Chief Probate Judge Jennie Barkey put Flint attorney Jim Trembly in charge of the day-to-day affairs of the elderly couple. Three of their children — including Leyton's wife, Therese — are fighting a request by another sister for the appointment of a permanent guardian and conservator.
Leyton, who is not a party to the case, has said he has not involved himself in the family controversy, and is simply acting as a support for his wife.
The hearing came after the county's elder abuse prevention team's filed a report this month saying Leyton's in-laws "are not getting the appropriate medical care they desperately require for their declining physical and mental conditions."
Attorneys for Therese Leyton and her siblings have said reports by the elder abuse agency have been inaccurate in describing conditions in the home.
Barkey also ordered a 90-day adjournment in the case after attorneys for Leyton's mother-in-law and father-in-law requested it, saying they believed the cooling-off period could help promote a settlement in the case without a trial.
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3 comments:
Hey, we all knew this would happen, didn't we?
The possible good in this, if there is any good, is that prosecutor Leyton will get a bitter education in guardianship abuse and might take up our cause as a result.
Yes, we knew, StandUp, but we hoped it wouldn't happen, too.
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