{"id":94982,"date":"2018-02-22T08:03:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=94982"},"modified":"2018-02-22T08:05:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:05:02","slug":"caretaker-for-nikolas-cruz-takes-control-of-his-800000-inheritance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=94982","title":{"rendered":"Caretaker for Nikolas Cruz TAKES control of his $800,000 inheritance, One day after mass shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Woman who cared for Florida shooter wants control of his\u00a0inheritance<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-22-at-6.51.47-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-94983\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-22-at-6.51.47-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-22-at-6.51.47-AM.png 691w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-22-at-6.51.47-AM-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Laurie Mizrahi and Max Jaeger<br \/>\nNEW YORK POST<\/p>\n<p>PARKLAND, Fla. \u2014 The woman left in charge of the accused Florida school shooter and his brother after their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/15\/moms-flu-death-may-have-sent-florida-massacre-suspect-over-the-edge\/\">mom died last year<\/a>\u00a0filed court papers the day after the massacre seeking to be put in charge of the dead woman\u2019s will \u2014 then\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/17\/school-shooters-brother-committed-to-mental-facility\/\">had the alleged shooter\u2019s brother involuntarily committed<\/a>, a source close to the family revealed to The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Shooter Nikolas Cruz, 19, and brother Zachary Cruz, 17, were put in the care of Rocxanne Deschamps after their mom, Lynda Cruz, died from pneumonia on Nov. 1, but Deschamps kicked Nikolas out of her Lantana, Fla., trailer after a standoff over Cruz\u2019s gun collection.<\/p>\n<p>She even took $2,900 from the teen before giving him the boot, a source close to Deschamps told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Police say Nikolas\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/15\/suspected-gunman-confesses-to-florida-school-massacre-cops\/\">admitted that he shot up his former high school<\/a>\u00a0Feb. 14,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/14\/17-killed-in-florida-high-school-shooting-one-of-deadliest-in-history\/\">killing 17 and injuring 15<\/a>\u00a0in the worst school shooting since the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Deschamps filed a petition to administer Lynda\u2019s estate, court records obtained by The Post show.<\/p>\n<p>If the petition is granted, she would be responsible for settling Lynda\u2019s debts and doling out the kids\u2019 inheritance. Lynda did not leave a will, and the petition filed does not indicate what her estate is worth, records show.<\/p>\n<p>A family who took Nikolas in said he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/18\/nurse-who-took-in-shooter-cruz-was-this-monster-living-under-our-roof\/\">stood to inherit $800,000 on his 22nd birthday<\/a> following his mom\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz told them he believed Deschamps was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/15\/alleged-school-shooter-was-abusive-to-ex-girlfriend-classmate\/\">trying to steal his inheritance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If Deschamps\u2019 petition is granted, she could charge the estate a fee for settling it for the kids, though that fee would be subject to a judge\u2019s review, according to Florida probate lawyer Robert Wolf, who is not involved in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Deschamps filed the petition on the grounds she is \u201ccaring for a 50 percent minor beneficiary\u201d \u2014 Zachary \u2014 according to court papers.<\/p>\n<p>But the source said Deschamps was the one who had Zachary involuntarily committed on Friday. The state cannot hold minors for observation more than 12 hours unless there is a medical reason. It is unclear if he has been released.<\/p>\n<p>Deschamps had six months from Lynda\u2019s Nov. 1 death to file the petition, and her attorney Audra Simovitz called the decision to file the day after the slaughter \u201cappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deschamps has declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz could still get his share if convicted, though \u201canything that boy inherits \u2014 he\u2019s gonna be sued and it\u2019s gonna be taken away,\u201d Wolf said.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/20\/woman-who-took-in-florida-shooter-wants-control-of-his-inheritance\/\">http:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/20\/woman-who-took-in-florida-shooter-wants-control-of-his-inheritance\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woman who cared for Florida shooter wants control of his\u00a0inheritance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}