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Dorothy Driesen
South Dakota Victim

Mother of Member Jay Driesen

Dorothy Driesen, a 90 year old widowed Mother, has had her estate taken away from her by court decree and forced to reside at a nursing home that has had multiple felony accounts charged against it in 2003. 

The judge took our Mother into his chamber, asked her a few questions and then declared her incompetent, fired her son as Trustee,  appointed a bank to be her new Trustee and set a court appointed guardian over her.  All of this happened within one days time upon the filing of court documents by the wannabe guardian and friend of the court. 

After this drastic and unbelievable event in the local district court, the two sons of our Mother have been falsely accused of various things and incarcerated on three separate occasions.  To add insult to injury, the two sons of our Mother and their families have not been able to visit their Mother since August of 2008. 

The last call that was made from our Mother during New Years weekend in 2009 was a call of desperation in which our Mother claimed her life was in danger and she pleaded with us to get her out of this nursing facility.  That is the last time that the family of our Mother has heard her voice.  Mail that the family tries to send our Mother is received by the guardian and does not seem to reach or Mother. 

Shortly after our Mother was incarcerated in this nursing home after the disastrous court decision, the family would attempt to visit our Mother and shortly after we would arrive, either the guardian would show up standing in the door way and demand that we leave or the town police officer would show up and demand the same. 


The family of our Mother is still fighting off attacks made on us by the county court system which is bleeding us dry financially.  We are currently looking to reverse the decision of the district court regarding our Mother's Irrevocable Trust and we are looking to gain a court order from Federal Court to restore our Mother's rights per the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987.