Chapter 18 - THE MONEY AUDIT
Court auditors reviewed four years.
Payments to Marlene:
Care management.
Travel.
Housing.
Child support.
Administrative compensation.
Total:
$517,000.
Supported as reasonable:
Approximately $268,000.
Questioned:
$249,000.
Not every dollar stolen.
That mattered.
Some of Marlene’s labor was real.
She attended appointments.
Handled insurance.
Visited Anna weekly during the first year.
She also billed for Lily’s care while I was raising Lily full time.
She billed mileage for trips she did not make.
She used Anna’s funds to renovate her condo’s downstairs bedroom as “future accessible housing.”
Anna never lived there.
Then:
$74,000 legal reserve used defending continued conservatorship after Anna requested more independence.
Anna’s own money funded the legal fight limiting Anna’s autonomy.
That was allowed to some extent if litigation concerned her welfare.
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But if the conservator’s conflict caused the litigation?
Different question.
