Dr. Mark Nichols didn't collect a dime!

(but he sure spent a LOT of money trying to do so)

OK - following is how Nichols never collected a dime from us. Our situation was different than most people's would be, so DO NOT get involved in a lawsuit if you can avoid it!

My husband Harry and I had been married for only about a year when all this started. I sometimes used Harry's last name (Harrison), but I continued to use Atwater as my last name for most things. All my assets were in the name of Atwater and Harry and I did not commingle assets. Fortunately, when I wrote the letter to Nichols' licensing board, I signed it "Dottie Harrison."

Dr. Nichols sued "Harry Harrison and Dottie Harrison" and that's whom the judgments were against. Dottie Atwater (me) had no judgment against her although Killeen could have had the judgment entered against Dottie Atwater as well. But he was too stupid. 

Killeen went no further than getting a copy of my divorce agreement from Atwater, which included the statement that no real estate was involved. Correct. All my assets, real estate included, were in the name of Dorothy Atwater. My ex and I had an amicable, agreed-upon divorce in which I prepared the papers, we both signed them, and submitted them. No lawyers involved.

Because my divorce papers from Atwater said no real estate was involved, Killeen obviously assumed I was renting the house I lived in. That was a stupid assumption on his part. Property records/ownerships are easy to check. The real estate ownership of  "Dorothy (Dottie) Atwater" could have been easily found but Killeen was too stupid to think of it. Killeen filed the judgment against "Dottie Harrison" in the county where my personal residence was located. Of course there was no judgment against "Dottie Atwater" (in any county) and I sold my real estate holdings with no problem whatsoever. Hahhahahahaaaa to Killeen and Nichols! (Now maybe Nichols will want to sue Killeen for all the money he charged him for "lawyer fees," plus for all the money he cost him for being so stupid.)

Even before the lawsuit, my husband and I had become disgusted with what the US had become and we planned to expatriate. We had made preliminary investigations. Then in January of 2004 we traveled from Houston to Fort Worth to attend the trial of Richard Simkanin. See the report I wrote about that trial HERE. That was the straw that broke the camel's back and confirmed our decision to leave the US permanently.  Another dog-and-pony show in which the judge broke the law at every turn. If that doesn't open your eyes, nothing will.

Later, Killeen sent us a demand to list all of our assets, including real estate, banks, brokerage accounts, account numbers, etc. Because of the judgments, Harry Harrison and "Dottie Harrison" were required by law to provide the information. But "Dottie Harrison" didn't own anything. And alas, Killeen had waited eight months after the judgments to send the demand.  I (Dottie Atwater) ignored his demand, of course, and Harry ignored it because he knew we'd be leaving the country soon.

Here's the final kicker: Shortly before we left the country, I received a summons from "The Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee," appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas.  They charged that I had "attempted to act as the attorney for my husband" and thus had "practiced law without a license." They summoned me to appear and defend myself. I think you'll get a kick from reading THE LETTER and how I responded to it. (In the letter, they even suggest that I could get a LAWYER. Hahahahaha!) A few days later, I left the US, have never returned, and never intend to do so.

Their summons was a bunch of malarkey, but make no mistake! If I had been in the country, and whether or not I obeyed their "summons," they would have found me "guilty" and put me in jail. Lawyers will stop at nothing to protect their own business!

Now my finances (and financial privacy) are even better protected. I have no assets in the US and I've followed the three-prong rule to protect assets: citizenship in one country, live in another, and keep assets in a third country.

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