Attorney Ken Ditkowsky on the Need for an Honest, Complete and Comprehensive Investigation of Guardianship

When the Court's function properly, the rights of senior citizens are protected; however, there are too many cases - such as Sykes, Gore, Tyler, Wyman et al in Illinois - in which the exploitation of the elderly is obvious and no one is interested in even investigating the outrageous conduct that is the hallmark of the protest.  

How can an abusive estranged husband be appointed as a guardian of his wife (Wyman)?   How can a mentally ill grandchild - herself lacking competency - be appointed as a guardian (Gore)?   How can a daughter who the alleged incompetent is seeking an order of protection be appointed plenary guardian (Sykes)?    How can a a common thread of large sums of money not being part of the inventory be ignored?   

In Illinois, we have a comprehensive legislative procedure to protect the elderly from miscreants using the courts to separate a senior from his/her liberty, property, civil rights and human rights.   As illustrated by Sykes, the entire procedure was and three years later is ignored.  Indeed, it is unethical (according the ARDC) to complain.    [This letter may generate another ARDC complaint against me even though it is clearly protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.] 

What we 'seniors' need is for an honest, complete, and comprehensive investigation of this guardianship situation; and if it is determined that guardianship is a ruse, under color of statute for miscreants, to deprive seniors of their liberty, their property, civil rights and human rights as I am many others have charged, the miscreants should suffer the full weight of the law.

I use the word "we" as it occurred to me that I am a year older than Dr. C. [Dr.James Chism].  I use the word "we" because it appears if the procedure that was followed in the Sykes case is the rule rather than the exception, watch out Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama - there are at least two doctors who have a reputation of finding everyone that they examine incompetent!   Read the August 2009 and August 2010 transcript and the Judge clearly illustrates how we treat these serious cases.


~Ken Ditkowsky
DitkowskyLawOffice.com