Melodie Scott, a prominent Inland conservator, could be going out of business after a state board refused to grant her a license last year.
That means Scott, unless she wins an appeal hearing expected in March, will continue to surrender her clients to other conservators or family members who assume responsibility.
Scott is the owner of Conservatorship & Resources for the Elderly Inc. in downtown Redlands.
She once oversaw the care of nearly 100 people in San Bernardino, Riverside and Los Angeles counties.
On Aug. 7, the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau, a Department of Consumer Affairs panel that licenses professional conservators, denied Scott the license she needs to be a professional financial caretaker.
According to the panel's statement of issues, Scott's application was denied after she knowingly made a false statement on March 31.
The document said Scott falsely stated that "she has never settled or resigned from a case in which she was a fiduciary and a complaint had been filed against her in court."
That case referred to a 2006 lawsuit involving Helen Jones, a Yucaipa woman who sought to remove Scott as her conservator. On March 30, 2006, Superior Court Judge Frank Gafkowski accepted Scott's resignation as Jones' conservator five days before a trial was set to begin.
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Prominent Inland conservator to halt work
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"I could be a shoe salesman at a five-and-dime store yesterday and a professional conservator or guardian today" says Melodie Scott, a Redlands, California, conservator who has been certified by the National Guardianship Foundation, the certification arm of the National Guardianship Association.
Stolen Lives
After a 2-year struggle, a Yucaipa woman is granted removal of a conservator who took control of her finances without her knowledge.
This Widow Wins a Needed Break
Beth claims that conservator Melodie Scott did not properly fulfill her fiduciary duties as her mother’s conservator. She is accusing Scott of nearly dissolving her mother’s savings, worth $239,000, within the first four years of managing Elizabeth Fairbanks’s estate, was faulty in her bookkeeping, and withheld medical care from Elizabeth when she fell out of bed in 2005 and when she died from pneumonia last year.
California Woman Claims Her Late Mother’s Conservator Withheld Medical Care And Kept Faulty Books
The conservator by the name of Melodie Scott is in control of MY grandparents estate currently...people like her need some harsh punishment, I tell you!
Neglect, Isolation and Plundering
Melodie Scott is registered with the National Guardianship Association
That means Scott, unless she wins an appeal hearing expected in March, will continue to surrender her clients to other conservators or family members who assume responsibility.
Scott is the owner of Conservatorship & Resources for the Elderly Inc. in downtown Redlands.
She once oversaw the care of nearly 100 people in San Bernardino, Riverside and Los Angeles counties.
On Aug. 7, the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau, a Department of Consumer Affairs panel that licenses professional conservators, denied Scott the license she needs to be a professional financial caretaker.
According to the panel's statement of issues, Scott's application was denied after she knowingly made a false statement on March 31.
The document said Scott falsely stated that "she has never settled or resigned from a case in which she was a fiduciary and a complaint had been filed against her in court."
That case referred to a 2006 lawsuit involving Helen Jones, a Yucaipa woman who sought to remove Scott as her conservator. On March 30, 2006, Superior Court Judge Frank Gafkowski accepted Scott's resignation as Jones' conservator five days before a trial was set to begin.
Full Article and Source:
Prominent Inland conservator to halt work
More information on Scott:
"I could be a shoe salesman at a five-and-dime store yesterday and a professional conservator or guardian today" says Melodie Scott, a Redlands, California, conservator who has been certified by the National Guardianship Foundation, the certification arm of the National Guardianship Association.
Stolen Lives
After a 2-year struggle, a Yucaipa woman is granted removal of a conservator who took control of her finances without her knowledge.
This Widow Wins a Needed Break
Beth claims that conservator Melodie Scott did not properly fulfill her fiduciary duties as her mother’s conservator. She is accusing Scott of nearly dissolving her mother’s savings, worth $239,000, within the first four years of managing Elizabeth Fairbanks’s estate, was faulty in her bookkeeping, and withheld medical care from Elizabeth when she fell out of bed in 2005 and when she died from pneumonia last year.
California Woman Claims Her Late Mother’s Conservator Withheld Medical Care And Kept Faulty Books
The conservator by the name of Melodie Scott is in control of MY grandparents estate currently...people like her need some harsh punishment, I tell you!
Neglect, Isolation and Plundering
Melodie Scott is registered with the National Guardianship Association
So, when does the criminal case begin?
ReplyDeleteWhen do the former wards sue Melodie Scott?
In the meantime, I am going out dancing in the streets - time to celebrate.
One down and how many more to go?
Thank you for the good news!
This is wonderful news!
ReplyDeleteI am sorry Helen Jones isn't alive to enjoy this!
2006? It's about time!
ReplyDeleteHow many other "Melodie Scotts" are there in the NGA?
What goes around, comes around. And now it's finally coming around to Melodie Scott!
ReplyDeleteShe needs to be PROSECUTED and sent to prison for a very long time! Seize all HER assets for her victims
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