Let Mona Come Home

Let Mona Come Home Documenting Mona Maertensʻ struggle to return home live with her son. When Sheryl tried to have Mona meet with her own attorney, Mona refused.

After having earned his MBA in 2004, and starting with his marketing management services in 2007 and conversations with his Native Hawaiian mother Mona Maertens beginning in 2012 wherein she asked her son Michael to take over her apartment business and "split the profits," Michael Maertens-Odegaard began to gradually assume increasing responsibilities for his motherʻs estate and her personal safet

y. He responded to her request to attend a business services consultation at the Bank of America and helped her initiate her estate planning documentation which she completed while Michael was in seminary in Boston. Upon completion of his MDiv in 2015 Michael discovered his white-identified sister Sheryl Trejo had all of Monaʻs financial documents and that taxes hadnʻt been paid in four years, so he gathered all the relevant information and brought Monaʻs taxes to current while also taking care of her. Twice-divorced Sheryl Trejo began her conservatorship petition to Probate Court in the Spring of 2019 after she was unsuccessful in convincing the Hospice of North Coast on January 4, 2019 to place her mother Mona Maertens into a group care facility per her white-identified father Gerald Odegaardʻs recommendation and Mona's April 16, 2019 decision to end hospice services initiated six months prior. Early in the probate court process Mona wrote a letter on June 11-12, 2019 opposing Sherylʻs actions which was received by the then presiding Judge Kenneth Longstreth who then denied Sherylʻs motion for conservatorship which included unsubstantiated allegations of financial abuse and neglect of their mother. When the COVID-19 pandemic started Sheryl renewed her motion to for conservatorship to move Mona to her Vista house with a different court, Judge Julia Kelety (who campaigns politically for feminist causes) took over the case in telephone proceedings. Judge Kelety appointed Deborah Streeter as attorney for Mona and authorized a slanderous care management report from the caregiver contractor Windward Life Care (note conflict of interest) who claimed to provide an independent analysis but submitted a biased 16-page report evaluating the suitability of Mona’s apartment and not also Sheryl’s home (which has no suitable place for Mona to walk her dog), so full of errors that Michael had to write 13 pages in response. (Ms Streeter has on three different occasions written letters and submitted declarations that misrepresents both what Mona has said as well as what Judge Kelety has said. She also approved the incomplete financial disclosures of “professional fiduciary” Stephen Michea.) In spite of copious letters and declarations from concerned tenants and friends of Monaʻs Judge Kelety ruled to grant Sheryl temporary conservatorship of Monaʻs person and Stephen Michea temporary conservator of Monaʻs estate on June 5, 2020 using four invalid reasons for her decision responding to lies Sheryl told the court, and Michaelʻs attorney Manu Elloie resigned from the case on the principle that he "doesnʻt do appeals." Sherylʻs attorney Sandra Bonds-Hickey stopped Michaelʻs small $3,000/month compensation for onsite & estate management & caregiving. After Judge Kelety temporarily replaced Stephen Michea for Michael as Trustee of Monaʻs Living Trust, Michea initiated eviction procedures against Michael (which was withdrawn to comply with SD County eviction moratorium requirements and later resumed). Responding to Judge Keletyʻs errors, Michael filed a motion for reconsideration with documentation of Sherylʻs deceit, but before the hearing a tentative ruling was issued the day before the hearing which identified another false allegation concerning Michaelʻs misbehavior that became the new reason Judge Kelety sustained her biased decision. On June 19, 2020 after a week of Sheryl’s provocation and Michaelʻs objection to her video recording him, Michael lifted his leg in defense of Sherylʻs disorderly and hysterical behavior; the bottom of his foot hit Sheryl on her abdomen without harm, but in spite of that Sheryl placed a citizensʻ arrest on Michael for battery charges (which were later dismissed by criminal court), but she succeeded the same day to have a no-contact six-foot distance TRO (issued ostensibly to cast Michael as a COVID risk) that irrationally included Mona as “additionally protected” which isolated her and Michael from having contact for four months; according to caregiver Irina Kotek this caused much distress and harm to Mona to whom Sheryl lied saying Michael was “on vacation in Florida” when she asked for him daily, causing Mona such depression that she gave her food to her dog, and Mona no longer was able to get her 3-4 hours daily walks with her dog Honi. In ensuing case management and ex parte hearings various mischaracterizations ("smut-peddling") were alleged against Michael which further biased Judge Kelety into thinking he was “extremely violent" (according to Sheryl & her attorney Sandra Bonds-Hickey) and causing the Judge to indulge every devious motion offered by Sheryl to isolate Mona from Michael (including limiting what topics he can discuss with her, forbidding Michael to speak Hawaiian with his mother, only allowing Michael to sing in Hawaiian with Mona after she was deceitfully awarded conservatorship). Mona has been very explicit about her desire to remain with Michael, but her testimony has not been allowed into court by Judge Kelety. Because of his justified distrust of the court, Michael requested trial by jury, but the trial was only heard by Judge Kelety who authorized Bonds-Hickey to exclude Michaelʻs exhibits from the trial book. The trial planned to determine conservatorship of the person in the morning and the estate in the afternoon, but the former took all day. During the conservatorship of the person trial, at which Judge Kelety granted Bonds-Hickeyls motion “in limine” to disqualify all of Michaelʻs witnesses (except Mona whom she wouldnʻt allow Michael to speak directly to) and censor his submitted exhibits, the Judge granted Sheryl permanent conservatorship of Monaʻs person, and at a subsequent trial the biased judge forbade Michael from answering Monaʻs questions about the apartment business and granted Stephen Michea conservatorship of the estate, saying that she didnʻt think Michael was bondable and that he is too "entitled" to serve properly as conservator (this in spite of the fact that under oath Michea said during the conservatorship of estate trial that he had no plans to indebt Mona’s estate, but when under cross examination Michael asked Michea how he intended to continue spending $24,000 more a year than rental income and also refund Sherylʻs requested $55,000 investment in legal fees he conceded he would take out a loan against the apartments to pay $400,000 of Sherylʻs legal fees.) At the December 16 2021 hearing to review Micheaʻs first financial report on the estate, both Bonds-Hickey and Streeter issued declarations of endorsement even though Michea’s report was incomplete, erroneous, and without any financial accounting from the apartments business held by Monaʻs living trust. Judge Kelety finally conceded that the apartment business comprised the majority of Monaʻs estate.

05/04/2024

Mona reposed this Holy Friday morning shortly after 3:00 am. It has been said by Orthodox Christian clergy that she was martyred by her own daughter.

11/23/2023

After speaking with a handyman in Apartment 2 about why he was removing heavy duty hardware for its floating shelves he said his supervisor directed him, and I asked him if he was sure about his instructions, so he called his supervisor. I then called the Oceanside Police to report my suspicion of vandalism of Apartment 2. The handyman said that I needed to talk to Stephen Michea who happened to be on site that day. So I walked outside and found Michea in the driveway and I followed him to the sidewalk asking him why were the floating shelves removed. He was talking to the handyman’s supervisor by then, and I heard him tell the supervisor saying that the new tenant in Apt 2 didn’t want the shelves, so I told him I needed to record that and started recording audio on my iPhone, but Michea wouldn’t reply to my question and instead started walking into the street.

08/15/2023

The amount of corruption and lying in San Diego Probate Court today was horrifying. The new Judge Alvarez approved a false financial report, and she said my objections to the false financial reporting and commingling of estate and trust funds were irrelevant! The attorneys are lying, telling the judge what she wants to hear while stealing my motherʻs estate and isolating her. “Lord, have mercy on us!”

Interim Trustee Stephen Michea stated my mother had $0 in non-cash assets even though I provided him an inventory of at least $30,000 of items. Based on the fact he showed less than $15,000 in cash, he was granted release from making future reports on the estate and was approved to transfer all of my motherʻs income into the business trust which will invalidate that Trust if anyone sues.

Judge Alvarez simply agreed with whatever Streeter and Hickey told her. In the meantime, my mother and I continue to be isolated from eachother now for 23 months!

My advice to friends is, “Do not put your property into a trust; doing so will only make it available to be robbed by attorneys!”

08/26/2022

Candi Deleon who manages across the street at Elan Village North was supposed to testify at the conservatorship hearing, but Judge Kelety wouldnʻt allow any of Michaelʻs witnesses to do so. Candi just emailed Michael this:)

My name is Candi De Leon, a long time friend and a nearby neighbor to Mona on Vine Street. I met Mona at a City Hall managers training for section 8 housing that the city offers around the year 2006-7. At that time we were not close geographically since I lived at a different location. In 2011 I moved to Vine street to manage a complex near her complex for which we were excited to be much closer and could visit more often. We will reach out to each other for things going on with the prospects or residents, as she had as residents some of the residents for which I am a manager. We had a lot of fun doing our jobs, except she was the owner of the complex and I was just an employee, however Mona never made the distinction. Mona was a friend to me. I could call her for anything and she could call me to talk about anything. We made time to go out after work, we went out to dinner, for drinks and even dancing, Mona confided in me personal things, some about the business and some about the job. One thing she always asked me to do is join her at the fashion show the women's club had and they were while I was at work but I made the effort to still go and join her, Mona was always very welcoming, and she did not want me to miss any of the fashion shows. One of the outings she told me her entire story of how she became the owner of the complex, her story was quite amazing, how she moved here from Hawaii and her first job here in California being a model for bathing suits. She had no grudges when her husband went for a younger woman, she said she fought to get the complex to raise her kids. what struck me is that she felt she only had her son for support, she was so proud how Michael her son came just in time to not lose her complex, as she had forgotten to make some mortgage payments and almost lose the property, when Michael came in and put it all in order, she was so proud of him for that, but before that she will always talk about only him being in the seminary to be a priest, Mona had a big faith built up thru her divorce, so she was relieve her son was into divinity and her hope was he will continue his studies. I will hook up with Mona at the end of the working day and she was so happy her son will take her to church, that was a big outing for her. I started to join her towards 2018 more and we actually went to propose in the city hall for a park for the kids in her complex and in the neighborhood, there Michael was always with her, and I was shocked how much nicer Mona will dress while with her son.I also observed how much Michael will respect her mother opinions, pleased her needs for food or drink, and will look after her. Mona told me one time that she had some alzheimers and that was why she repeated herself, she was aware, but she will still visit me from her home to my job while I was working. one time she introduced me to her son, and that is how we started to got three of us together, Mona was just happy to be with her son, so proud he will be so interested in the things that matter to her, she loved kids and wanted to do more than her business. Michael seemed to do his mother wishes as she opposed to the development next to her, she wanted that place for a park, we even had meetings with others interested in same idea and took it to the city hall. Michael was also concerned that the development was going to block Mona's area from getting good sunshine which she enjoyed all the years. It has become appalling to me that suddenly things changed, and she ended up in a strange place that I am sure is not what she ever wanted. her idea was to end her days in her own place. Mona had never mentioned any relationship with her other daughter, but told me one of her daughters was into drugs, and felt that her daughter' friend wasn influencing her, and even said she had concerns about that friend. Mona never mentioned she had any visits from her other daughter. Her whole life was centered around her son and being proud of him, specially because he had helped her not lose the property. I am aware Mona was taken from her place drastically and I am sure it has impacted her tremendously and undeservedly, please help her come back to her home to have happiness in her last days. What has happened to her is very cruel, no consideration for her feelings for the ones she cares about, just plain cruel. Even in other countries the elderly are well taken care of, especially for what she did for a living, I think she will want to be around people she had been living there for a very long time. she loved her dog so much, and would walk the dog to visit me, suddenly all that stopped. I had a similar situation happen to my dad, he was taken away from his home and someone in the family had plans to find him a person who will pose as the concubine just so someone could collect his pension after he died. What has happened to Mona of being removed from her home is very appalling, it has to be from someone who is heartless and there should be no mercy in punishing that person for treating an elderly as she has been treated without even having a good relationship with her. Mona was attached to her son emotionally, was attached to her dog, and was attached to her community, is there someone who can help put Mona in her home as she would have wanted to?

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Thanks,
Candi De Leon

06/24/2022

P**E NO MALIA MONA MAERTENS
PRAYER FOR MARIA MONA MAERTENS

Ma o ka inoa o ka Makua, a o ke keiki, a o ka ʻUhane Hemolele:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:

E p**e kākou i ka Haku.
Let us pray to the Lord.

E ka Haku aloha mai.
Lord have mercy.

E ka Haku aloha mai i kāu kauā ʻo Malia Mona.
Lord, have mercy on your servant Maria Mona.

E ka Haku aloha mai.
Lord have mercy.

E hoʻokuʻu ʻoe iā ia i ka ʻenemi a me nā ʻino ā pau.
Release her from the grip of the enemy and all evil.

E ka Haku aloha mai.
Lord, have mercy.

E ʻae mai ʻoe e hoʻi home ʻo ia i kēia manawa.
Grant that she may return home now.

E ka Haku aloha mai.
Lord have mercy.

E mālama ʻoe iā ia ma o kou aloha i ke COVID a, e ola mai ʻoe iā ia.
Protect her by your love from COVID and save her.

E ka Haku aloha mai.
Lord have mercy.

Ma o nā ʻuao o ka Mahuahine a ke Akua a me kāu mau kāna ā pau, e ola mai ʻoe iā ia no ka nani o kou inoa hemolele ʻo Iesū.
Through the intercessions of the Mother of God and all your saints, save her for the glory of your holy name Jesus.

ʻĀmene!
Amen!

Sheryl Napalmmom Odegaard-trejo is enabling this abuse of Mona Maertens right now. How can one stop San Diego Superior C...
01/17/2022

Sheryl Napalmmom Odegaard-trejo is enabling this abuse of Mona Maertens right now. How can one stop San Diego Superior Court Probate Division 503 Judge Julia Kelety from rewriting Monaʻs estate planning documents and ruining her business?

Two important suggestions made in the below presentation for probate conservatorship reform: penalties for perjury must be imposed, and state payment of attorneys assigned to conservatees to prevent the court from adjudicating in their own interest!

This forum will explain how the assets of seniors and people with disabilities are often drained in order to pay the fees of a variety of attorneys in probat...

12/18/2021

Living with a loved one with dementia in his home or yours?

12/17/2021

Unbelievable: Today San Diego Probate Judge Julia Kelety ordered Mona’s son Michael Odegaard to have no more contact with his mother Mona Maertens because He refused to abide by her order to not record his Zoom video calls with her (while at the same time she allows Sheryl Napalmmom Trejo to post her recordings to her page). Auē nō ho’i ē!

It would be improper for Sheryl Trejo to record and post if Michael is being denied the opportunity to do so as well, but that’s exactly what she has been doing. If, as Judge Kelety claims, the recording violates Privacy and HIPAA, then presumably it would for Sheryl as well. More Kelety bias she won’t get away with!

The court-appointed attorney for Mona, Debra Streeter tried to shorten Michaelʻs visits to 20 minutes because, according to her recollection of the Sept 16, 2021 Zoom call, ʻ”Mona started getting upset 20 minutes into the call” when in fact she started to cry within the six minutes not because of anything Michael said but simply because he wasnʻt physically present with her.

11/06/2021

Now Sheryl Trejo is causing her mother Mona’s estate to go into debt! All the many yearsʻ work Michael did to keep Mona safe and happy and her apartment business profitable is now vanished. It doesn’t matter to Judge Kelety that Michael caught Stephen Michea (the person she just appointed as Conservator) lying to the court about his plans to take out a loan to pay Sherylʻs bimbo attorney Sandra Bonds-Hickey her $75,000 fee for her first yearsʻ services. It doesn’t matter to Sheryl her legal team are spending thousands more than monthly income which will soon her mother’s estate insolvent while she warehouses her poor mother in isolation at Brookdale. Auē!

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