North Carolina has many stereotypes. At any point in time all one has to do is reach into a magician's hat of identities and come up with one that will work for the occassion.
Enter the scene, a North Carolina attorney called Kathleen Brinkey. Last year, with Patricia now completely estranged from the family, her doctors and basically society living in a one room efficiency at The Suburban Extended Stay; Ms. Brinkey found herself seeking permission to venture into Patricia's privacy by taking control of what might be left of her financial affairs.
Do to complete cooperation of all family members, a Limited Guardianship was afforded Patricia's father. He would be the one that would see to her well being and the 'trust fund' that remained of her monies. At the time of the proceedings there was found approximately $77,000 given a couple thousand. It was in firms that continued to manage those funds according to the instructions of a woman determined to live a life she was accustomed to, but, at the same time those instructions did not reflect vigilance so much as negligence. Pat had done well. The funds were on the verge of being handed over to the state in lack of contact by it's owner.
As Dad had now the clout to take her back to her doctors, a second tumor was found behind her right ear. She had issues with eyesight that was cleared up with corrective lens. She had dental issues.
Something happened to the 'care' of Patricia. It became less than she ever demanded for herself and she turned away from her 'caregivers.' She felt abused by the decisions of a man that took advise from people less loving of Patricia than I to protect himself from being the one to blame if anything 'went wrong.' Due to that 'attitude' he fell into guardianship of ONLY her monies without even contact with Patty. The relationship with her caregivers diminished in short order and the Schizoid Personality Disorder became a huge wedge to the credibility of her new diagnosis and her consent to care.
Because of Patricia's estrangement from care as she did not 'want to know if it was a cancer' her survival came into question. As the chances of her overcoming even another tumor became less and less due to neglect associated with time her parents turned to the monies left as comfort to an end of her life.
Pitiful is not a word to describe the circumstances of this travesty of the North Carolina legal system. Left out of the provisions to ? protect ? Patricia was a small clause that only someone really dedicated to the real purpose of the litigation would have come up with: 'Clause Infinitem: Should Patricia's wellness ever come into question as to the appropriate outcome due to issues of the tumor as it impacts on her cognitive ability another proceedings will automatically ensue to insure her well being above all other interests.'
