
How Can This Happen?
Maydelle Trambarulo's expected 30 to 60 stay in Connecticut lasted over three years:
Losing Control: Bringing Maydelle Home
Fox 5 Investigates: Guardian Abuse
Judith Desautell was forced into a nursing home, and her house was sold to pay for it. Her things were thrown out, her cat was taken to the pound and only 10 garbage bags of her belongings were kept—a haphazard collection of clothes (no shoes, no coats), a dead plant and some material scraps: Losing Control
If you are elderly and you are driving through or visiting relatives in Connecticut and become sick, Official Connecticut wants to rip you and your heirs off:
It is unsafe for Americans to live or even drive through Connecticut
The as-yet unsuccessful push to substantially reform the state's Probate Court system in the past has been propelled by studies showing parts of it to be inefficient, inequitable and, in some cases, unprofessional:
Probate woes becoming expensive, too
A phalanx of court-appointed lawyers — acting on her behalf and on her dime — is fighting 88 year old Rose Quattro and desire to live her remaining days with her son. "Some criminals receive better treatment than Quattro":
Shameful Abuse Of Probate
Alarmed German authorities are asking for an investigation into how Margot Claus, a German Citizen, was taken from New York and moved to Connecticut. A probate court judge in February named a North Haven woman, Linda Eger, conservator of Claus' sizable estate:
Probate Abuses Yet Again
Death and taxes are said to be the two things in life that are inevitable but in Connecticut you can add going through the probate court system as well. The system is running out of money and if someone in your family dies in the near future, you will probably pay more because of it:
Calls to revamp probate system in state
When citizens of our state ask me about Connecticut probate, I give this simple advice: Try not to die in Connecticut:
The Scandal of Connecticut's Probate Courts
According to an article about Daniel Gross who was placed in a Connecticut conservatorship even though he had no legal connection to Connecticut, a Yale Law School professor had this to say:
"The probate system rewards the judges' pals."
"These courts are venal and disgraceful."
"These aren't real judges."
"These people have no training or background in the procedures and evidence appropriate to ventilating issues of liberty."
"The probate system rewards the judges' pals."
"These courts are venal and disgraceful."
"These aren't real judges."
"These people have no training or background in the procedures and evidence appropriate to ventilating issues of liberty."