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| Thousands
of separately deeded cemetery-like
plots with memorial stones erected by lot owners as closure to the loss
of their pre-born children Situated on 22 acres of gently rolling farm
land.
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http://www.lifeprinciplestrust.org
301-793-5463 P.O. Box 3 Burtonsville,
Maryland 20866
Site
Location;
2901-2917Spencerville Road, Burtonsville, MD Forest Grauel E-Mail: flgrauel (at) smart.net |
A
safe place of love and nurturing for Mom’s
in crisis awaiting the birth of
the gift of life, their pre-born children career,
life skills, and spiritual training |
Update November 9th 2006:
Sandy Spring Bank has evicted Forest and Aileen Grauel from their house by throwing all their belongings on the street. They are planning to come back on the 16th to remove all the rest of the property. If you believe this is wrong then please show your support!Click here: for Background Message from Forest Grauel to all Readers.
Law Suit Filed Against Sandy Spring Bank
Left with no other alternative, on the 17th of May 2006, we filed suit against Sandy Spring Bank for causes including Abuse of Fiduciary Trust, and just recently expanded the lawsuit to include their attorney Richard Lyon for malpractice. The lawsuit against Richard Lyon has since been dismissed.
Monday September 18 2006: We lost on eviction in District Court in front of Judge Patricia L. Mitchel but have time to appeal, but she set a bond of 1.5 million to prevent us from appealing even though the lawyer from the bank Richard Lyon said we had that recourse.
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Update Aug 15 2006:
Monday Aug 14 2006: Two matters were brought before the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.
In the matter of the Temporary Restraining Order . The motion was dismissed partially because Sandy Spring Bank has filed a motion for Eviction that was to be heard today the 18th of August and has since been postponed to a week later (will keep you posted). The judge argued that he would be taking jurisdiction away from District Court by retroactively invalidating their action. Some might argue that if the hearing on Eviction (since postponed to the 13th of September) was not so soon then he might be more inclined to grant the TRO (temporary restraining order) . It is the opinion of myself and others that were present that the judge allowed evidence into the proceeding that had nothing to do with the potential harm to the plaintiff and should have granted the restraining order based on the potential harm to the plaintiff (us) and the limited harm to Sandy Spring Bank.
Many times during the proceeding the judge (Judge Rubin) mentioned the appeals court almost like he wished it would get appealed.
Call phone 301-793-5463 anytime for latest updates.
Update Aug 15 2006:
Monday Aug 14 2006: Two matters were brought before the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.
- Motion to Dismiss the case against Richard Lyon.
- Motion for Temporary Restraining order.
In the matter of the Temporary Restraining Order . The motion was dismissed partially because Sandy Spring Bank has filed a motion for Eviction that was to be heard today the 18th of August and has since been postponed to a week later (will keep you posted). The judge argued that he would be taking jurisdiction away from District Court by retroactively invalidating their action. Some might argue that if the hearing on Eviction (since postponed to the 13th of September) was not so soon then he might be more inclined to grant the TRO (temporary restraining order) . It is the opinion of myself and others that were present that the judge allowed evidence into the proceeding that had nothing to do with the potential harm to the plaintiff and should have granted the restraining order based on the potential harm to the plaintiff (us) and the limited harm to Sandy Spring Bank.
Many times during the proceeding the judge (Judge Rubin) mentioned the appeals court almost like he wished it would get appealed.
The score so far:
Since 2002 Sandy Spring Bank has disbursed from the Grauel Trust, both to themselves and others (not the named beneficiaries) around $400,000 That is Four Hundred Thousand dollars. So far the named beneficiaries have not gotten a penny and parties listed on this site have spent tens of thousands of dollars fighting this. We ask you: why should a bank be entitled to that much money, from the Grauel's estate and will most likely take huge amounts of money as "fees" from the proceeds?Our contention simply put:
There are 3 facets that we are trying to publish via this website:1: The project that we want to put forth.
2: The right of Forest Grauel or assignee to purchase the property as stated in his parents Trust Documents.
3: The effort by Sandy Spring Bank to stop us!
We were granted a contract for sale by Sandy Spring Bank (see below) to purchase the entire property and spelled out everything that we want to do. The problems is that no one will lend on the contract with all the conditions. We believe that if we were given a clean contract of sale then we would not have this dispute right now.
We also contend that the bank should not continue to be trustee pastthe death of Evelyn Grauel and suck assets that family members could manage at no cost.
Why this is not a family dispute:
If a family dispute is "only" about money then this isn't one. In October of 2002, Sandy Spring Bank, as Trustee for the Evelyn Grauel and George Grauel Trust sold 20 acres of what many described as "trophy home" property at the dead end of Kruhm Road for only $525,000.00. Even though it could have been argued that it could have sold for more, it was anticipated that at least some "token cash distribution" would have been made to the 4 named beneficiaries of the Grauel Trust. Each of the beneficiaries have grandchildren whose education and other needs could have been advanced as well as other good uses for the legacy their parents intended that "they" would have received, not realizing "how banks and lawyers make money" in many cases when given a chance.So far, aside from the limited amounts expended for Mom's care before her death in January of 2004, and a few other day to day incidentals, it appears those who have "benefited" most to date have been Sandy Spring Bank and their various payees such as attorneys and other professionals. Just for the month of November, 2005 alone, they paid one of their attorneys $15,000.00 and then took an additional $20,000.00 simply as a "fee", above and beyond their usual monthly "fee" which has amounted to tens of thousands of dollars to date. Through all of this, Forest Grauel has had to rely on others for legal assistance while Sandy Spring bank has continued taking funds from the Grauel Trusts, with considerable sums used to assault him with court actions.
Trying to apply logic to any of this, would seem like trying to make sense from the inmates at an insane asylum. Sandy Spring Bank continues writing checks from the Grauel Trusts, and continues to hammer a good and well meaning "beneficiary" of the Trusts, Forest Grauel with court actions, now seeking to remove Forest and Aileen from their home in what many feel is "retaliation" following Forest , and a separate entity, Life Principles Trust filing a lawsuit against Sandy Spring Bank. Recently Sergio Oliver, Senior Vice President of the Sandy Spring Bank Trust Department even came in to Court to testify against against Forest Grauel, a beneficiary of the Trusts and whose rights under Article VI Sergio Oliver in court. Trust department Going back in time to the time just after the death of Evelyn Grauel, had Sandy Spring Bank simply "asked" Forest Grauel in writing, as authorized under Article VI of his parent's Trusts, "how much contiguous land he so desired" under Article VI, it would seem to have been such a simple thing. They could have performed an appraisal and offered it to him with a simple and un restricted Contract of Sale. With that having been the case, it's likely that all of the beneficiaries could have had use of their respective beneficiary distributions within the first year following their mother's death. Had that transpired, the trusts would have terminated and Sandy Spring Bank would not have been able to continue writing checks to themselves and their lawyers. Hmmmm . . . .
Back in 2002, before Gerald and Robert Grauel petitioned the Court to appoint Sandy Spring Bank as Successor Trustee, Forest tried to reason with them against turning over disbursement authority to an institution outside of the family. During the discussions he reportedly asked them if they understood "how banks and lawyers make money." One could pose the question here, "do we have a "run away trust department" or is this "business as usual" at the Sandy Spring Bank. Forest reports that W. Drew Stabler, Chairman of the Board of Sandy Spring Bank told him that he had inquired into the matter and that he felt Sandy Spring Bank was following their normal guidelines with regard to administering trusts. If this is "normal," then one would have to ask, "what on earth would be considered 'abnormal'."
Court Docket:
Lawsuit refiled against Sandy Spring Bank.
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"The Battle for Rachel's Field Rages. Reinforcements from Patriot Benjamin Martin Sought to Help Fight off General Charles Cornwallis and the Hordes from Sandy Spring Bank Trust Dept. (details to follow as more become available)"
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An open letter
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Mother Angelica and The Nuns of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, Hanceville, Alabama
to pray all day August 15 2006 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
A Holy Day of Obligation:View Prayer Letter Here (3 MB PDF large file):
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Endorsement letter from Priests For Life.
Exclusive Contract of Sale for Real Estate Purchase (new window).
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