Chapter 21 - ROBERT AND HELEN LOSE THE HOUSE
The trust court held a five-day evidentiary hearing.
Robert admitted approving the loan.
Helen admitted providing my signature document.
Neither admitted intending “fraud” in the moral language they feared.
The judge did not require family vocabulary.
He found:
Material breach of trust terms.
Unauthorized encumbrance.
Failure of fiduciary duty.
Knowing participation in use of an unverified beneficiary consent.
Robert’s trustee authority permanently terminated.
Helen’s advisory role eliminated.
Then occupancy.
The judge could have allowed them to remain under receiver control.
Instead, he gave them ninety days to vacate.
Why?
The trust relationship had become unworkable.
The property needed to be sold or placed under new administration to resolve debt and restore value.
Robert cried.
Helen stared at me.
“You did this.”
I answered:
“No.”
She almost laughed.
“You filed.”
“Yes.”
“You could have forgiven it.”
“That would not make the loan disappear.”
“You could have helped.”
There.
Still.
May you like
I had enough.
Therefore I should absorb it.
