"Patricia Anderson was the attorney who represented the Schindlers for years. It's not a stretch that she would also be a notary."
Okay, let's accept that that is the case.
A few questions:
1) Is there somewhere that references her?
2) Why doesn't the notary # appear when a search is done at the Florida Dept of State?
3) Why is there no name below Patricia Anderson's signature, as required by Florida statute?
See this site : http://notaries.dos.state.fl.us/education/faq/index.html
And this question "When notarizing a signature, what elements must be included in my notarial certificate?"
The county and state do appear (I just caught it) at the top of the document.
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There are 23 Patricia Anderson's listed. A google search of Pat Anderson and Schiavo will bring up many references.
Thomas Brodersen notarized the Heidi Law deposition and
Bob Roberts notarized Trudy Capone's affidavit which can be found here: http://www.zimp.org/stuff/nav.htm
Is it conceivable that they get new commission numbers when renewed? There is a record of a Patricia J. Anderson who's commission was issued 12/13/2003, the day after the expiration date on the seal in the alleged affidavit.
3) Why is there no name below Patricia Anderson's signature, as required by Florida statute?
I just checked several notarized documents (notarized in Florida) in my posession which do not show the notary's name below the signature. Just a signature and a seal. I expect the seal, which gives the notary's name, satisfies any statutory requirement.
You also point out that the "Did/Did Not take an oath" is not marked. Notaries, like other mortals, make mistakes. I recently had mortgage documents for a re-fi notarized in several places, and the notary forgot to write the date with one signature he notarized. That seems like an equally fundamental error... and the notary knew better... but it happened.