Jerry Lewis' wife Patty threatened with eviction by nursing home

Jerry Lewis' children from first marriage fighting famous father's will calling it a fraud

Late comedian #Jerry Lewis' first wife and mother to six of his children Patty Lewis has been threatened with eviction by the nursing home where she resides. Since Jerry's death last August it has been one struggle after the next for Lewis' first family. Following Lewis' passing funds that had been provided for Patty since the couple's divorce in 1980 were suddenly cut off according to Hollywood News Daily reports.

Jerry Lewis intentionally left six children out of his will

Jerry and Patty Lewis were married for 36 years and had six children together, one which is deceased. #Gary Lewis is fighting to keep mom safe and taken care of and has set up a GoFundMe page in hopes of doing so.

Not only is the family fighting for their mom's rights, they are also fighting their father's estate and have claimed that Jerry's will is a fake.

San Dee Lewis and daughter inherit $75 million

Gary Lewis claims that Jerry's signature on the has been forged and that he has proof. Gary had the signature examined by a professional forensic graphologist who has declared the signature a fraud. The family is also in the process of contesting the will which states that Jerry Lewis purposely excluded his six children and their descendants from inheriting one cent from his $75 million estate.

Coincidentally, the entirety of the estate was left to Jerry's second wife San Dee and their daughter Danielle. The entire situation is a painful and ugly battle for the family. Gary Lewis has told the family's story to authors Richard Lertzman and William Birnes for a new biography book that will detail Jerry Lewis' life with Patty and their six children.

Jerry's sons have revealed that growing up with their father was sheer "hell" stating that he was verbally and physically abusive to them. It looks as if the battle over Jerry Lewis' estate could be a long and fierce battle, it also has all the makings to rank along the same lines as Casey Kasem and #Glen Campbell's estate battles, making it one of the nastiest celebrity family battles of the decade.

As previously reported, Casey Kasem and Glen Campbell's families are currently fighting amongst themselves over their famous father's estates and last wishes. Kasem passed away in 2014 and the battle continues within the courts between Kasem's children and Kasem's widow Jean Kasem. Glen Campbell, who passed away in August after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease family continues to battle over the estate and their father's care during the time of his illness.

With the exception of Jerry Lewis, who purposely disowned the majority of his children, the long nasty drawn-out court battles are very sad. These types of celebrity family legal cases over money are not the first and will surely not be the last. When it comes to money, sadly, in a lot of cases it will drive a wedge between even the closest of families.

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NPR: As Nursing Homes Evict Patients, States Question Motive

by Inn Jaffe

People complain about nursing homes a lot: the food's no good or there's not enough staff, and so on. It's a long list. But the top complaint, according to the federal government, is eviction from a nursing home.

Technically, it's known as involuntary discharge, and in 2015 it brought in more than 9,000 complaints. Now, a couple of states are looking for ways to hold nursing homes accountable for unnecessary evictions.

One of those states is Maryland.

Brian Frosh, the state's attorney general, says that, in Maryland, more than half of all involuntary discharges have come from just one small chain of nursing homes run by Neiswanger Management Services, or NMS Healthcare.

"Your odds of getting evicted from an NMS nursing home are about a hundred times what they are of any other nursing home in the state," says Frosh.

Maryland is now suing NMS for Medicaid fraud. The suit alleges that the company charged the state for services it didn't deliver, specifically for discharge planning. Nursing homes are supposed to make sure a resident has a safe place to go. But Frosh says that NMS sent residents with complex medical needs to homeless shelters or to unlicensed board-and-care facilities.

For example, according to the complaint, a woman with severe dementia was dropped off in front her son's home. Someone from NMS "just opened the car door and let her out and drove away," says Frosh. "Her son found her wandering around several hours later when he came home from work."

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Radio Legend with Alzheimers Facing Nursing Home Eviction

Now this is very different, quite often we are so accustomed to writing stories about sad, once prominent radio and music industry legends, who ran through their money and ended up with nothing. Nevertheless, this case speaks volumes for those who DID plan ahead, SAVED money and STILL end up broke.

Over the weekend, I read a heart-wrenching story about Philly radio legend Mary Mason, who is was living out her last days in a nursing home … broke or at least “cash poor.”

Mason, was once a very prominent figure and black talk radio host in Philly working on the air for over 40 years on the AM frequency as a political pundit, community supporter, an& advocate as well as disciplinarian for the black community. She is now sitting in a wheelchair, leaning to the side, without the ability to speak or remember anything and declining.

During her heyday, she was wise enough to leverage her assets into real estate and other investments. She sold time for the station and hosted many events and was a board member for many committee organizations to earn extra money. Without question, Mason was wisely planning for her retirement.
Unfortunately, perfect planning can still go awry.

When she left radio and 2010, she had $1.5 million in assets. She left her estate to her son C. Steven Turner II, and allowed him to take over her care in the event that she could not take care of herself.

He was alarmed at Mason’s decline and strange behavior and immediately went to work to help with his mother after her diagnosis. She was diagnosed with Dementia which quickly progressed to Alzheimer’s the same year she left radio, 2010. Initially, Mason’s son was doing well with her care until his untimely death at the age of 62 in 2012. By that time, Mason was declining rapidly in a nursing home. All care along with her finances then transferred to her only living recorded relative, her 32-year-old grandson Steven Turner IV who was initially, making payments to the nursing home of an estimated $7000 per month, then suddenly the payments ceased.

Montgomery County Orphans’ Court appointed financial guardianship for Mason to attorney David A. Jaskowiak, Esq. who then filed an emergency petition, seeking the return to Mason’s estate of an estimated $1.5 million from Turner but court documents showed Turner had already written checks in the amounts of $100,000, $150,000, and $550,000. As this would indicate there still may be an approximate $700,000 left from Mason’s assets, the acquisition may not be quick enough to sustain her stay at the nursing home while on her deathbed. She is facing eviction for nonpayment.

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