On this page I am putting up a quick summary of the issues. The main page is the details behind the entire story.
To begin; Due to a number of issues, I did not have any form of contact with my brother for a number of years. He wanted control over taking care of my parents and through a number of legal moves that we argued against, he had legal control over them.
On July 22nd, 2013 I received a letter informing me that my brother had tried selling the family house but could not because it was locked up in a Trust. I was asked to give permission to sell the house. Well several years before this, I knew that my parents had over one million dollars in cash in various bank accounts throughout Pennsylvania. They also had full medical coverage through Blue Cross that they paid about $1,100.00 to $1,200.00 per month for which I believe included long term care benefits but am not sure about the long term care part of the insurance coverage. When I went to find those documents at my parents house when they both became incapacitated, I could not find those documents. I believe my brother had already taken them in an effort to gain control over my parents substantial holdings.
I was also very aware that my parents had set up bank trust accounts for all beneficiaries. Each account was opened with $10,000.00 per beneficiary when they were first opened and that each year, my parents contributed money to each of those accounts. That was in 2002 that all of this had started.
It was also in the letter that Lititz, PA attorney, Stephen R Gibble asked each trust member to consider agreeing to selling the house in the Trust. Reason stated was that my parents ran out of money and needed to sell the house in order to pay for their continuing care. A buyer was already lined up and Mr Gibble wanted to close on the house as fast as possible.
A copy of the trust is on the main page as well as the first page of the trust in a second post. It clearly states that my parents must make requests for Trust assets in writing to all of the Trustees and if the Trustees agree, then they are to release said trust assets. At no time did any Trustee ask for permission to sell the house in advance. When I denied the initial request, being shocked that my parents house was trying to be sold, I was informed that I am being sued to remove me as a Trustee for not acting in the best interest of said Trust or breach of trust.
??????? I was never even asked to consider putting up the house for sale to begin with. Then I was given less than a week to show up in court to defend myself, out of state from where I live no less. My question was very simply, what happened to over one million dollars that was there only a few years before? I know that nursing home care for two adults is expensive. My parents had full health insurance prior to them being hospitalized and then sent to nursing homes. All of the over one million dollars was gone and what of the other Trust bank accounts? What happened to them? In what way was I acting "Not In The Best Interest As A Trustee"? Because I wanted to know what happened to the rest of the money?
My husband sent numerous requests asking for the books on my behalf, The requests were either denied or ignored. That will be posted on the main page as we go through all of the legal papers on this site. I was later removed as Trustee through the courts despite my arguments because I could not show up to court out of state and a very long distance from where I live. It's a 7 hour drive non stop in one direction and was in the middle of the week when I have children to get off to school. Even though it was Trust business in my view and the Trust needed to pay my costs, that too was denied.
How can an attorney argue one area of the trust and ignore another area? It's fraud in my view that a petition was even filed against me for Breach of Trust when they did NOT follow the required written request for assets as set forth in the Irrevocable Trust instrument. After arguing that area, a few months later, the attorney produced written requests dated after the petition was filed and I agreed with stipulations to see all the books regarding my parents care from my brother. That too was ignored. Something terribly wrong is going on here. I am of the opinion that my brother and Mr Gibble has stolen a great deal of my parents money and left the rest of us with nothing but grief and questions.
To begin; Due to a number of issues, I did not have any form of contact with my brother for a number of years. He wanted control over taking care of my parents and through a number of legal moves that we argued against, he had legal control over them.
On July 22nd, 2013 I received a letter informing me that my brother had tried selling the family house but could not because it was locked up in a Trust. I was asked to give permission to sell the house. Well several years before this, I knew that my parents had over one million dollars in cash in various bank accounts throughout Pennsylvania. They also had full medical coverage through Blue Cross that they paid about $1,100.00 to $1,200.00 per month for which I believe included long term care benefits but am not sure about the long term care part of the insurance coverage. When I went to find those documents at my parents house when they both became incapacitated, I could not find those documents. I believe my brother had already taken them in an effort to gain control over my parents substantial holdings.
I was also very aware that my parents had set up bank trust accounts for all beneficiaries. Each account was opened with $10,000.00 per beneficiary when they were first opened and that each year, my parents contributed money to each of those accounts. That was in 2002 that all of this had started.
It was also in the letter that Lititz, PA attorney, Stephen R Gibble asked each trust member to consider agreeing to selling the house in the Trust. Reason stated was that my parents ran out of money and needed to sell the house in order to pay for their continuing care. A buyer was already lined up and Mr Gibble wanted to close on the house as fast as possible.
A copy of the trust is on the main page as well as the first page of the trust in a second post. It clearly states that my parents must make requests for Trust assets in writing to all of the Trustees and if the Trustees agree, then they are to release said trust assets. At no time did any Trustee ask for permission to sell the house in advance. When I denied the initial request, being shocked that my parents house was trying to be sold, I was informed that I am being sued to remove me as a Trustee for not acting in the best interest of said Trust or breach of trust.
??????? I was never even asked to consider putting up the house for sale to begin with. Then I was given less than a week to show up in court to defend myself, out of state from where I live no less. My question was very simply, what happened to over one million dollars that was there only a few years before? I know that nursing home care for two adults is expensive. My parents had full health insurance prior to them being hospitalized and then sent to nursing homes. All of the over one million dollars was gone and what of the other Trust bank accounts? What happened to them? In what way was I acting "Not In The Best Interest As A Trustee"? Because I wanted to know what happened to the rest of the money?
My husband sent numerous requests asking for the books on my behalf, The requests were either denied or ignored. That will be posted on the main page as we go through all of the legal papers on this site. I was later removed as Trustee through the courts despite my arguments because I could not show up to court out of state and a very long distance from where I live. It's a 7 hour drive non stop in one direction and was in the middle of the week when I have children to get off to school. Even though it was Trust business in my view and the Trust needed to pay my costs, that too was denied.
How can an attorney argue one area of the trust and ignore another area? It's fraud in my view that a petition was even filed against me for Breach of Trust when they did NOT follow the required written request for assets as set forth in the Irrevocable Trust instrument. After arguing that area, a few months later, the attorney produced written requests dated after the petition was filed and I agreed with stipulations to see all the books regarding my parents care from my brother. That too was ignored. Something terribly wrong is going on here. I am of the opinion that my brother and Mr Gibble has stolen a great deal of my parents money and left the rest of us with nothing but grief and questions.
No comments:
Post a Comment