This parade of witnesses extolling the decline of Brooke Astor’s mental state gets sadder with each passing day. Everyone – except the lawyers – have painted a consistent picture. Or from another perspective, everyone with no apparent motivation appears to have recognized and accordingly adjusted for Brooke’s decreasing capacity. On the other hand, Anthony Marshall Keep Reading…
Brooke Astor’s doctor testifies socialite’s memory was fading five years before dementia diagnosis Melissa Grace/Corky Siemaszko June 24, 2009 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/06/24/2009-06-24_brooke_astors_doctor_testifies_mee_socialite_suffering_from_alzheimers_was_torme.html Brooke Astor was losing it five years before she was diagnosed with dementia, her personal physician testified Wednesday. “Memory no good” was the entry Dr. R.A. Rees Pritchett made after examining Keep Reading…
Tony Chan tells court of double life with Nina Wang June 24, 2009 The Standard http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=15285 It was show time at last for Tony Chan Chun-chuen in the probate fight for the massive estate of Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum, and the fung shui master did not disappoint. Testifying for the first time since the trial Keep Reading…
Astor: Charlene’s Neck Not Good Enough for Jewels Laura Italiano June 23, 2009 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/seven/06232009/news/regionalnews/astor_chauffeur_dishes_dirt_175730.htm The chauffeur heard it all — especially when it came to the daughter-in-law with the unworthy neck. “I don’t want that woman to wear my jewelry because she doesn’t have the neck to wear my jewelry,” philanthropist Brooke Keep Reading…
A Family’s Fight to Save an Elder From Scanners When the Patriarch Fell Prey to Thieves, Relatives Took Matters Into Their Own Hands Karen Blumenthal June 17, 2009 The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124520056162621509.html#articleTabs=article The first time a beloved relative in his mid-70s wired several thousand dollars to strangers, believing he was paying taxes on huge 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…
