State probes Warren estate case Part of broader investigation of guardianship company appointed by probate Jameson Cook, Macomb Daily Staff Writer February 2, 2009 The Macomb Daily http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2009/02/02/news/srv0000004614504.txt The handling of a Warren man’s estate is part of the state Attorney General Office’s ongoing investigation into a Shelby Township guardianship and conservator company’s involvement in Keep Reading…
Jackson native’s $1 million estate plundered Steven Hepker January 25, 2009 Citizen Patriot http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2009/01/jackson_natives_1_million_esta.html Marilyn Jacob is living in an Alzheimer’s facility in Seminole, Fla. Her brother, Robert Howard, died in late 2006. Though mentally handicapped, he had a maintenance job with the Department of Veterans Affairs and left Jacob and other heirs a nearly Keep Reading…
What a bittersweet position to have a web site growing in popularity and receiving positive feedback, but sadly, its attraction is tied to increased numbers of people experiencing Involuntary Redistribution of Assets (IRA) actions most often perpetrated in probate venues and/or via probate instruments such as wills, trusts and guardianships. As if our country’s financial 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…
