The fact that South Carolina allows non lawyers with only a high school education to be probate judges is a crime itself, very easy for unethical attorneys to take advantage of. Shady dealings happen in many of the probate courts, judges appoint close attorney friends over estates in lieu of family members and these attorney friends profit financially. Some have been known to restructure or completely do away with trusts to allow attorney friends to benefit financially at the expense of the actual beneficiaries
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How did the judge get deposed? Typically they have immunity from being required to testify regarding matters they oversee.
Odom started as a clerk under Probate Judge Bessie Cope? Any relation to Lee Cope of PMPED? I don’t believe in many coincidences in this case.
The fact that South Carolina allows non lawyers with only a high school education to be probate judges is a crime itself, very easy for unethical attorneys to take advantage of. Shady dealings happen in many of the probate courts, judges appoint close attorney friends over estates in lieu of family members and these attorney friends profit financially. Some have been known to restructure or completely do away with trusts to allow attorney friends to benefit financially at the expense of the actual beneficiaries
Shadyjudges, you quiet nicely state the obvious….
I was wondering the same thing. How did a clerk of the court become a probate judge with no law degree. What a shadey system SC has in place.