My Grandmother Left Me the Crumbling House No One Wanted. Four Months Later, a Foreman Called at Midnight: “We Found Something in the Wall. Don’t Tell Your Family. Come Now.” Police Lights Were Already Spinning When I Pulled In.

Fairfield Probate Court did not fight the transfer.

Judge Harold Kern, who had spent the previous two months dining at the Fairfield Country Club with my father while summarily denying motions without scheduling hearings, recused himself before he could be forced out.

The case moved to federal court.

Then came a phone call from a number I did not recognize,continue reading …