PRESS RELEASE

Ref: Probate Cases No.  # 063900960 and 063901165
In re the Estate of Maribel Artero-Espinoza
Court of Appeals Case No. 20090023
                                                                                                               April 28, 2009

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
          In the first week of January 2006, Maritza de los Angeles Suarez contracted my wife, Maribel Artero and offered her services as a nurse to save her from cancer in exchange for a house as full payment for her medical services. She said she was a nurse and had knowledge how to care for terminal ill patients, (which she did not do).  She was observed by other witnesses as practicing medicine and nursing without a license here in Utah.  She never showed myself or my wife any state or government certification to practice as a nurse.  We trusted her because she was a relative on my wife’s side. In less than eight weeks, on February 28, she quickly left our home.

            Within a few more weeks (curiously abandoned and left unattended by Maritza Suarez), and far sooner than was expected (by our licensed doctors), my wife, Maribel Artero, died!

           When my wife’s niece Maritza de los Angeles Suarez arrive to Salt Lake City, told my wife that she had a natural form of medicine to treat her cancer and she promised it would be cure by her by her own medicines.

            Two closest friends of my wife, Maria Flores and Yrma Flores notice my niece Maritza de los Angeles Suarez was practicing nursing (or medicine) on my wife, Maribel Artero.

            I, Jose Artero simply raised my hand in the court room and Judge Kate A. Toomey (asking to be recognized at my wife probate hearing in the court room Judge Toomey who was at one time Deputy Counsel of the Utah State Bar’s Office of Professional Conduct and continues to serve as a member of the Utah Supreme Court Appellate Rules Advisory Committee as well as on its Advisory Committee on Professionalism.   Neither Judge Toomey nor my own lawyer at the time, Paul M. Halliday, Jr. of the law firm Halliday and Watkins would allow me to speak to the court concerning my evidence of certain suppressed medical facts and the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of my dear wife, Maribel Artero, including her mental state at the time of her signing a purported will and deeding her property to her known alleged niece Maritza Suarez.

            Judge Toomey admitted that day that she hadn’t even read my motions or my answers to my accuser’s motions, my and other friends’ affidavits that I had already presented, including those prepared by many of my wife’s friends.  The LDS Church lawyers were present.

            Dr. John Nelson MD, former president of the American Medical Association, internationally recognized physicians,  and doctors licenced to practice in Utah, including those who took care of my wife were unanimous in their opinions . . . my wife was in no condition to have written or signed her purported Last Will and Testament. Certified experts have conclusively demonstrated that document to be a forgery. I have fired my lawyer who nevertheless continued to act in the matter without my knowledge and finally withdraw as my lawyer only a few days later. What am I to do about my first attorney? What am I to do about the judge that doesn’t read my evidences? What am I to do about my false accusers never show up for court hearing and their attorneys who in the state of Utah cannot even represent those they know, or had every reason to know, were guilty? What am I to do with my wife’s niece who appeared out of nowhere and disappeared as quickly after she took full advantage of my poor wife on her death bed and take all we had work for through our marriage, and she never showed up even one day in court though she continues to harass me from out of the country? What am I to do about the police and the various government agencies who have thus far declined to intervene?  I have the evidence.  Does anyone care to consider the evidence?

            My wife Maribel who has been wronged; and my lawyer, Paul M. Halliday, Jr., would not allow me to speak to the court about the medical facts concerning my wife, Maribel Artero, and the lawyer(s) and the court suppressed all the facts of my wife’s mental and physical condition, my lawyer, Paul M. Halliday, Jr. suppress all the facts that has been verified by many medical doctors; but he denied the medical proofs in the court room that day.  Dr. John Nelson MD, former president of the AMA and other fine medical doctors licenced in Utah which took care of my wife makes the same claims, my wife was not in any condition to write her Last Will and Testament.

            My lawyer, Paul M. Halliday, Jr. did not represent my interest but instead he represents my nieces’ interest and continue to do so, he is in conflict of interest with his client, me!

            Attorney, Paul M. Halliday, Jr., confided in my friend, Joshua Bennett, the day or two before the hearing that he was going to give Maritza de los Angeles Suarez everything she wanted, including to let her to become the personal representative of the Last Will and Testament which my wife’s signature had been wrongfully forged unto the said document and gave away the house in Midvale, UT by removing the Notice of Interest without my permission or without telling me of his real intention, without a fight by my lawyer Paul M. Halliday, Jr.  I being his client, my attorney would not let me to speak during the hearing in Judge Toomey’s courtroom and/or allow me to defend my wife’s estate, or say or do show any evidences about wife physical health condition and why she could not do a Last Will and Testament in her bad physical and mental condition.

            Furthermore, Paul Jr., told my friend Joshua Bennett behind my back; not to informed his client, me Jose Artero of his real intentions, because Jose would not understand his reasons to follow the path of his lawyer of which Paul M. Halliday, Jr., was going to take on these probate legal issues in court before Judge Kate A. Toomey to give away everything to his niece and her family.

            Paul M. Halliday, Jr. talked to Joshua Bennett that he was informed by this attorney that there was no other way around it as he per ported, because he talked to a few probate attorneys who stated it was a wasted of time and effort; and also his time to fight the Last Will and Testament.

            After all this, I final lost everything that was mine including twenty-five (25%) percent as mentioned with in the said Last Will and Testament; and due to fraud of my niece; and wrong doings and Malpractice was done wantonly and willfully by my attorney, Paul M. Halliday, Jr. My legal right was barred; (this is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right become a legal injury).

            It is also my understanding that Joshua Bennett gave a firm warning to my Attorney Paul M. Halliday, Jr.: “If you do such a thing you would be in much trouble with the law and with your client, Jose Artero, and you must inform your client of your intention, or else.”  Mr. Bennett tries to convince him to represent all issues of fraud, forgery, and medical facts before the court.  The Lawyer, Paul Jr., was very much with a reluctant smile and finally mostly and if not, fully resistant to the issues as Joshua reported to me.

            Here is what the LDS Service Missionary has to say about my niece behavior toward my wife and me. (Read their Letters). 

            I fired my attorney, Paul M. Halliday, Jr. on August 18^th, 2008, and he continue to represents me in the probate matter after this remover.  I have two witnesses heard me firing my attorney that Monday early morning after the hearing.

            The Attorney has committed many malpractices and other wrong doings such as not showing up for court hearing one time.  Then he billed for that so called professional service.

            Now I have solid proof that the signature on the Last Will and Testament was not that of my wife, Maribel Artero, by more than three handwriting experts.  My lawyer was fully aware of the fact and ignored it.

            All the statements from the Robert J. Culas Law Offices, his legal assistants and/or paralegal contradicted each others and one of them stated that I was at the marital home during on the day the Attorney Robert J. Culas was preparing the Last Will and Testament.  That is impossible because I was working away from our home on a construction job and Maritza Suarez or Margaretta Simpson was to attend the needs of my wife, Maribel Artero.    Furthermore, the lady who made this statement know me for over a decade and claimed to have seen me, the same is impossible; I was in Park City, Utah on a Construction Job.   Attorney Culas and his legal assistants and paralegal states there were (4) five persons were present from the Robert J. Culas Law Offices namely Olga G. Elguera (notary public) Cristina Jimenez and Uhla Moscoso (witnesses) and one of their afiant declared there was (5) five were present when the Last Will and Testament was signed.  His legal assistant (and/or paralegal) states  that Maritza Suarez, my niece, was in the room of theirs’ client Maribel Atero, and my niece Maritza Suarez was in my wife’s room during part of the time was this Last Will and Testament was being writing or prepared.

            The niece also took most of all the financial records of the rental business, (then her lawyers  asked me to present them an audit of the business records when she has all the records); and the coin collection and all of her precious and good jewelry were taken from the home.

            On July 31, 2007, Maritza Suarez, states in her interrogatories stating: “I was  not present when she sign this,” so she was not there when the Last Will and Testament.  So which story is true?

            In the past, Joshua Bennett and I went to Adult Protection Services to turned in my niece Maritza de los Angeles Suarez to turn over that state agency, and they never called after our visit, and we called the department many times fruitless, or a vain attempt.

            Judge Toomey on that 14^th  day of August 2008 of the motion that she admitted didn’t read the motions or answers or much or any of the affidavits presented by me, and were prepared by many of my wife’s friends

            Maritza de los Angeles Suarez, uses many various versions of her name to conceal herself, some, but not all of the names she has used include: Maritza A. Suarez, Maritza D. Gonzalez, and Maritza L. Suarez and so forth.  There are defiantly many more names she may being in use.  She was  born in 1956 and her place of birth is Havana, Cuba?  And she married Hiram Gonzales in New York in 1982.  She today lives with her husband in San German, Puerto Rico.

                                                                  Respectfully submitted,