The following demand letter was sent today to the representative of my mother's new Trustee
Don L. Vance
P.O Box -------------
Morton, Illinois, 61550
DEMAND LETTER to ATG Trust Company
RE: Demand letter for payment for past services rendered—January 9, 2013.
Since the court (Case #: 12-LM-156) has seen fit under Illinois law to retroactively declare null and void the verbal agreement between my mother—a Trustee of the trust at the time—and me, my portion of the agreement is also obviously null and void. Therefore, I must insist that the trust compensate me for the extensive services I rendered to my mother over the seven plus years that were covered by the now null and void agreement.
Those services included but were not limited to being 1) a financial advisor 2) an accountant 3) a tax consultant 4) a de facto trustee 5) a maintenance man for the house and yard 6) a chauffer 7) a grocery shopper 8) a care giver for my mother 9) a cook 10) a housekeeper 11) a daily companion 12) the care giver for mom’s cat and 13) a guard and protector of mother and the house included under the trust. I did these services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for over seven and one half years with no breaks except for two weeks when I went back to Tucson. Other than the two weeks away, I was home every night without exception.
Furthermore, I almost certainly saved mother’s life when the stove was leaking natural gas because the burner knob did not shut down the gas flow completely. Also, I was present from the beginning and involved each and every time an ambulance had to be called and/or mother was taken to the emergency room of the hospital.
Using the very minimum figure of $7.00 per hour for services rendered and 16 hours per day for services provided including guard and protector of the home, the following compensation for services rendered seems to be the minimum compensation that should be provided:
1st year: from June 5-December 31, 2004 = 209 days X $7 X 16 hours = $23,408
2nd year: all year minus 14 days 2005 = 351 days X $7 X 16 hours = $39,312
3rd year: all year 2006 = 365 days X $7 X 16 hours = $40,880
4th year: all year 2007 = 365 days X $7 X 16 hours = $40,880
5th year: all year 2008 = 366 days X $7 X 16 hours = $40,992
6th year: all year 2009 = 365 days X $7 X 16 hours = $40,880
7th year: all year 2010 = 365 days X $7 X 16 hours = $40,880
8th year: all year* 2011 = 31 days X $7 X 16 hours = $03,472
Total compensation for services rendered due = $270,704
*consisting of a minimum of 31 days in January. I will forgo any further compensation.
Please pay the above listed total as compensation for services provided to Martha E. Vance within fourteen days of receipt of this letter. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Donald L. Vance
