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Family members urge Oakland County commissioners to review alleged misconduct in probate court
Summary
Speakers Jody White and Jeff White told the board they believe court-appointed fiduciaries and a probate judge facilitated the dissipation of an estate and asked commissioners to help secure court videos and review files.
Jody White and Jeff White used public comment at the Oakland County Board of Commissioners meeting to urge the board to review what they described as long-running misconduct in the county probate court.
Jody White said the probate court receives nearly $9 million in the county budget to run 55 staff positions that administer estates and trusts. She said tax dollars intended to protect beneficiaries and execute wills and trusts instead have been used to support, in her view, "a criminal enterprise" related to the handling of the…
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