Contractor tells of 80 fung shui holes Adele Wong June 2, 2009 The Standard http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=82887&sid=24065785&con_type=3&d_str=20090602&sear_year=2009 A contractor has revealed how he helped late billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu- sum dig 80 mysterious holes at various Chinachem group sites. Wong Leung-woon, a subcontractor of an engineering and repair-maintenance firm called Hung Luen which had been retained Keep Reading…
Witness: Anthony Marshall Sought Clout, Believed Power Came with Giving Away Millions Laura Italiano June 1, 2009 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/seven/06012009/news/regionalnews/witness__anthony_marshall_sought_clout_172030.htm Being a millionaire trust fund kid at age 78 wasn’t good enough for Anthony Marshall, according to this morning’s testimony in the Brooke Astor swindle trial. No, Tony wanted juice. He wanted to be Keep Reading…
Cook County Probate Judge Maureen E. Connors will rule Wednesday on criminal contempt charges against two Phoenix women who initiated civil legal actions against a guardian and other related parties in control of their 93-year-old aunt’s estate. Mary Lynn Drabik and Mary Sue Richards claim Lydia Tyler “was targeted with an unwarranted guardianship as a Keep Reading…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 1, 2009 CONTACT: MARY BETH SMITH 602-434-2900/mary0422@cox.net Judge Considers Jail Time for Women Seeking to Protect Elderly Aunt’s Interests CHICAGO — Cook County Probate Judge Maureen E. Connors will rule 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, on whether two Phoenix women seeking to protect their elderly aunt’s estate will spend time in Keep Reading…
Illinois Supreme court rules against Drew Peterson Associated Press May 29, 2009 WGEM (Quincy, IL) http://www.wgem.com/Global/story.asp?S=10442566 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled against Drew Peterson in a fight over the estate of his late third wife, Kathleen Savio. The high court on Thursday let stand a lower-court decision that takes away 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…
