While this death is both sickening and tragic, I find it disgusting the state is being sued. Perhaps, rather than commit crimes, to the point of being thrown in jail, the biological father should have been doing his job…BEING A FATHER! This man ought to serve more time for being a terrible failure of a father, and walking away from the responsibility one incurs when one has a child. Talk about gross negligence!
But, you have to give it to the guy…he’s git HUGE balls. He screws up as a parent, then sues the state for negligence? Sick bastard!
Read the article more closely, he didn’t sue.
So now you want to put people in our already crowded jails for being a failure as a parent? Just who decides what that means and just who gets thrown in jail?
Lotsa loose talk…
Perhaps OR and other states could develop legislation to create law so that a person in Maples position could not benefit due to this loss contributed to by his earlier actions; perhaps something similar to persons being unable to gain financially through income derived from books/movies portraying their criminal actions. Such profits could be directed back to the State for improvement of the child protective services department.
Also a sick lawyer (slime bag). Let’s pass on all of our responsibility as parents and then sue someone else when they
are trying to do our job. Hope he ends up in prison again and
is unable to enjoy the money. After all, he really didn’t want
it (but was easily influenced by an attorney to file suit.) Makes
me sick so know that these people breathe the same air as I do.
Yes, next time you have a legal problem, you’ll be looking for the nastiest “slime bag” around! I suggest you call a plumber.
What makes a lawyer appointed to represent an estate (a must) a slime bag? Most plaintiff’s attorneys work on contingent fees of 33 1/3 percent, so a $1.5mm award to the estate would be $500,000.
Obviously you didn’t read the article very well, as DS below says, the suit was not brought by the biological father, it was brought by the court-appointed personal representative, who obtained a favorable result for the estate she represents. It so happens that the Oregon Intestacy Law says the estate, including the award, minus the attorney’s fee, goes to the father.
So before you go calling lawyers “slime bag” and wishing that father’s who run into a windfall go to jail, perhaps you should get your facts sorted out first.
I think it’s good that this suit went through. Here in Oregon, there have been far too many similar cases of neglect that the DHS has not properly investigated, and children being horribly abused or even killed as a result.
True this father wasn’t really there, but the child was living with the mother and step-father. Maybe the biological father didn’t have visitation or much visitation rights.
But whatever his role as parent was or was not, that is not the real issue. It does not excuse the DHS from not investigating and letting such abuses continue, and that is the real concern here in Oregon.
Oregon is not the only state whose DHS is not taking care of the childres as they should. Colorado is just as bad if not worse. In 2011 six childred died from child abuse After DHS had already gotten notice of abuse. This number is just in one of 64 counties.
“As Maples didn’t leave a will and was only 15-years old at the time of her death, her estate is currently represented by a Portland attorney, Erin Olsen. Olsen was appointed as the personal representative by the court after Maples father, Anthony Maples, failed to win representation of the estate in court.
In the wrongful death lawsuit, another Portland attorney, David Paul represented Olsen and the Maples Estate in court.
According to Paul, as part of the settlement, Paul will receive $500,000 for attorney fees.
Of the remaining 1 million dollars, $7,000 has already been spent to cover Jeanette’s funeral and burial expenses.
By Oregon law, the rest of the funds will go to Jeanette’s biological father, Anthony Maples. Jeanette’s mother, Angela McAnulty cannot benefit from a crime that she committed. Because Jeanette did not have a will, her siblings cannot receive any of the settlement, as siblings are not considered heirs to an estate under Oregon law.
According to Paul, Maples has already discussed making a significant charitable contribution with the funds.”
“Should [be]” is a wonderful word, but it does not represent what “is”. You’re talking about changing Oregon’s intestacy laws which apparently do not distribute an estate to siblings when there is no will. This is unusual as I daresay most states do. However, the intestacy laws would also give the estate to the parent before the siblings, if I recall correctly. So now you’re talking about changing the law two ways–first to include siblings and second to eliminate the biological father under certain circumstances. You are talking dangerous stuff in suggesting this. Moreover, we don’t know if the siblings are his biological children or some other guy’s. It all sounds like an invitation to lawsuits to do what you have suggested. In addition, note that the biological father is talking about contributions to charity, which does suggest some good motive.
Wonder if this will influence the (not yet filed but almost certain to be) lawsuit that will come from the Washington man who killed his children while on a social services visit? Josh Powell.
While this death is both sickening and tragic, I find it disgusting the state is being sued. Perhaps, rather than commit crimes, to the point of being thrown in jail, the biological father should have been doing his job…BEING A FATHER! This man ought to serve more time for being a terrible failure of a father, and walking away from the responsibility one incurs when one has a child. Talk about gross negligence!
But, you have to give it to the guy…he’s git HUGE balls. He screws up as a parent, then sues the state for negligence? Sick bastard!
Read the article more closely, he didn’t sue.
So now you want to put people in our already crowded jails for being a failure as a parent? Just who decides what that means and just who gets thrown in jail?
Lotsa loose talk…
Perhaps OR and other states could develop legislation to create law so that a person in Maples position could not benefit due to this loss contributed to by his earlier actions; perhaps something similar to persons being unable to gain financially through income derived from books/movies portraying their criminal actions. Such profits could be directed back to the State for improvement of the child protective services department.
Also a sick lawyer (slime bag). Let’s pass on all of our responsibility as parents and then sue someone else when they
are trying to do our job. Hope he ends up in prison again and
is unable to enjoy the money. After all, he really didn’t want
it (but was easily influenced by an attorney to file suit.) Makes
me sick so know that these people breathe the same air as I do.
Yes, next time you have a legal problem, you’ll be looking for the nastiest “slime bag” around! I suggest you call a plumber.
What makes a lawyer appointed to represent an estate (a must) a slime bag? Most plaintiff’s attorneys work on contingent fees of 33 1/3 percent, so a $1.5mm award to the estate would be $500,000.
Obviously you didn’t read the article very well, as DS below says, the suit was not brought by the biological father, it was brought by the court-appointed personal representative, who obtained a favorable result for the estate she represents. It so happens that the Oregon Intestacy Law says the estate, including the award, minus the attorney’s fee, goes to the father.
So before you go calling lawyers “slime bag” and wishing that father’s who run into a windfall go to jail, perhaps you should get your facts sorted out first.
I think it’s good that this suit went through. Here in Oregon, there have been far too many similar cases of neglect that the DHS has not properly investigated, and children being horribly abused or even killed as a result.
True this father wasn’t really there, but the child was living with the mother and step-father. Maybe the biological father didn’t have visitation or much visitation rights.
But whatever his role as parent was or was not, that is not the real issue. It does not excuse the DHS from not investigating and letting such abuses continue, and that is the real concern here in Oregon.
Oregon is not the only state whose DHS is not taking care of the childres as they should. Colorado is just as bad if not worse. In 2011 six childred died from child abuse After DHS had already gotten notice of abuse. This number is just in one of 64 counties.
FYI The ‘deadbeat dad’ didn’t file the lawsuit…
http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Oregon-settles-Jeanette-Maples-wrongful-death/g71wu75sH0yKmk_ZT6fq_A.cspx
“As Maples didn’t leave a will and was only 15-years old at the time of her death, her estate is currently represented by a Portland attorney, Erin Olsen. Olsen was appointed as the personal representative by the court after Maples father, Anthony Maples, failed to win representation of the estate in court.
In the wrongful death lawsuit, another Portland attorney, David Paul represented Olsen and the Maples Estate in court.
According to Paul, as part of the settlement, Paul will receive $500,000 for attorney fees.
Of the remaining 1 million dollars, $7,000 has already been spent to cover Jeanette’s funeral and burial expenses.
By Oregon law, the rest of the funds will go to Jeanette’s biological father, Anthony Maples. Jeanette’s mother, Angela McAnulty cannot benefit from a crime that she committed. Because Jeanette did not have a will, her siblings cannot receive any of the settlement, as siblings are not considered heirs to an estate under Oregon law.
According to Paul, Maples has already discussed making a significant charitable contribution with the funds.”
very interesting…Oregon drops the ball again, money should go to the siblings, not a missing in action dad.
“Should [be]” is a wonderful word, but it does not represent what “is”. You’re talking about changing Oregon’s intestacy laws which apparently do not distribute an estate to siblings when there is no will. This is unusual as I daresay most states do. However, the intestacy laws would also give the estate to the parent before the siblings, if I recall correctly. So now you’re talking about changing the law two ways–first to include siblings and second to eliminate the biological father under certain circumstances. You are talking dangerous stuff in suggesting this. Moreover, we don’t know if the siblings are his biological children or some other guy’s. It all sounds like an invitation to lawsuits to do what you have suggested. In addition, note that the biological father is talking about contributions to charity, which does suggest some good motive.
Wonder if this will influence the (not yet filed but almost certain to be) lawsuit that will come from the Washington man who killed his children while on a social services visit? Josh Powell.
Hey Kitzhauer, send ‘er on down here to Texas. We’ll git ‘er done fer ya!