Corrupt Probate attorney- need help!

[nancylynn]

What is the name of your state? Connecticut

My parents died in 2004 and 2005. Their assets including a paid for home were split between myself and my son. Basically, the attorney had already decided he was going to own the home and have his 2 Russian maintenance men fix it up- then he would resell it. He presented us as tenants not heirs.

Actions included:
1)lies
2)fraud
3)collusion with bank of America branch
4)sending bills for meetings never held
5)condoning break-in- BURGLARY of the home by one of the prospective buyers
6)Prospective buyers realtor stated they paid $160,000 for the house. In fact it sold for 433,500. Where did the money come from?
7)opening father's safe deposit box alone
8)threatening us
9)when we decided not to sell (it was past the contract)- he said essentially there was nothing he could do about it and threatened us.
10)had us tracked and monitored our calls (had bills sent to him)
11)After we gave in and said sell, we were never informed of the closing and did not attend. Were not permitted.
12)an independent realtor stated contract was invalid. The attorney also rented my dad's beach club unit for 4000 to a family and never showed us any contract- usually the rental goes for over 10,000. He had all kinds of meetings and bills that he did not explain.
13)Before we left the state- he had our car hooked up with a gps monitor which we discovered in the midwest when the car broke down and was put on a lift
14)We were followed and harrassed- one CT car followed us 5 states
They tried to run us off the road.
15)We were shot at by a trooper in another state for no reason- Onstar came on in our vehicle and we did not pay for onstar.
16)He essentially attempted to have us eliminated.

I know it sounds farfetched, but it absolutely true. The States' attorney took the case last fall but then recently backed out and said we should file a grievance. Well, we do not want the attorney making any plans to eliminate us again. We do have enough information to have him disbarred.

Does anyone have any good advice? Should we just let it go as obviously he has the connections,power, and money. (Much more occurred then I have mentioned here.)
Please help. We are very afraid of this man. We have made copies of the documents and the witnesses we have and have made sure they will be intact even if the attorney continues his harrassment.What is the name of your state?

 

[seniorjudge]

http://www.jud.ct.gov/OCDC/faq.htm

 

[nancylynn]

to Senior Judge

The CT State's Attorney- Richard Blumenthal- wrote to me in October and informed me that he would "help us in any possible way." He assigned an investigative team to the case- Public Inquiry # 238125-Special Litigation Unit.
I sent in a 33 page document and also what I could find to support the case. For example, I found out that the "buyers" were charged by local police with Burglary and with Criminal Trespass. I only learned this about 2 months ago when I came back to the area (I am actually quite frightened to be in this locale). Well- the hard copy of the Burglary report was "missing" but I did get several copies of the Criminal Trespass report. Interestingly, the man who broke in was not listed on the report- only his realtor. On the day this happened the realtor announced in angry tones that they had "paid good money for this house! $160,000". Several neighbors heard them. Interestingly, the attorney was parked behind the realtor and "buyers"---he never even talked to my son or I but went around to the neighbors with his business card, assuring them it was a civil matter. Well, one of the guys took a ladder from my dad's backyard and brought it around to the porch on the side. He climbed up, cut the screen and broke the window and climbed in, stepping on and crushing some of my late mother's artwork. When we later complained to the attorney, he laughed and said that since they were not used to the US their "manners were a bit uncouth". The poliice came to the door and took a report and later called and verified that it was my late father's house and we were not tenants.

I never knew that the duo were charged with Burglary and Criminal Trespass. Because the attorney never told us and was getting all my father's mail. Doesn't burglary negate them being viable buyers of the house?

The attorney- even after he got what he wanted and we left- tried to have us "removed" to put it mildly. He arranged with the bank NOT to send money down to Phily when my son and I took a train there to purchase a car. We came back fuming. The bank officials acted uncomfortable and said that the car dealer report indicated my son was "an impostor"- even though he had his PA license, a valid CDL license, social security card,bank card etc.

Well, the next week he went down again. As he was filling out the forms with the dealer (the money went through in seconds) a group of hispanic males crowded around the vehicle commenting upon how nice it was. This is when we believe the monitor was installed. However, we did not realize it until we were in another state being chased by hordes of cars, and being shot at for no reaon by a state trooper.

I don't know why the State's Attorney is backing off. I am afraid to file a grievance as that will give away the locations of my son and I. Do I need a legal malpractice attorney? I thought I needed a Prosecutor.

Please advise, and thank you for your time.

 

[msiron]

nancy you need to get a grip here.

1)lies
2)fraud

Not unusual

3)collusion with bank of America branch

Banking fraud, go to the appropriate authorities with proof.

4)sending bills for meetings never held

No surprise

5)condoning break-in- BURGLARY of the home by one of the prospective buyers

There is now a known police report, right?

6)Prospective buyers Realtor stated they paid $160,000 for the house. In fact it sold for 433,500. Where did the money come from?

You have seen the recorded transfer?

7)opening father's safe deposit box alone

Proof, will the bank corroborate the attorney was there and signed in? Elaborate please?

8)threatening us

What threats?

9)when we decided not to sell (it was past the contract)- he said essentially there was nothing he could do about it and threatened us.

Threatened what?

10)had us tracked and monitored our calls (had bills sent to him)

You have the tracking unit for evidence (they have serial number and can be traced back to the purchaser).

11)After we gave in and said sell, we were never informed of the closing and did not attend. Were not permitted.

You were not the executor.

12)an independent Realtor stated contract was invalid. The attorney also rented my dad's beach club unit for 4000 to a family and never showed us any contract- usually the rental goes for over 10,000. He had all kinds of meetings and bills that he did not explain.

He will have to account for this in court.

13)Before we left the state- he had our car hooked up with a gps monitor which we discovered in the Midwest when the car broke down and was put on a lift

And again you have the unit as evidence, right (I know I would)

14)We were followed and harassed- one CT car followed us 5 states
They tried to run us off the road.

And you made no call to 911 from your cell that you were in fear of your life?

15)We were shot at by a trooper in another state for no reason- Onstar came on in our vehicle and we did not pay for onstar.

Maybe who ever owned the car before had an OnStar subscription that ran out.

Oh come on, a state trooper shot at you? They have to account for every spent bullet. What state? A CT state trooper? What POV number? Yes state PD just put their pension on the line, not to mention criminal charges to shoot at you?

16)He essentially attempted to have us eliminated.

Now the biggie question,.. how much is the damn estate worth that this lawyer would hire people to B&E your house, threaten you, steal your money, track you via gps and the real biggie, hire a state trooper assassin to murder 2 people.

 

[nancylynn]

probate lawyer

I'm telling you the absolute truth. We were shot at on RT 15 heading South- a few miles south of Gettysburg PA. We were shot at by a trooper parked on the right side of the road. He did not have his siren/lights on. I have his name. It happened in Thurmont Maryland.

Here is what happened. We drove down from CT and decided to stop at the "Friendly" motel in Thurmont- on the left hand side of the road just past Gettysburg. In front of the Motel (now it has a different name- I called-it is now the Rambler Inn) was a 24 hour convenience store. We were driving in a 2006 Nissan and had a huge cat (42 pounds- Big Kitty) with us in the back seat in a carrier. We'd been followed since CT but at that point the cars seemed to have backed off/pulled off/ were not actively in pursuit. (Most were SUV's)

Well, it was about 10PM. An Indian woman rented us the room on the very end of the motel, furthest from the office. The motel consisted of a single row of rooms. In front of the entire length of rooms was a screened in walkway.

There were about 4 cars parked there when we got there. There was an old man walking around the parking lot at the convenience store. We were not very worried as everything seemed ok. We went in our room and freed and fed Kitty. Then I went into the small bathroom. I noticed a flashlight coming around to the window of the bathroom, so I got nervous and left. I told my son I figured it was just an old guy- a farmer or someone who lived near the store and motel (it was farmland/woods area) The curtains and such were not secure- it was rather run down.

Anyway, then we opened our front door, looked down to the far left of the screened in corridor and noticed a green spotlight coming down the hall in our direction.

My son said we needed to get out. We went out to get into the car and were almost parked in. Now there were numerous vebicles there! It was horrible. One was a Cement Mixer- and the driver was inside the cab. The moxer was ROLLING,

Well, we jumped in the car and managed to pull out of there. (RTE 15) Soon- in a matter of som 15-20 minutes we were being followed by SUV's from CT and NY once again. Well, we lived some 20 plus years in the Gettysburg area (my ex was a college professor there)-we knew all the back roads and such. Adams County is full of orchards and wooded terrain and un-named back roads. Everywhere we turned, we found a clump 3-5 cars in wait. Also we had cars tailing us.

My son drove like a maniac and we could not shake these folks. We got back on 15- at times he would turn around in the median strip and we would FLY. We could not figure out how they were waiting for us and following us.....it made no sense. We drove all night in this fashion. After we were back on 15 at one point that is when the trooper parked on the right side of the highway heading south shot at us.

to be continued- I'm in a library and time is up. All of what I have written is true.

 

[nancylynn]

probate lawyer

I'm telling you the absolute truth. We were shot at on RT 15 heading South- a few miles south of Gettysburg PA. We were shot at by a trooper parked on the right side of the road. He did not have his siren/lights on. I have his name. It happened in Thurmont Maryland.

Here is what happened. We drove down from CT and decided to stop at the "Friendly" motel in Thurmont- on the left hand side of the road just past Gettysburg. In front of the Motel (now it has a different name- I called-it is now the Rambler Inn) was a 24 hour convenience store. We were driving in a 2006 Nissan and had a huge cat (42 pounds- Big Kitty) with us in the back seat in a carrier. We'd been followed since CT but at that point the cars seemed to have backed off/pulled off/ were not actively in pursuit. (Most were SUV's)

Well, it was about 10PM. An Indian woman rented us the room on the very end of the motel, furthest from the office. The motel consisted of a single row of rooms. In front of the entire length of rooms was a screened in walkway.

There were about 4 cars parked there when we got there. There was an old man walking around the parking lot at the convenience store. We were not very worried as everything seemed ok. We went in our room and freed and fed Kitty. Then I went into the small bathroom. I noticed a flashlight coming around to the window of the bathroom, so I got nervous and left. I told my son I figured it was just an old guy- a farmer or someone who lived near the store and motel (it was farmland/woods area) The curtains and such were not secure- it was rather run down.

Anyway, then we opened our front door, looked down to the far left of the screened in corridor and noticed a green spotlight coming down the hall in our direction.

My son said we needed to get out. We went out to get into the car and were almost parked in. Now there were numerous vebicles there! It was horrible. One was a Cement Mixer- and the driver was inside the cab. The moxer was ROLLING,

Well, we jumped in the car and managed to pull out of there. (RTE 15) Soon- in a matter of som 15-20 minutes we were being followed by SUV's from CT and NY once again. Well, we lived some 20 plus years in the Gettysburg area (my ex was a college professor there)-we knew all the back roads and such. Adams County is full of orchards and wooded terrain and un-named back roads. Everywhere we turned, we found a clump 3-5 cars in wait. Also we had cars tailing us.

My son drove like a maniac and we could not shake these folks. We got back on 15- at times he would turn around in the median strip and we would FLY. We could not figure out how they were waiting for us and following us.....it made no sense. We drove all night in this fashion. After we were back on 15 at one point that is when the trooper parked on the right side of the highway heading south shot at us.

to be continued- I'm in a library and time is up. All of what I have written is true.

 

[nancylynn]

more about the probate attorney

We- my son at the wheel- drove around all night trying to shake these people off- back and forth we went between Maryland and PA (Thurmont is right on the PA-MD line.) Around 10 AM my son was too exhausted to drive anymore. We pulled into a CVS in Thurmont. (Oh- to answer one of your questions we did not own a cell phone. Also the car was brand new so no onstar.)

We went into the store-many of the SUV's and other followers pulled right into the parking lot. My son asked a man at the office to call 911. He did--but then he took his CVS jacket off and went outside! My son was smarter than I and grabbed the phone and called 911 once again. (Maybe the first guy did not really call 911- I thought he did...)

Well- first the trooper who had shot at us pulled up. He was quite plump with a florid complexion. Within a few minutes, another trooper pulled up. This fellow was younger- maybe late 20's early 30's.

They separated my son and I and then questioned first my son and then me. Our stories matched, off course. I said I thought there were maybe some 20 cars following us and several of the people in the p[arking lot laughed. One said "more like hundreds!"

Still, they did nothing to us. The two troopers escorted us back to the motel. My son talked to the younger policeman outside. He told my son to tell me to hurry up as fasst as I could.
Then the Indian owner and maid came in the room. They tried to delay my departure saying that I had to clean the room etc. We never even slept there. My son and the young trooper hollerecd at me to hurry. I got everything out- including cat- and we set out. Before we left the trooper who shot at us said we did some crazy driving. If so, why didn't he ticket us or pull us over?
Interestingly, RTE 15 between Harrisburg and Maryland usually has numerous speed traps. There are ALWAYS police parked in certain locations. The College kids drive over the state line to get less expensive alcohol.

As soon as we started driving---the police disappeared. Within some 15 minutes we were being followed by the CT crew once again. They would honk to each other in a certin pattern. I started to write down some license plates. One car followed us all the way from Wilton CT to Cody Wyoming!

Then, a fellow pulled ahead of us. He tapped the top of his head. We weren't sure what he meant. But as soon as he was ahead of us, the following cars backed off to quite a distance. He was not in a police car but must have been someone in law enforcement as he escorted us to the State Line then left.

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Later I called the main police barracks in Frederick Maryland and told them about the incident. They asked what mental hospital I was calling from. We had hired a second attorney to take on the original probate attorney before we left CT. He also called the Police Barracks several times and his calls were not responded to- ever.


The second attorney we hired seemed positive in taking the case. He did not mind that the other attorney had run for office and had connections. He was scrappy and tough. He asked attorney #1 to fax him the fronts and backs of the checks from my father's estate. Attorney #1 lied and said he just paid us in cash. Finally he admitted he paid us in checks. He took his good old time getting the checks sent to attorney 2. First he just sent all the fronts. Then later after prodding he sent the backs.....The 2nd attorney told us straight out that attorney #! lied to him.

Much later, when we were in Wyoming- attorney #2 said to me not to call him on the office phone anymore nor fax anything to his office as he felt his phone was "compromised."**************.Then, he told me weeks later he was going to meet with attorney #1. After the meeting he was never of any assistance to us whatsover. We still owed him $1000 but he did not even bother to send a bill.

There is so much to this story. It is probably the worst thing I have ever been through in my life. I will write more about the incidents that occurred in CT,PA,MD,W VA etc.

The "estate" was not huge. My late parents' home sold for $433,500. (Verified by City Clerk records). The beach club- worth $200,000- was supposedly sold July of 2007 by my son. It sold for $146,000.However, that record is marked as UNVERiFIED.

My son has been in fear for his life.



I am nervous even writing this on this site- but I really need advice from others...
WE DID NOT DISCOVER THE gps UNTIL WE GOT TO wYOMING. tHE KITTY LITTER IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR SPILLLED AND WENT DOWN THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, AND THREW A CHUNK AT THE STARTER.
The GPS was taped above the right wheel well. The mechanic tossed it but I am sure will recall it as he was troubled by the situation.
Even later we discovered that we were being monitored via audio. We were just naive and trusting and did not think that anyone would go so far. We also did not understand why- if attorney 1 wanted us eliminated, why not a nob type murder? Afterall- that rolling cement mixer was waiting for something....in the middle of the night. We pondered was he just trying to scare us?

HIS MOTIVE IS: self-preservation in the legal field. Money. (He actually said that he was going to resell the house after his guys fixed it up.) Not a lot of money- but a pretty good amount. The house will probably sell in the 900,000 range- with repairs made. The safe deposit box- two weeks before my Dad died he told my son and I that the most valuable thing in the SDB was his stamp collection.
Well, the attorney went to the bank solo with the key (we stupidly trusted him). When he gave us the items there was an envelope which had "stamps" written on it, but it was empty. I tried to rationalize it that Dad was older and perhsps forgot he may have sold them or put them elsewhere.
Threats"the wheels are turning and there is nothing you can do about it "
"You are imagining things/delusional"---when reading to him over the phone sentences from a letter he had sent us. On the sale of the house,"It's a shady deal but their (Russians) money is good." "Once I get the downpayment I will issue you guys a check so you can buy a car." We had no vehicle for months- my son was in an accident with my Dad's car. We had to walk and take trains. To my son" You need help. I have a friend who is a private psychiatrist who will see you for no fee. My secretary will even pick you up at the house and take you." To my son- by 2 attornies at the firm "You need to be out of that house by December and don't come back-" attorney 3 gave him a check for $600 or so as attorney 1 was on vacation.
Well, son's girlfriend broke up with him in December o6 and he returned to CT.

I know I sound like I'm a raving paranoic. I am a psychologist myself and I would have a very hard time believing some of the elements of this tale----sadly---it is true. More later---any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

 

[msiron]

oh I believe you are telling the absolute truth as you see it, hurry and continue the story please. I will check back as I have more questions.

Possibly you need a multi-state licensed & aggressive PI to conduct an objective investigation into these potential crimes.

Okay I see you have posted, I'm going to read it and post back.

 

[msiron]

It's irrelevant where I or anyone else believes you, if you believe these things happened then you need to hire a licensed PI or agency to investigate the situation.

 

[Zigner]

I'm waiting with bated breath...haven't read a story this good in YEARS!

 

[nancylynn]

thank you Msiron and Judge

Ok- here are some other incidents.

My Dad died in September of 2005. My son and his girlfriend came up. Mom had passed away 9 months prior.

Our first visit to the Probate attorney was end of Sept. He had to file various papers etc which needed our signature. He said the will left everything 50-50 to my son and to me. I had seen a copy at home so did not immediately question. However, when- a few visits later- I asked to see the will he fumbled around and said it was in a locked vault in another location.

Well, he had us change Dad's address to his so, he said, he could pay the various bills which would come in. In retrospect, we should have collected the mail ourselves and brought bills to him. He neglected to pay the phone bill and then had it turned on about a day or so later. Very smooth, very apologetic- but now this gave him access to looking at whomever we called and whoever called us. We were still in shock about Dad- he just drove off the road- dead- with no warning- so we weren't being cautious. My Mom and glowed about how wonderful their attorney was, etc.

So I let the question of his copy of the will stand.

He began to issue us checks. Always 50-50. We placed them into an account at a small branch of the Bank of America. My son made friends with the branch manager- Will Desantos was his name I believe- and once Will made a $1000 loan- rather off the record- to my son because he knew we would continue to receive funds. (Dad had several savings and Money Market accounts etc.)(Plus my son had to pay on his place in PA)

One day in October we went in to see the lawyer. He looked angry. He shoved a small piece of paper at us- it was some kind of withdrawal/deposit receiipt. At the top of the paper was pencilled on "Will". The lawyer asked my son if he knew anything about this and he said no. He truly did not. He saw the name will and got worried that the lawyer would take a pencil and easily turn it into his name. Apparently Will had taked $700.00 out of the account and had then deposited it. It did not make any sense at the time. The lawyer conceded that whoever had done it had done it in a very sophisticated manner.

We went to the bank soon after- my son wanted to confront Will and ask about the incident. Well, when we got there he was gone. No one would tell us anything. They did not say if he had quit, was fired, or transferred. They just acted uncomfortable. There was one lady there- Russian- who was always overly snoopy and friendly. But no one would say what had become of Will. So we dropped it.

Sometime later, however, we called information and found "Will" living in close proximity to NYC. Further investigation showed that he was a manager at a different branch of Bank of America. My son called him up to ask him why he did what he did, or what he knew about it. Will told him never to call him again and hung up on him. Bizarre. Now, looking back- was the attorney checking out someone else being able to pose as my son? It was creepy- they did look somewhat similar although Will was shorter and darker.

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Skip to our leaving CT. This occurred after my son finally bought a car in PA and we were packed and ready to go. We did not know the car was rigged- by the hispanic guys at the dealership.
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We stopped at a Motel 6 or Motel 8 near Stamford CT as we had the cat and they took pets. We were given a room adjacent to the reception area. All seemed fine. After unpacking and freeing kitty we went across the hall to the snack room. I bought a soda and some chips and my son went into the restroom there.

I went right across the hall to our room and there was the cat stretched out on the pillow-happy as could be.HOWEVER- SOMEONE HAD SHAVED ALL THE FUR OFF OF HIS RIGHT LEG AND HAD PLACED THE FUR IN A PILE ON THE PILLOW! I swear on my parents' graves this is true.

I was shocked. Suddenly I heard my son screaming for help from the bathroom in the snack room next door. Actually- I heard screaming in there- I wasn't sure it was him 100%.
A woman came out of the room adjacent to ours and said "Who's in charge here!" We went to the receptionist who ignored us completely. So she called 911.

My son came racing out of the snack room- he told me that he had to climb on top of the commode because while he was in the restroom someone stuck the barrel of a gun under the door and was moving it back and forth. He was terrified.

Two Stamford Police arrived shortly. They refused to look in our room. They refused to look at the cat. They refused to go in the snack room or take any kind of fingerprints which could have shown who did it. They said it was preposterous there was a security camera showing the hall and if the receptionist had seen anything suspicious she would have called the Police.

So- the police sat in the lobby joking with the receptionist- or trying to. They asked that WE LEAVE AS WE WERE MAKING A DISTURBANCE!!!! No ticket or anything and no money back.

That occurred July 2006.

In the Fall of 2006- when we were out West- I called that motel pretending to be a private investigator. A young man spoke to me and said he had not worked at the Motel at that time but recalled hearing about the incident. He had been told it was a fake gun. When I asked him why the receptionist did not call the police, he told me that she "just didn't want to get involved."

It was insane. How did that attorney get to so many people? We could have stayed anywhere. (We did not know about the audio and the gps).

The events became worse. I will keep writing to this forum about what occurred. I KNOW it sounds absurd- but it is absolutely true. I guess this was an attempt to scare us---but why? And wouldn't the attorney have had to pay alot of people to go along with his plans for us??? I still fail to understand. I do know, however, that the attorney drinks at night because he used to call us with slurred words late at night.

 

[nancylynn]

police report

When the Russian maintenance fellow broke into my late parets' home, as I noted earlier the Norwalk Police were called.
They called up after speaking to us and asked if the house was my late father's. And I said yes. No further questions.

Only recently did I come back into this area. I went to the Police department. In their computer they have 2 reports on the incident. Burglary is #1 and Criminal Trespass is #2. I went to get copies for Attorney Blumenthal. Well, the hard copy of the Burglary report is not there. I was told they just combined the incidents or something like that.

Also, the perpetrators names were not on the report- only that of the Russian realtor. She had never called us to make an appointment to see the home---she just showed up (with our attorney parked hidden from view behind her.)

I found that strange. Now I have to find out if they were ever prosecuted. Burglary is a pretty serious offense!

I will write more as soon as I can. Am limited to the library.

 

[nancylynn]

from nancylynn to all (thank you) Next stop West Va.

After leaving PA my son and I proceeded through West Virginia. At first we were not noticing being followed- we got out the map and went through back roads. However, soon we were being followed again although not so actively. The trackers kept more of a distance and many of them pulled off while we kept on going. Then, for an hour or two we spotted no followers.

We were in a "hicktown" type area and decided to stay at a Motel that was on the Right hand side of the Road at the top of a hill. The locales in town said it was a good place to stay and there were only 2-3 motels in the area.

We signed in only under MY SON'S NAME.

We arrived around dinnertime and a Hispanic woman checked us in- to the room directly above the office. We started to unpack. We saw a few hispanic guys in leather jackets and had noticed a few motorcycles outside, but we were tired and hungry. The SUV's from CT and NY were not parked there.

So, my son said he was going to go out and bring us back some Kentucky Fried Chicken. He proceeded to leave.

I heard alot of commotion building in the hallway. I looked out the front window and saw that a large contigent of cycles and some vehicles had pulled up. I heard many males speaking spanish- of which I know a bit- out in the hallway. I opened the door and looked out and there were at least 10-12 males wearing the jackets for Latin Lords/Kings emblazoned on the back. Several were holding knives. One was actually sharpening a knife in the hallway! Some were swigging out of bottles.

I became extremely anxious and went back in the room and locked the door. Then after maybe 10-15 minutes a couple of the guys started pounding on my door. They were laughing and inviting me to a "party". They also said "No hombre." And "muerte". So basically they were pointing out I had no man to protect me and also that "muerte"- indicated killing or death. I was VERY scared.

First I tried to call 911. Nothing happened. Then I called down to the Lobby. A MALE answered and said, "HAVING TROUBLE NANCY?" Now how did he know my name since it was never given to him.
I knew we were going to have to leave and put as much as I could together by the door. I looked out the front window and saw my son's Nissan blocked at the end of the road/driveway leading up to the Motel. There was even a cherry-picker there- lots of cycles and Hispanic males.

My son pulled out of the driveway and drove up the grassy hill as far as he could toward the Motel. I ran out with everything I could grab (Kitty too) and just threw things in the car. A guy was laughing "GATO" (cat.) We drove back over the grass and drove away. They did not follow us, surprisingly.

We were getting exhausted. We should have known we were being tracked but we were too naive.
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However, it began to be evident that the attorney had meticulously planned this from the very beginning- back to my father's last will. Even before my Dad Died. He had only been their lawyer for a brief time. The lawyer they had for many years had retired or left the firm.
My Dad was in kidney failure when he signed his last will.He had not yet started dialysis and was very ill- sleeping some 11 hours a day and unable to eat much. He never went outside and he had loved his gardening and such.

( After Mom passed away, I drove Dad to diaylysis several times a week.)

He had signed his last will prior to starting dialysis. Tacked on to the will were numerous pages stating that the attorney could not be sued in any state, in any court, under any circumstances, etc. This was NOT tacked on to previous wills Mom and Dad had. But it was on this copy and dad had signed it.

My Dad's signature looked like his but very weak. Before we left CT I had gone to the courthouse and asked to see his file. I had talked with one of the secretaries in the probate office on several occasions and she told me that the attorney had not bothered to file any of the paperwork he was supposed to be filing- and it was around April/May and he still had not filed- Dad had died in early September.

Well, on one occasion the attorney had told my son that my dad was incompetent when he signed the will. However, he insisted it was my father's will/wishes. I asked the attorney about his comment and he became enraged. He said " No one dare say that your father was incompetent when he signed the will!" He was furious.

Anyway, when I went to the courthouse I asked for my father's file. One of the secretaries went and got it- then paged through it. She ripped one page out very quickly and went running back into the Probate Judge's office with the paper. I have no idea what it was.
The file was indeed skimpy. The secretary was correct. She said she did not know why he was so slow. She actually called him to ask that he send some paperwork in, and he BILLED US FOR HER CALL!

More later. I can only say that this was THE worst thing I have every been through in my life. My dad's will could have been settled in weeks. There were no disagreements. He just dragged everything out as long as he possibly could.

 

[nancylynn]

continuation of thread

I will be able to continue on this thread and report what happened when we were in the Chicago area. Also what eventually occurred out west- Wyoming-Casper and Cody- etc.
I really need help with this, folks. We DID hire a second attorney and he was frightened off the case and possibly a deal was made when he met attorney 1 as he does not care that we still owe him $1000.
I feel very leery of saying too much but I want to convey as best I can what transpired. I am in my mid 50's and have been a psychotherapist for years. (Working with troubled youth in residential care.) I was SO NAIVE. I had NO conception of anyone- especially the attorney my parents trusted- meticulously executing such a devious plan AND getting so many people involved in it. It just doesn't make sense. I must be missing something. So please, anyone who reads this - please let me know how you think these outrageous things could have transpired.

For example, the night we were shot at on rte 15- there were NO other police present on that Highway anywhere between Harrisburg PA and Thurmont Maryland. Normally one encounters numerous speed traps on that particualr stretch of highway. To confirm this, we were driving CRAZILY to get away from these folks- crossing over median strips, driving down the side of the road, pulling off at exits then getting right back on- any regular cop would have put his/her lights on and tailed us until we pulled over. Nothing of the kind happened.
I really need the best advice you folks can offer. Thank you!

 

[nancylynn]

attorney-corrupt

I'm being advised by States Attorney Blumenthal to file a grievance. I am afraid to do so as that will guarantee that the attorney will know my location and I am very afraid of what he would resort to to silence me,

I'm hoping to get a legal malpractice lawyer who will take the case contingency and only file the grievance when I am in a secure location (different state)Actually I'd need to be in a different COUNTRY to get away from this man and his henchions.