A 72-year-old former caregiver, now living in Arizona, is mentally competent and does not need a guardian to deal with accusations she schemed to benefit financially from the estates of the late June M. Farrington and her surviving brother, Worth Farrington, a court-appointed attorney said.
Joan Morgante’s mental competency had come under question as her relationship with both Farringtons was scrutinized.
“It is clear and convincing to me that presently she is not an incapacitated person,” attorney Arcangelo J. Petricca said in court papers.
Petricca had been asked by Erie County Surrogate Barbara Howe to report on her condition.
Petricca’s finding means Morgante could be compelled to testify if June Farrington’s contested multimillion-dollar estate is not resolved through a settlement.
Morgante, formerly the Farringtons’ caregiver, has been accused of participating in a “wrongful scheme” to steer their money to their former estate lawyer, Stephen M. Newman, and herself, at the expense of charities that had counted on collecting her assets.
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Caregiver is Called Competent
Boy, this is a double edged sword. Did they deep her competent so they could throw the book at her or is she really competent?
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