How badly does a Connecticut probate judge have to misbehave before the Council on Probate Judicial Conduct really lowers the boom?
As outrageous as his conduct was, as destructive as it was to the public's trust in the probate system, Southington Probate Judge Bryan Meccariello last week was only censured by a weak-kneed Council on Probate Judicial conduct.
Judge Meccariello deserved harsher discipline for his mishandling of the estate of Josephine Smoron. He deserved the ultimate that the council could hand down — a recommendation for impeachment.
The judge should resign his office immediately or face impeachment by the General Assembly — unless the voters in the newly combined Southington-Cheshire probate district throw him out in the Nov. 2 election.
And if state prosecutors aren't looking for possible criminal conduct on the part of one or more people involved in the virtual hijacking of the Smoron estate, they should.
This is a frightening story.
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Impeach This Probate Judge
If I write a will BEFORE I become incapacitated, it MUST be honored! How dare these judges take on such power? Meccariello must go!
ReplyDeleteYES! This reminds me of the new Impeach Randy Kennedy (TN) movement!
ReplyDeleteNo, Anonymous, unfortunately if you write a will prior to incompetency, there's no guarantee it will be honored. That's part of the problem we're dealing with.
ReplyDeleteThe brethern always protect each other!
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