A.   Role of the Probate Court in Protecting Senior Citizens and their Assets from Preditory Individuals like Diane Anderson.

The Michigan Probate Courts are responsible for protecting senior citizens from predatory individuals who misappropriate assets belonging to senior citizens.  Many of our senior citizens suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, which makes them easy targets for predatory children.  Fortunately, the Michigan Probate Court has the power to appoint a guardian and conservator for a senior citizen who suffers from dementia issues when it is determined one of the senior citizens’ children is improperly taking a senior citizens’ assets for the child’s own use.  Once this situation is discovered, an interested family member may file a Petition with the Probate Court to be appointed as the guardian/conservator for the senior citizen (i.e., victimized parent), or a public administrator can be appointed by the Court to serve in this capacity.  The net result of an appointment of a guardian/conservator for the victimized parent by the Probate Court is the predatory child’s ability to continue to misappropriate and squander the parent’s assets will cease.

B.   In 2003, Diane Anderson is Run Out of Australia and Decided to Live Off of Jewell Anderson’s Limited Resources.

In the case of Jewell Anderson, her only daughter, Diane Anderson, returned to Michigan in the fall of 2003 after abandoning her parents, Kenneth and Jewell Anderson, for over twenty-five (25) years while Diane Anderson lived in Australia.  Kenneth Anderson passed away in December of 1986, and Jewell Anderson, with the constant support of David Anderson and Martha Anderson, lived in her home in Lathrup Village, Michigan. (Click here to see a letter of appreciation from Jewell) During the late 1990’s, Diane Anderson lost her teaching job in Australia due to a psychological disability, and was not able to find employment again.  Diane Anderson’s mental health issues during this period of time resulted in her being one (1) of only two (2) people in the history of the Melbourne Unitarian Church to be excommunicated from the Church.  Having been ostracized from the Australian Community at large, and having no job prospects, Diane Anderson decided to return to Michigan in the Fall of 2003 to live off her mother’s limited retirement assets.

C.   In 2003-2004, Diane Anderson Misappropriates Jewell Anderson’s Credit Cards and Bank Accounts.

Between October of 2003 through September of 2004, Diane Anderson misappropriated substantial sums of money belonging to her mother, Jewell Anderson, who suffers from dementia.  Diane Anderson charged tens of thousands of dollars on Jewell Anderson’s credit cards, and then attempted to cover up these misdeeds by removing the names of David Anderson and Martha Anderson as authorized users of the credit cards so Diane Anderson’s wrongful activities could not be traced.  In addition, during this period of time, Diane Anderson also misappropriated thousands of dollars in cash from Jewell Anderson’s bank accounts, which monies have never been accounted for.  Again, when David Anderson and Martha Anderson attempted to study the misappropriation of funds from Jewell Anderson’s bank accounts, Diane Anderson secretly had their names removed from the accounts in question so she could cover her trail regarding the misappropriation of funds from these accounts.

D.   Swift Action by David Anderson and Martha Anderson Seeking Probate Court Intervention to Preserve Jewell Anderson’s Assets from Diane Anderson Saves the Day.

During 2004, Diane Anderson attempted to change the estate planning documents of Jewell Anderson which had been in existence for the twenty-five (25) year period in which she had abandoned her parents to live in Australia.  Fortunately, Probate Court intervention was obtained before Diane Anderson could orchestrate a complete dismantling of Jewell Anderson’s long standing estate plan.  In September, 2004, Court involvement was sought by all the members of Jewell Anderson’s family with the Oakland County Probate Court to make certain Diane Anderson could not totally spend/waste all of Jewell Anderson’s limited retirement assets.  After reviewing the allegations of wrongdoing committed by Diane Anderson, the Honorable Barry M. Grant, the Probate Court Judge assigned to the guardianship/conservatorship request on behalf of Jewell Anderson, agreed Diane Anderson’s actions of misappropriating funds belonging to Jewell Anderson warranted the appointment of a guardian and conservator on behalf of Jewell Anderson.  As a result of the prompt and correct decision by Probate Court Judge Grant to appoint a guardian and conservator for Jewell Anderson, the limited retirement assets of Jewell Anderson were preserved/saved.

E.   Caught in the Act of Misappropriating Jewell Anderson’s Assets, Diane Anderson Vows to Get Even with David Anderson and Martha Anderson.

Ever since 2004 when the Probate Court proceedings exposed Diane Anderson’s wrongful behavior regarding misappropriating her mother’s retirement assets, Diane Anderson has vowed to “get even” and make life miserable for both David Anderson and Martha Anderson.  Diane Anderson has lived up to her promise to make life miserable for David Anderson and Martha Anderson by making slanderous statements relating to them to anyone who will listen, and by publishing erroneous and libelous information about them on her elder abuse website.  If the reader of this website is interested in knowing the truth regarding the misappropriation problem created by Diane Anderson, and the Probate Court’s detection of this problem and the stoppage of it, please take time to visit the Oakland County Probate Court and review the Guardianship Case No. 2004-295,192-GA file and the Conservatorship Case No. 2004-295,193-CA file pertaining to Jewell Anderson.  A review of these Court files will soon put to rest any of the outrageous and erroneous accusations being made by Diane Anderson regarding elder abuse being committed by David Anderson and Martha Anderson against Jewell Anderson.