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Professional Conservator Denied License In Response to Abuse

Posted on | June 30, 2009 |

In 2005, an inflammatory series of articles was published in the Los Angeles Times (as reported earlier on this blog, here).  The articles named Melodie Jo Scott as having improperly allowed Sarah Kerley (who was then married to Scott’s brother) to live without paying rent in a conservatee’s house for months. She also allegedly spent $200,000 of another client’s money on appliances and items that were not needed by another client.  In response, the State of California instituted licensing requirements via its Professional Fiduciaries Bureau.  In both cases she was essentially forced to step down, but on her license application she failed to disclose those cases to the board. The board refused to grant her a license based upon that omission in her application. A grand jury is currently investigating her previous cases. To learn more information about California conservatorships, click here.

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