The Manhattan trial in which Anthony Marshall and Francis X. Morrissey are being tried for looting the estate of Brooke Astor, Marshall’s mother, finished the week with high profile witnesses delivering poignant testimony. This classic Involuntary Redistribution of Assets (IRA) case shows how probate instruments – in this case, mainly a will – can be Keep Reading…
At Anthony Marshall trial, the Astor jury was awestruck, but Barbara Walters was annoyed Joanna Molloy May 22, 2009 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/05/22/2009-05-22_at_astor_trial_the_jury_was_awestruck_but_barbara_walters_was_annoyed.html “I like it better the other way,” the famous TV interviewer told reporters outside criminal court, where she testified in the trial of Anthony Marshall about Brooke Astor, her friend and Keep Reading…
It’s been a hectic few days so we’ll make this quick. Drew Peterson was back in a Will County (Illinois) courtroom today. The case has a new judge who is scheduled to address his bail reduction request tomorrow. Our interest in this case stems from its probate aspect – the idea that a divorced and Keep Reading…
Drew’s Lawyer Flip Flops on New Judge Brodsky: We’re not concerned one bit about body found in river May 21, 2009 NBC 5 Chicago http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Drew-Peterson-Gets-New-Judge.html Prosecutors in the murder case against former police officer Drew Peterson got their wish when a new judge was appointed Thursday. Peterson’s defense attorney quickly said he’d ask that the Keep Reading…
Astor didn’t recognize Kofi Annan at dinner party she hosted for him, testifies Henry Kissinger Melissa Grace/Corky Siemaszko May 21, 2009 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/05/21/2009-05-21_astor_didnt_recognize_kofi_annan_at_dinner_party_she_hosted_testifies_henry_kiss.html Brooke Astor’s Alzheimer’s was so bad by 2002 that when she threw a dinner party for former United Nations chief Kofi Annan she didn’t recognize the guest of honor. 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…
