Guardian Abuse Cases Foreshadow FLDS Children’s Plight

Mounting evidence indicates the children’s removal from the FLDS compound was likely a prudent move. This column is in no way meant to diminish the gravity of the situation. It is important, however, to point out the dangers governmental intervention can create. Our positions and analysis are based upon guardianship cases, similar actions in which control of a person’s life is taken to theoretically rescue them from danger or exploitation yet the process by which this happens becomes a new source of exploitation, sometimes with government complicity.

IRA cases reviewed at EstateofDenial.com entail apparent unscrupulous execution or administration of wills, trusts and guardianships. In trust and will situations, being a target often becomes evident upon one’s death. Guardianship victims are usually elderly or disabled. Guardianship results from a legal action directed in a probate court venue that assigns an individual, often called a guardian ad litem or conservator, to take control of a person’s affairs – from disposition of their assets (financial holdings, real estate, personal possessions, etc.) to decisions regarding where they live and who they see. The individual, called a ward, has few rights and little ability to affect their life circumstances. With our aging population, conservator appointments seem to be increasing, as also are accounts of guardianship abuse.

Guardian abuse and the FLDS cases both revolve around exploited individuals. Guardianship cases routinely lead to aggressive government intervention. In addition to the original abuse, a new victimization front for the FLDS children is predictable as disposition of their cases becomes a complicated mass of expensive, extensive legal proceedings spawning actions ultimately more beneficial to participating governmental entities and associated for-profit enterprises rather than being of benefit to the “victims” whose welfare the litigious machinations were allegedly initiated to protect.