To sleep perchance to dream. Sleep well my friend.
Thank you, I actually slept pretty well last night. Gonna see if I can get a transcript of that hearing cause I'm just aching to check it out. Between what my Dad can remember (which isn't much, I'm afraid)
and what the Lawyer told me, I'm really wishing I could have heard it firsthand!
Thank you Mordechai, I really appreciate your input here and compliments also. I definitely had a "Guiding Hand", alot of Prayers and Support from You All, My Family, My Church and Lots of other folks (to include a number of folks that I came into contact with during all this (Dad's Bank, the County Clerks' office in at least 3 counties in Arkansas, DMV in Perry County, Lady in the Post Office, the Nursing Home in Perryville, the one in Greenwood, the Hospital in Morrilton, a fellow at Alltel, my Dad's Church and numerous others).
Dad DID say that they gave her a pretty good going over though and once, she started to get up AND the Judge told her to sit back down!
Dad also said that our Lawyer had some info on some criminal background of her's and I told him, "I know, Brenda (my wife) took it upon herself (with our money) and hired an investigator, found out about the "Hot Checks" and I went to the Washington County Court House, got that info and faxed it directly to our Lawyer."
Dad also said that she was given the 3rd degree by the Lawyer AND the Judge!
And our Lawyer, besides whatever else he put to her, he asked her if she had read the statement (about the Alzheimer's) that a Doctor furnished her and she said, "Yes, she DID read it." ANd he asked her if she read ALL of it and, once again, she said, "Yes, she read the whole thing!" So, he then asked her if she saw the sentence on the back where the Doctor said that, Mr. Van Pelt needs the assistance of
TRUSTED caregiver! And she said "Yes" to which our Lawyer said, "Isn't it true that you and Mr. Van Pelt
Are Not on very good terms?
To which she (ACTUALLY, TRUTHFULLY) said "NO!"
He didn't have to pursue THAT point any further.
Our Lawyer also told me that that Judge (female) could spot BS right off and she come down on HER (Jan) like a Ton Of Bricks!!
I tell you, I am all beside myself, I just HAVE to see that transcript! They also had a field day with that check she wrote off of my Dad's checking account for $7,000. She claimed it was a loan!
She said that $6,000 was to pay off David's bassboat! He bought that sucker back around the late 1990's and I would have thought that it would have been paid off before 2007.
Anyway, then the Judge wanted to know about paying it back and she said that she made a $200 payment in Aug 2007 and another payment of $100 in Sept. Then the Judge said, "What about Oct, she said "No" and what about Nov and she said "No". Then the judge said, so you made no more payments and she said , "No". So then, the Judge wanted to know where the boat was and she replied "David has it!"
Now, the Lawyer is working up a last request for my Dad's things, setting a specific deadline and, if that's not met, we're going back to court! I'd love to see this come before that same Judge!
Later on, Bill
