Mia Mottley’s Parents Have Million Dollar Home in Florida

Disclaimer: I am just providing facts and comments. I am not implying that anyone mentioned in this post has acted incorrectly. The rationale for my disclosure of these facts is that I believe that public figures and their immediate families should disclose their assets publicly.

Former Deputy Prime Minister and current Opposition Leader, Mia Mottley, has spoken out against money laundering. When no one else would do it, Mia declared her assets. Mia Mottley has embraced the concept of public officials disclosing their assets.

Mia has a famous father who also has links to the Barbados Labour Party.

Elliot Mottley is a public figure.

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Quote from source: The Cayman Islands Judicial Administration & Portfolio of Legal Affairs – Justices of Appeal

Hon. Justice Elliot, D. Mottley Q.C.

Justice of the Court of Appeal

• Born 1939, Barbados;
• Called to the Bar in England and Wales November 1961;
• Admitted to the Bar in Barbados as Barrister, 1961;
• Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the West Indies Associated States (practicing in St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, British Virgin Islands, Grenada, Montserrat and Anguilla), 1967;
• Member of Barbados Parliament (for the constituency of the City of Bridgetown for the Barbados Labour Party), 1969 – 1976;
• Principal Representative of the Government of Barbados in New York, U.S.A. (Designation of Counsel General),1976;
• Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1980;
• Admitted to practice at the Bar in Trinidad & Tobago, 1992;
• Her Majesty’s Attorney General for the Island of Bermuda; acting as Deputy Governor on several occasions; 1995 – 1998;
• Appointed non-resident Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal, Belize, 1999;
• Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the Barbados Bar Association, 1999 – 2000;
• Appointed non-resident Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal Turks & Caicos Islands 2002;
• Acted as Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Barbados, 2002;
• Admitted to practice at the Bar in Antigua and Barbuda, 2003;
• Appointed President of the Court of Appeal, Belize, 2004;
• Appointed Justice of the Court Appeal, the Cayman Islands 2005 to present.

Here is a comment on the above quote. In its 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, the State Department identified Antigua and Barbuda,  Belize and Cayman Islands among “jurisdictions of primary concern, whose financial institutions engage in currency transactions involving significant amounts of proceeds from international narcotics trafficking“. The State Department categorized Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Grenada and Trinidad & Tobago as “Jurisdictions of Concern”.

With respect to money laundering, I have color coded the countries as red for worst, and brown for bad .

Elliot Mottley appears to have spent the last six years of his life in countries belonging to the worst category, “jurisdictions of primary concern“. He may deserve a commendation for volunteering his extensive legal experience to the benefit of these challenging jurisdictions.

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A casual Google search revealed this waterfront house at this South Florida address.

xxxx NW xxth Lane, Parkland, FL 33076
B: Aval Raz
S: Elliot Deighton Mottley and Santa Amor Mottley
$385,000 on April 27, 2001

Santa Amor Mottley is Elliot’s wife.

A slightly more serious search found this home belonging to Elliot Mottley and his wife. On January 3rd, 2008 Elliot and Amor forked over a cool $1,000,000 to buy this CUTLER OAKS home in the Village Of Palmetto Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Update 3/17: The Mottleys had a “homestead exemption” of $25,000 in 2007, but not in 2008. I thought this was unusual because Elliot has a job in the Cayman Islands which is over 400 miles from Miami, Florida.  I thank commenter Maggie Dokic for this explanation:  “I just wanted to point out that in the state of Florida one inherits the homestead exemption that is on a property for the remainder of the year when one buys.” The official record says the sale took place on “12/2007″, but web sources put the date as “January 3rd, 2008″.

“State law allows Florida homeowners to claim up to a $50,000 Homestead Exemption (HEX) on their primary residence.”

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