DHS seeking to remove ex-psychiatrist from trust control

From Fox23 in Tulsa

The Department of Human Services wants a Tulsa County judge to take control of a 2.5 million dollar trust away from a former psychiatrist.

DHS officials filed a request last month to remove Carl R. Peterson as trustee of the account he created with his wife, Martha Peterson, in 1996.

In 2005, DHS became guardian over Martha Peterson after allegations arose that her husband was repeatedly drugging her with psychotropic medicine.

DHS officials say Carl Peterson abused his fiduciary duties by transferring the title to the trust's assets into his individual name. They say the trust was funded with property Martha Peterson acquired before she was married.

Martha Peterson was a regular guest on Christian television shows in the 1970s and '80s and had her own one-hour show broadcast from Tulsa in 1982.

Carl Peterson couldn't be reached for comment.