STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COIIRT . 1 3; ZQCIVIL DIVISION
Washington Unit mg i? Docket No.- 618-11-18 

Commissioner of the Department of Disabilities,
Aging, and Independent Living
Plaintiff

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.Homestead at Pillsbury, Pillsbury Manor?South,
and Allenwood at Pillsbury Manor
Defendants

ORDER APPOINTIN TEMPORARY RECEIVER

The State of Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living has
?led an application for a receivership over the operation of three residential care facilities,
Defendants Homestead at Pillsbury, Pillsbury Manor?South, and Allenwood at Pillsbury Manor,
which it alleges are at imminent risk of ?nancial insolvency and whose residents are at risk of
imminent ?death or serious physical and mental harm.? See 33 V.S.A. 7201?7217. The State
seeks the appointment of a temporary receiver, id. 7203, on an emergency ex parte basis until a
hearing on the merits pursuant to 7204.

The State?s motion for a temporary receiver is supported by af?davits and other record
evidence establishing a reasonable likelihood that a situation exists at each facility presenting a
substantial risk of ?imminent danger of death or serious physical or mental harm to residents?
and that the ?situation must be remedied immediately to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of
the residents.? 33 V.S.A. 7203(b)(1)(B), (2). The court so ?nds.

Mr. Douglas J. Wolinsky, Esq., is hereby appointed temporary receiver pending a hearing
on the merits of the State?s complaint. He shall assume responsibility immediately for the
management of all defendant facilities with full statutory powers provided at 33 V.S.A. 
3207(b). He shall be compensated from facility revenues of the defendant facilities at a
customary and reasonable rate as determined by the court at the hearing on the merits.

The licensee, owners, managers, employees, and their agents shall cooperate with the
receiver. No person shall obstruct or interfere with the receiver?s conduct of the receivership. 33
V.S.A. 7215(a).

In compliance with 33 V.S.A. 7203 the complaint and this order shall be served on
the owner, licensee, or administrator and shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each facility
no later than 24 hours after this order is issued.

A hearing on the merits will be scheduled within 10 days in compliance with 33 V.S.A. 
7204. .

S0 ordered.

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Dated at Montpelier, Vermont this a 7 day of November 2018.

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Mary Miles Teachout, 521 410)
Superior Judge