He had maintained his notes and the documents associated with the execution of her estate plan.
I asked him to preserve everything.
Then I contacted the assisted-living facility.
Through the appropriate legal process, I obtained the records relevant to my parents’ allegations.
The management records confirmed when and why the locks had been changed.
The visitor records showed who had come to see Nana and when.
My parents had not been prohibited from visiting.
They had simply visited far less often than their courtroom story suggested.
There were gaps of weeks when neither of them came.
Meanwhile, my name appeared repeatedly.
But I wasn’t the only visitor.
The records reflected Nana’s ordinary social contact and the facility’s regular activities.
She had not been isolated in the manner my parents alleged.
Her medical records were equally important.
They documented the physical problems that had made assisted living necessary.
