“I could have gotten out of bed and danced the jig,” Michael Kidd said after hearing about the status of his home.
Relief is all Michael and Jean Kidd are feeling right now. A trustee’s deed filed in mid August indicated their home would be sold on the courthouse steps. The foreclosure sale was called off, at least for now.
“Just knowing that the pressure if off for awhile, that is what made me the happiest,” Kidd said.
“I sure felt like we were deserted by the whole world for awhile. It makes me feel a whole lot better,” Jean said.
The state placed the Kidds in the Countryside Nursing Home after deciding the couple, age 67 and 70, could not manage their affairs. Michael had fallen and broken his hip. The hospital called Adult Protective Services after Jean had been in the waiting room for several days. Jean suffers from memory loss. The state took over all of the Kidd’s money, appointed them a financial guardian and sent them off to Pilot Point.Their Richardson house was left vacant. The Kidd’s have no idea how much money is left or how it is being spent.
“I need some explanations,” said Senator Jane Nelson of Flower Mound. “I want to know how that can happen,”
Senator Nelson says she is so outraged with the Kidd’s story she wrote the Commissioner of Health and Human Services a letter. Nelson asked the Department to re-evaluate the Kidd’s medical condition and whether they even need a guardian.
“I just can’t imagine how this can happen. It is so degrading,” said Nelson.
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“I need some explanations,” said Senator Jane Nelson of Flower Mound. “I want to know how that can happen,”
ReplyDeleteEasy with court approval, and it is done everyday in the USA.
I have a feeling this common scheme to auction off the Kidd's home on the court house steps under COLOR OF LAW for profit was killed / terminated due in part to Senator Nelson learning about the Kidd's dire situation, some of the truth about how the guardianship system benefits the guardians and the probate loop, while hurting the wards of the state.
Senator Nelson has my admiration and appreciation for stepping up and doing the right thing.
And yes, those in positions of power have a lot to learn about what is waiting for millions of Americans, this is only the tip of the iceburg all with court approval and they are waiting for you and me.
And, many thanks to the reporters who released this story. Most of the time, the stories are killed, never hit the airwaves or the newspapers. Media and press are critical in getting the truth out.
Thank you to all who made a positive difference.
Applause for Senator Jane Nelson and celebration for the Kidd family!
ReplyDeleteI hope this stay is not just temporary until the heat of publicity dies down.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the follow up on this story. I am glad to know things are turning around for the family.
ReplyDeleteThe selling of the home is the first most important thing bad guardians do. That way, there's no escape for the Ward who has been confined to a nursing facility.
ReplyDeleteThe home is the Ward's life raft. The guardian has to sell the house first so there's nowhere for the Ward to go.
I am glad the Kidds foiled this plot. And they did it with the help of the media.
Where was the judge when this plot was going on?
The judge is part of the club "approving" whatever the guardian and the probate club submitted to the court.
ReplyDeleteI agree with helensniece, this gang of thieves is waiting for us, our property and our assets.
Hooray, some good news!
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