The name Marshall will be prominent here at EstateofDenial.com for the foreseeable future. Anthony Marshall’s trial in which the only child of Brooke Astor is accused, along with attorney Francis Morrissey, of looting nearly $200 million from his mother’s estate will easily run into the summer. Here are today’s reports of the proceedings. And finally, Keep Reading…
For Anna Nicole and Marshall Family: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied Peter Roff March 31, 2009 BigHollywood.Breitbart.com http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/proff/2009/03/31/for-anna-nicole-and-for-the-marshall-family-justice-delayed-justice-denied/ Anna Nicole Smith, the dysfunctional former Playmate of the Year whose very public life ended all too tragically, may finally be getting some measure of justice. The state attorney’s office in Broward County, Florida, said last week it Keep Reading…
Ordinary New Yorkers to decide the fate of socialite Brooke Astor’s son Joanna Molloy March 31, 2009 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/03/31/2009-03-31_ordinary_new_yorkers_to_decide_the_fate_.html It was Brooks Brothers meets Old Navy Monday in Courtroom 1526 in Manhattan’s Criminal Courts building. Anthony Marshall, the poor-little-rich-boy son of Brooke Astor wore a gray suit, light blue shirt, tasseled loafers Keep Reading…
The legal industry says that Involuntary Redistribution of Assets (IRA) cases in which property of the dead or disabled/incapacitated is looted via probate venues or probate instruments such as wills, trusts or guardianships don’t really exist. Or, that at best, claims made by sites such as EoD are “overstated.” That these cases can happen quietly, Keep Reading…
Jury selection set for trial of Brooke Astor’s son Associated Press March 30, 2009 Boston Herald http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view/2009_03_30_Jury_selection_set_for_trial_of_Brooke_Astor_s_son/srvc=news&position=also NEW YORK — The son of the late socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor goes on trial on charges of plundering her $198 million estate. After more than a year of delays, jury selection begins Monday in Manhattan’s state 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…
