Luzerne County prothonotary to resign, assist with investigation Tracie Mauriello February 25, 2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09056/951443-454.stm Luzerne County Prothonotary Jill Moran has resigned and agreed to cooperate in a corruption investigation that already has resulted in four arrests, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced yesterday. The resignation takes effect March Keep Reading…
Thanks to our friend Michael Quinn Sullivan from Empower Texans for reminding us of this great Thomas Jefferson quote: “To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Whether dealing with guardianships, wills or trusts, probate disputes all too often find administrators/executors using estate Keep Reading…
As elder abuse is an important issue and one especially of interest to many who read EstateofDenial.com, here is our take on some recent legislation. February 11, 2009, brought U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2009 (H.R. 448) by a vote of 397 to 25. The bill is “to Keep Reading…
Woman to press on despite loss in Whitehurst estate battle Pablo Lopez February 20, 2009 The Fresno Bee http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/1213116.html The state Supreme Court has declined to review a Los Banos woman’s petition that contends she didn’t receive her fair share of her father’s $10 million estate. Anne Whitehurst said today she was disappointed in the Keep Reading…
Here’s another one from the Keystone state. Talk about the entitlement mentality. Based on the report, it doesn’t appear that Charles McCullough used his political position to actually loot trust assets, but one has to wonder if the social/political prominence that often accompanies an elected office didn’t help encourage a sense of respectability with Shirley 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.Newnan accountant Mayo Royal Jr. was sentenced to serve five years in prison and a total of 15 years on probation after pleading guilty Monday to seven counts of theft by taking and one count of false swearing in connection with Royal’s mismanagement of the estate of the late Edgar B. Hollis. The terms of Keep Reading…
We are glad to see the egregious legal case of fellow Texan Jeff Baron get new exposure from a reputable national media outlet. Barbara Hollingworth of The Washington Examiner reports: When Jeff Baron came to Washington this month, he was wearing a borrowed suit. Once upon a time, the Internet pioneer — who taught himself Keep Reading…
Is Joey Dauben Being Railroaded in Corsicana? is the question recently asked by D Magazine Editor in Chief/Founder Wick Allison. It’s also a question deservedly, legitimately asked. Here’s Allison’s post: Dauben, the iconoclastic publisher we profiled last March, has been sitting in the Navarro County lockup since he was arrested on molestation charges in December. He Keep Reading…
This is difficult to imagine, but it is true. An aging parent begins to decline. She needs care. She comes to depend on her adult child. Polly is 97 and has only one daughter, Vicky. Vicky moved in with her mother to become Polly’s caregiver about a year ago. Recently, Vicky apparently decided that her Keep Reading…
NEWARK, N.J. — The mother of late boxer Arturo Gatti’s daughter can’t sue his widow for wrongful death in New Jersey, a judge ruled in dismissing the lawsuit Friday. Erika Rivera, a central New Jersey resident, filed the lawsuit last fall on behalf of then-5-year-old Sofia Bella Gatti. The suit blames Gatti’s widow, Amanda Rodrigues Keep Reading…
