Here’s an update on litigation related to Joey Bishop’s estate. Rulings, final rulings, lawsuits, original suits, amended complaints, countersuits, separate actions, motions, affidavits, depositions and on and on. This is how litigation takes so long and why lawyers generally end up as the “winners.” And note that this case is about financial elder abuse. Per Keep Reading…
Late comic Bishop’s companion wins court ruling Judge rules that Bishop’s former lawyer cannot countersue Nora Garibotti for financial elder abuse Andrew Galvin January 20, 2009 The Orange County Register http://www.ocregister.com/articles/garibotti-bishop-hookstratten-2286320-countersuit-case LOS ANGELES Late Newport Beach resident Joey Bishop’s live-in companion, who was with him for his final eight years, won a round in her Keep Reading…
The Wisconsin State Journal’s 2007 series, “Elder Abuse: A Silent Shame,” has been recognized by the American Society on Aging as having significantly increased awareness of aging issues in local or regional media in the United States. The series, written by Dean Mosiman, detailed how measures meant to guard against senior abuse, neglect and financial Keep Reading…
Here’s another of those stories in which a late-in-life will alleged to be dramatically different from earlier estate plans is now in dispute. The side benefiting from the “last will” always attests to the coherence of the decedent while others not surprisingly (and often with good reason) question the competence and potential of undue influence. Keep Reading…
What did the hot-dog man will? A suit leaves the fate of the Bright Leaf wiener uncertain Marti Maguire, Staff Writer The News & Observer http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1357352.html SMITHFIELD – A bitter estate battle over the company that makes Johnston County’s trademark fire-engine red hot dogs troubles the faithful leaving Cricket Grill with grease-stained paper bags stuffed Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® provides news, analysis and commentary on abusive practices occurring in probate courts and via probate instruments (wills, trusts, guardianships, powers of attorney). We provide original perspective to educate the public regarding this growing threat to both individual freedoms and property rights.An estate lawyer accused of a “wrongful scheme” to steer money to himself from the estates of the late June M. Farrington and her surviving brother will pay back $410,000 as part of a settlement. Estate lawyer Stephen M. Newman also resigned as executor and trustee of all of the estates and trusts he set Keep Reading…
Shannon Price failed to prove that she and Gary Coleman had a common-law marriage after their 2009 divorce. Fourth District Judge James R. Taylor ruled Monday that while Price had lived in the former “Diff’rent Strokes” star’s home after their marriage ended, the relationship failed to meet the state’s standard for a common-law marriage. “There Keep Reading…
Police Detective Jason Takacs has two thick files filled with paperwork supporting charges that a local deli owner bilked three elderly siblings of more than $200,000. Takacs credits cooperation among police, People’s United Bank, the Fairfield Probate Court and a forensic accountant from the chief state’s attorney’s office with the Thursday arrest of Carmella Jamshidian, Keep Reading…
Here’s more big government “smoke and mirrors” from the state of Texas. In watching media postings across the country, it’s highly trendy to decry the need to protect the elderly and the vulnerable. It makes people feel good to think “someone” is out there with an eye on things. Problem comes in that those “someones” Keep Reading…
Two of Don Barden’s siblings have alleged “gross irregularities” in the handling of the late casino mogul’s estate, including a potentially phony trust agreement. “It quite simply appears to be a fraud,” Farmington Hills attorney Steven Cohen charged in court papers last month. He represents Helen Robinson and Douglas Barden, who are challenging the validity Keep Reading…
