I am wondering what is happening with the family home and expensive cars. With no income (?) from LM or MM, I wonder how long before the house is sold or foreclosed?
If we have any HR managers on the thread, can you share how a company would handle employees who are incarcerated or missing?
Given that MM hasn’t been declared deceased, I wonder what happens as far as life insurance, etc.
Amateur opinion and speculation
I'm curious about LM's employment status on the date he was arrested.
Falling back on a defendant being innocent until proven guilty, I recall that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, many state and federal employees are placed on suspended or administrative (
paid) leave -- not losing their benefits until they've been convicted.
In this case, LM maintains that MM is voluntarily missing and the Court has not yet proven that LM is responsible for her death and/or disappearance.
I'll never forget when I first learned about this protection under Title VII for certain employees: it was the 1999 murder of TX Belinda Temple by her husband David. A high school teacher/coach, he was suspended with pay for
8 years before being convicted of murder!
(Temple was convicted for the 2nd time of killing his wife last year).
Every state has its own probate statute but California law permits a missing person's spouse and other certain family members—such as a parent or child—to submit a petition to the court requesting that a missing person be “presumed dead” if that person has not been seen or heard from for
five or more years.
Also, last week when Maricris was quoted as saying ".... my application for this conservatorship,..." her use of this term surprised me since
conservatorship typically applies to adults and not minors.
I wonder if Maricris is being preemptive in an attempt to preserve Maya's community assets for the benefit of her surviving children.
MOO
ETA: Generally, under conservatorship, a conservator is appointed to handle financial matters of their ward.
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