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Orange County California Money-draining probate system ‘like a plague Love landed Elinor Frerichs in a secured facility for people with dementia. Twelve days after the death of her husband, 95-year-old Frerichs married a friend 26 years her junior, a man who watched the same TV shows and made her feel “happier than ever.” But shortly after saying “I do,” Frerichs was placed under a court conservatorship at the recommendation of a psychologist and Adult Protective Services. She was hospitalized and her marriage was annulled — partly to shield her estate, estimated at $1 million. Despite concerns over her mental capacity, Frerichs appeared lucid in a transcript of a rare visit with friends, vowing, “I’m not going to sit there and rot and die in that damn room.” Money-draining probate system ‘like a plague…Money-draining probate system ‘like a plague on our senior citizens’ Kennett Taylor poses with a photo of his ex-wife, Elinor Frerichs, outside the Elihu M Harris State Building in Oakland, Calif., after meeting with Senator Nancy Skinner on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) By Tony Saavedra | [email protected] | Orange County Register PUBLISHED: September 23, 2018 at 10:35 a.m. | UPDATED: September 25, 2018 at 9:04 a.m. Love landed Elinor Frerichs in a secured facility for people with dementia. Twelve days after the death of her husband, 95-year-old Frerichs married a friend 26 years her junior, a man who watched the same TV shows and made her feel “happier than ever.” But shortly after saying “I do,” Frerichs was placed under a court conservatorship at the recommendation of a psychologist and Adult Protective Services. She was hospitalized and her marriage was annulled — partly to shield her estate, estimated at $1 million. Despite… Read More