“If I knew her husband was a judge, I never would have went with her because whatever I said to her meant nothing. When he asked about it in court, Colin’s close colleague – Judge David French – abruptly ended the hearing.
Vassallo then learned that Savitt settled a $308,000 foreclosure on her home while shepherding his father’s finances. Not knowing she was married to a judge, Vassallo chose her to protect his father after his brother and sister transferred $180,000 from his father’s accounts.īut under Savitt’s care, his father still lives with his sister, Vassallo has been removed as trustee of his father’s estate and he says he can’t get satisfactory answers from her about how his father’s money is spent. Savitt is the wife of Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Martin Colin and serves as guardian to his incapacitated father James Vassallo can’t stop beating himself up for bringing Elizabeth “Betsy” Savitt into his elderly father’s life. They get away with it because the victims are defenseless and easy targets. Judge Martin Colin above is an example of many judges who oversee conservatorships and guardianships in America today.
