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1.14 
Annually, the Probate Court reviews a financial report of the guardian, and, 
sometimes, upon special request, considers other matters relating to the guardianship. 
This type of annual supervision by the Probate Court and occasional approval of other 
petitions was inadequate to restrain a thief as deceptive as Mark Andrew Gomez, who 
understands the workings of this particular Probate Court. 
1.15 
Instead of living up to the trust placed in him by the Probate Judge in appointing 
him as guardian, and the obligations placed upon him by law, Mark Andrew Gomez used 
his credentials, façade of trustworthiness and knowledge of the workings of the Probate 
Court to deceive the Judge of the Probate Court. 
1.16 
Mark Andrew Gomez was successful in deceiving the Probate Court by 
knowingly making false statements under oath in his reports and buttressing these false 
swearings with oral, intentional misrepresentations. Mark Andrew Gomez also made 
false statements buttressed with oral, intentional misrepresentations in his requests to the 
Probate Court for discretionary approval of his actions. 
1.17 
Mark Andrew Gomez habitually used his slick tongue, persuasive mannerisms 
and knowledge of the law to outwit and deceive the Judge of the Probate Court. Mark 
Andrew Gomez also frequently made intentional misrepresentations and false swearings 
to the Judge of the Probate Court. 
1.18 
Mark Andrew Gomez, by habitually violating the laws of this state, and 
mismanaging the assets of Gary Wayne Thompson, betrayed the trust placed in him by 
the Judge of the Probate Court of Coweta County. Mark Andrew Gomez frequently stole 
from the assets of Gary Wayne Thompson.