tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188962665077629417.post2402793902800566074..comments2024-03-16T10:27:24.590-05:00Comments on National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse: Columbus Lawyer Gives Up All Guardianship CasesNASGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750715258684749317noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188962665077629417.post-4857849632528150462014-09-15T08:47:50.891-05:002014-09-15T08:47:50.891-05:00Jewish Family Service of Tidewater has about 560 &...Jewish Family Service of Tidewater has about 560 "clients."<br /><br />Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia has about 184 "clients."<br /><br />In their zeal to become the biggest public guardianship programs in the country, these agencies have forgotten their very purpose: the protection of the elderly and disabled.<br /><br />Five minute rubber stamp sessions in front of a specially chosen judge, with just the hand-picked guardian ad litem "for" the incapacitated person present, are not the exception, but the norm. These programs actively cheat people out of their statutory and constitutional right to an attorney, and go to great lengths to make sure that neither the "client" nor family members or other concerned citizens know about or attend the court hearing, all to prevent the judge from hearing the truth.<br /><br />When problems inevitably arise, the hand-picked GAL simply blows off phone calls and communicates a series of outrageous lies to the court ex parte. If the GAL is forced to respond, she tells these indigent people and their family members that they can hire another attorney, at thousands and thousands of dollars, to seek court review or change of the guardianship. She then obstructs that court hearing by any means possible, including further lies and ex parte contacts.<br /><br />As a result, an untold number of helpless, voiceless incapacitated people are stuck in dysfunctional, even dangerous, public guardianships, while a handful of sleazy lawyers laugh all the way to the bank.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188962665077629417.post-50060588172316600962014-09-14T17:53:43.834-05:002014-09-14T17:53:43.834-05:00THANK YOU Columbus Dispatch! THANK YOU Columbus Dispatch! Finnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188962665077629417.post-70938946165550230962014-09-14T14:20:49.440-05:002014-09-14T14:20:49.440-05:00How could anyone possibly take care of the needs o...How could anyone possibly take care of the needs of 400 wards!!! sickening!! Kathleennoreply@blogger.com