Rita Hunter is county administrator for Jasper County, Missouri. Emma France, 95, was a ward of the county administrator. France and her daughter Delores Forste France and Forste have filed against Hunter and her attorney John Podleski. The lawsuits seek damages, and contend that actions that made France a ward of the county violated her rights because, among other things, France was not allowed to attend the hearing and her family was not given notice of the hearing.
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