Chapter 25 - MARLENE’S CONSEQUENCES
The financial case produced civil findings and criminal referral.
Prosecutors focused only on conduct supported beyond reasonable doubt.
False reimbursement submissions involving Lily.
Forgery or false statements in conservatorship reports.
Diversion of certain funds.
Interference with correspondence was morally serious but not every act fit a criminal statute.
Marlene ultimately entered a plea on financial and false-filing offenses.
Restitution.
Probation with a period of custodial confinement under the negotiated resolution.
Permanent disqualification from fiduciary roles involving Anna.
No unsupervised contact with Lily unless Lily’s parents agreed and therapeutic professionals considered it appropriate.
Anna did not ask for maximum punishment.
She said:
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“I want my mother unable to own my life.”
That was enough.
