TX Supreme Court Justice accused of mismanaging millionaire with dementia's trust
Raw Story"Texas Supreme Court justice’s oversight of trust belonging to millionaire with dementia raises ethics concerns" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. In public political appearances, he’s described their relationship as loving — like mother and son — and said he and others helped rescue Kingston “from a really dire situation.” But legal experts say Devine’s control of Kingston’s trust is a clear violation of Texas ethics rules that prohibit judges from overseeing the trust or estates of non-family. She said, under Hartman’s watch, Kingston was living in squalid conditions that posed an “imminent danger” to her health and necessitated that Nubia Devine step in. Since 2022 — the year Kingston moved in with the Devines — Nubia Devine’s occupation has been listed as “caretaker” on her husband’s personal financial disclosures. From left: Texas Supreme Court Justices Jeff Brown, John Devine, Jeffrey Boyd and Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Bert Richardson on Jan. 10, 2018. Credit: Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune Documents provided by Hartman show that, in 2018, Kingston met with her longtime estate attorney to draft changes that apparently would have given full control of her will, estate and trust to Hartman and Hartman’s daughter in the event of her death — and supplanted Devine as successor trustee.
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