The One Person I Brought Made Curtis’s Conservatorship Threat Fall Apart Before It Even Began
The door opened and my elder-law attorney, Miriam Cole, stepped inside. Curtis went white. Weeks earlier, when his questions about my property became increasingly aggressive, I had asked Miriam to review everything—my estate plan, business records, medical records, and the ownership documents for the laundromats and cabin. She had also arranged an independent capacity evaluation confirming that I understood my finances perfectly well. Curtis could still file whatever petition he wanted, but threatening to declare me incompetent unless I surrendered my assets was now something my attorney had personally heard.
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