Citing “significant concerns” that she charged excessive fees to her clients, Davidson County Probate Judge David Randy Kennedy Wednesday permanently suspended Public Guardian Jeanan Mills Stuart and vowed to help seek her replacement.Stuart, who had held the job for five years, submitted a resignation letter effective in a week. Her letter was forwarded to members of Metro Council along with a letter from Kennedy announcing her termination.
In his five-paragraph letter to council, Kennedy wrote that while most conservatorship cases, including those assigned to Stuart “have been handled properly; even the perception that excessive fees have been charged is inexcusable.”
Stuart’s termination and simultaneous resignation follows a series of Tennessean stories raising questions about her billing practices.
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I am sure many, many wards (victims) are celebrating!
ReplyDeleteThank you, the Tennessean!
Ahhhh, not feeling so good Stuart?
ReplyDeleteCelebration time and a long time coming.
ReplyDeleteI won't celebrate until Kennedy is removed.
ReplyDeleteI won't celebrate until Kennedy is removed!
ReplyDeleteExploitation of the Elderly and Abuse of power. They should both be in Jail away from the Public they prey on!
ReplyDeleteJudge Kennedy, Stuart's not going to like being thrown under the bus!
ReplyDeleteLong overdue.
ReplyDeleteWhy did it take a series of newspaper articles to finally embarrass this judge into doing his job?
And what about corrupt public guardians and dishonest guardians ad litem in other areas of the country, like Hampton Roads, Virginia, who violate their fiduciary duty to their helpless, innocent clients every day?
Who is going to follow up and end the cover-up of this abuse and neglect?
What will it take? How many people have to suffer and die?
Glad to know Judge Kennedy had enough logic to suspend Ms. Staurt....what about accountability? What makes her so special to skip a jail sentence or accountability with a slap on her wrist. Raises my
ReplyDeletecuriosity......might be more to that story.