Signatures on Contracts

Contracts are signed everyday.  What 'seals the deal' on contracts is still a person's signature.  In this generation, signatures are still created with pen in hand.  Quit Claim Deeds are still signed and notarized.  Last Wills and Testaments are still signed and notarized.  Car dealerships still have an individual sign.  Real Estate deals still have an individual sign.  A person's signature is still one of the most important things we maintain that speaks to our individuality.  One guard against forgery or the simulation of a person's signature is to craft a signature that is complex enough that it becomes difficult to simulate.  It is very important that when a signature goes on a contract that it is individualized and complicated.  Everyone has their own skill level in writing.  A person can write below their skill level but they cannot write above their skill level.  If you would like to craft a signature that becomes harder for someone to simulate, contact me.
www.ExpertHandwritingExaminer.com

Is Forgery the Perfect Crime?

Sometimes it seems that forgery is forgotten as a crime.  Don't get me wrong, it is still a crime.  But because it very seldom means physical harm to another person, not very many spend jail time for the crime.  It seems the punishment when an action is pursued in court, is that the person attempting the forgery just doesn't get rewarded with the financial prosperity they are hoping to achieve.

The root cause of forgery is a five letter word that has been with humans since the race began:  greed.  Greed causes an individual to make a decision that they deserve something and that the person they are taking from doesn't.

Forgery seems a simple undertaking by the perpetrator.  But the effects forgery cause can be disastrous to an individual or a family.  If you are facing a situation today that has left you hurt, angry and confused by someone attempting to steal by forgery what belongs to you, contact me.

www.ExpertHandwritingExaminer.com 

Here We Go Again

January 2018 has started with great anticipation and speed. January seems to be recognized as a New Beginning.  What seems to come into the New Year is the good and bad actions of people.  As a Forensic Document Examiner, those actions usually increase my business because someone usually lets their greed show.  There were words to a song made popular many years ago that said, "Using things and loving people that's the way it's got to be".  It would be wonderful if that was a true description.  Many times what is seen instead is loving things and using people.  If you have found yourself in a situation of fraud and are in shock, contact me.  If you need handwriting compared, contact me.  I never charge for a consultation.
www.ExpertHandwritingExaminer.com

 

What's New for the Holidays?

Everyone is in the full run of the holiday season. This time of year brings many emotions and stress.  Perhaps it is a good time to remember how wonderful it feels to take some quiet time and simply breathe and relax.  If anything turns upside down in your world during this season regarding any legals documents, contact me until then:  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
www.ExpertHandrwitingExaminer.com

Greed and Self-Serving

During this last year, I have examined several Wills and Trusts.  When forgery is involved, those Wills and Trusts involve cutting out several people and giving the bulk of what is to be inherited to primarily one person.  Because of the years as a document examiner, this always looks suspicious.  When someone contacts me and says, "I noticed the signatures just don't look right", they are usually correct.  I can truly say that greed and being self-serving is very much alive and well.  It is difficult to evaluate intent until someone makes that intent known by taking legal documents, changing the wording to eliminate primarily everyone but themselves, and craftily signing or tracing another person's name.  But, then, we get into a whole new legal definition of the word intent.

The loss of a loved one is usually a very difficult time.  There are those who are mourning and then find themselves shocked when the Will is produced and read.  Greed and being self-serving doesn't just exhibit in those who are wealthy, it can be observed even in those who have little of this world's material goods.  There will always be those who feel that they deserve something more than others do.  If this has happened to you, contact me.  I can help with the examination of the signatures and the documents.
www.ExpertHandwritingExaminer.com




 

Is There Proof That Handwriting Is Individual?

Sargur N. Srihari is a computer scientist and educator who has made progress with pattern recognition and developed software known as Cedar-Fox (granted a U.S. Patent in 2009) used by the US Postal Office primarily for handwritten address systems.  Srihari’s work on the individuality of handwriting has been cited in Daubert and Frye standard hearings in the United States and cleared the way for admitting handwriting evidence into the court system. 


Handwriting experts through looking and examining hundreds and thousands of samples of handwriting and through training know that there are defined differences in individual's handwriting.  Some differences are not noticed by untrained eyes but trained eyes notice things that others would by-pass.  Also it is known that there are individuals who have 'form blindness' and cannot observe differences in writing.  In training to be a handwriting expert, one of the first 'tests' given is to discover if that person has 'form blindness'.  Unfortunately, 'form blindness' tests are not given in the courtroom to judges, attorneys and jurors and it is up to the handwriting expert to present a well-defined report with exhibits in order to substantiate their opinion to the court. 


The Fathers of Document Examination have long held to the opinion that handwriting is individualized and now through the use of computer software their opinion is being validated.  Another area that is validating individuality are the use of brain scans using MRI's.  These brain scans now illustrate how the brain, muscles and nerves function together just as handwriting experts have always explained that they do.  


Brenda Petty
www.ExpertHandwritingExaminer.com

 

What Is Brain writing?

Brain writing is when the subconscious has something to do with what is being written.  We can control our conscious actions in our writing, such as when we print.  But, it has been illustrated time and again that when we write in cursive we can't control what the brain inserts into the writing.  The next time you sign your name or write something in cursive, take a few minutes and look at it.  Does it have skips in the writing?  Does it have dots in the writing?  These are things you didn't do on your own.  These are things that the brain has a part in doing.  This is part of the reason that a person's writing becomes individualistic.  When a person's muscles, nerves and brain combine together they become a force to be reckoned with and individual handwriting occurs.

I Didn't Sign That

It happens daily across the world.  Someone finds a document that has their name on it but they know they didn't sign it.  Emotions like anger, fear and confusion flood their minds.  Call me, I can help.  I am a certified forensic document examiner.  I can compare known handwriting to the questioned document and reach an opinion if the signature is genuine.  Call me today!  580-467-4786

That Is Not My Signature

www.ExpertHandwritingExaminer.com


Our signature becomes part of who we are.  It is common knowledge that our fingerprints are different than any other person's fingerprints.  What isn't common knowledge is that our signatures can be as individualized as fingerprints.  One of the best defenses against identity theft is to graft a signature that is individualized and difficult to assimilate. 

Document Examiner Forensic Document Examiner Handwriting Examiner Expert witness

Check out my full link profile here.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YPUgkYp-EstkzROD8pVbRuYfAahkzGRVZ4zJUKVcRi0/edit?usp=sharing

Forensic Document Examiner Houston

Forensic Document Examiner Dallas

Forensic Document Examiner Oklahoma City

Forensic Document Examiner Duncan