Posted on 03/28/2005 10:40:43 PM PST by TeleStraightShooter
I am looking for a source that explains why Judge Greer disallowed all of the evidence presented to contradict Micheal Schivo's claim about "Terri's wish".
From what I gather, since no evidence was admitted to the contrary, Micheal Shivo's claim about "Terri's wish" was technically unchallenged.
Judge Greer's own words would be nice.
Probate courts in many jurisdictions handle a variety of miscellaneous legal tasks, such as handling wards of the state. They are sort of odd-jobs judges.
Greer felt the conversation couldn;t have had happened because Quinlin had alread died. But he admitted recently he was wrong about the date of her death and the conversation would have been time appropriate.
The whole thing stinks going back to the first hearing. Petty corruption and conflict of interest have been alledged. Also, pure incompetence is probably at play.
No doubt Greer will pen a book--perhaps he will have the preface done by MS.
He, like Shiavo, will use many words to say precisely nothing---and he'll make a mint in the doing.
Sad.
You mean STOP A COLD-BLOODED MURDER.
right ?
Is that the new spin lie machine talking points(Conspiracy?)
Christian Nutballs, those Jesus lovers, those crazy people that believe in God, those crazy people that believe in the TEN Commandments, Those crazy War Heros--now anti-gov't activists, Those crazy Pro-Life nuts, Those crazy Catholics, those crazy minority people protecting a white women, those crazy Right-wing nuts, those crazy people that believe in Family, Love, on and on it goes......
Who's next ? Veterans in the VA Hospitals ?
Because he was born and Brooklyn and has likely been a stealth commie for a long, long time.
Yep.
When a Cult(Scientologists) joins forces with Crooks(some Lawyers)
the out come can't be good.
Other people gave more than Felos did.
How about money? All guardianship cases are supposed to be audited? The man responsible for doing that in Pinellas county wrote this.
"Dirty Tricks of Guardianships ‚ The Need for Change."
by Robert W. Melton, Chief Auditor, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Pinellas County
Pinellas County Internal Auditor Robert W. Melton recently lectured at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg on: "Dirty Tricks of Guardianships ‚ The Need for Change."
Here are just 10 of the "dirty tricks," as outlined by Pinellas County Internal Auditor Robert W. Melton:
1) Guardian creation of a trust: Remove all oversight by the court as a provision of the trust agreement; guardian becomes trustee; provide that the trustee can do whatever they want at their sole discretion.
2) Sell real estate at lowball price: Use "lowball" valuations as a benchmark; don't list property with Realtors; sell to a land trust, where nobody knows the beneficiary; watch property resold a few months later for a huge increase.
3) Maximize your (or your crony's) profit from investments: Hire money manager for "financial expertise" and let the manager select an investment broker; invest in volatile stocks and trade frequently to generate commissions; if you run up a large gain, don't selectively liquidate over time to pay the taxes but hold a "fire sale" to raise funds all in one day.
4) Undervalue beginning inventory: Have a used-furniture "friend" value a house full of antiques for $3,000; "forget" to put some of the more expensive items on the inventory; "forget" to include a $40,000 certificate of deposit.
5) Pay yourself first: Make payment of guardian and attorney fees the highest priority; disregard mortgage payments and let ward's home go into foreclosure; squirrel away money in the attorney's escrow account for possible future expenses.
6) Maintain guardianship at all costs: Keep family members uninformed; if family members try to become guardian, accuse them of stealing; use the ward's assets for legal fights to retain guardianship.
7) Improper financial reporting: Bury asset-management and brokerage fees as aggregate capital losses "due to market fluctuations"; don't classify disbursements separately; file incomplete or incorrect safe-deposit box inventories.
8) Forced incompetency: Visit assisted-living facilities and establish employee contacts; obtain voluntary limited financial guardianship; if there is money in the estate, do paperwork to force an evaluation of competency; get control over everything and the ward loses all rights.
9) Pay your attorney well: Let attorney bill full rate to shop for a computer and set it up for the ward; let attorneys bill their full rate, even if work is done by a paralegal or assistant.
10) Forget to file federal tax returns: Ensure there is a refund; wait till the ward dies; get check without oversight.
http://www.justiceforfloridaseniors.org/dirty-guardian-tricks.html
So, what do you do when it is the "husband" who is murdering his "inconvenient" wife - using HER therapy moiney to pay for the lawyers to kill her.
I mean, it is slower that way than cutting her throat with a kitchen knife, but at least he doesn't have ot clean the floor afterwards.
Each year, thousands of woman are beat to death/cut/shot/knifed/throttled by the "loving" husbands you apparently want the state to to be supportive of.
Add Micheal to that list.
Micheal? Hatred, fear of dicovery (of her earlier (probable) beating and attack that led to the heart stoppage.) ow. Hatred of her parents. Used to be money - but he's past that now, though book deals and movie deals are coming back to be popular and lucrative.
Felos? Power. Death. Lawyer's reputateion. Influence. Notoriaity. Ablility to use her case to get in front of TV cameras. Able to use the case to get HIS legistlation passed in FL to kill people. More power. Death. Murder. Seeing people die in front of his eyes - As he wrote about in his book. Religion.
Greer? Power. NOBODY is going to tell him (now!) that he doesn't have absolute power in HIS court. HE has stood up to FL judges, critics, governors, presidents, COngress, ....
POWER. (And a fear of his earlier mistakes becoming exposed.)
Because he could. Duh.
"When a Cult(Scientologists) joins forces with Crooks(some Lawyers)
the out come can't be good."
LOL! That is SO very true.
Glad you qualified only "some lawyers" as crooks. ;o)
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