| Description: | Improprieties By Probate 'Conservator' Deprives Disabled Man Of Inheritance
Deceit, Improprieties By Probate 'Conservator' Deprive Disabled Man Of Inheritance, Court Finds
August 03, 2013Jon Lender, Government Watch
A Wethersfield man suffering from cerebral palsy entrusted his affairs to a probate court appointed lawyer, whose job as "conservator" was to protect his interests and assets. But those assets dwindled by tens of thousands of dollars amid improprieties by the lawyer, who tried to "hide his transgressions by filing knowingly false accountings," a probate judge said in a recent ruling.
John Fritz, 64, of Wethersfield, hasn't been able to get his money back. And his family so far has been unable to get law enforcement officials to investigate.
Meanwhile, Michael Schless, the longtime conservator who was replaced last December in that role by Fritz's half brother has retired as a lawyer and moved to Florida. He said in a brief interview last week that he'd done |
