Family: Michael Jackson viewing won’t happen at Neverland July 1, 2009 CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/01/jackson.wrap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories#cnnSTCText LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Michael Jackson’s family will not hold a public or private viewing of his body at the Neverland Ranch, a spokesman for the family said Wednesday. “Plans are under way regarding a public memorial for Michael Jackson, and Keep Reading…
Brooke Astor’s son Anthony Marshall tapped mom’s fortune to fund his Broadway dreams: accountant Melissa Grace/Corky Siemaszko July 1, 2009 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/01/2009-07-01_brooke_astors_son_.html When Brooke Astor’s son needed money to fund his Broadway producing career – he tapped his mother’s fortune. Astor’s accountant testified Wednesday the socialite pumped $500,000 into Anthony Marshall’s production Keep Reading…
Tony Chan denies being ‘toy boy’ for Nina Reuters June 30, 2009 The Standard http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=15406&icid=3&d_str=20090630 Fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen has denied being the ”toy boy” of late Chinachem Group boss Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum. Chan’s denial came after the lawyers for the Chinachem Charitable Foundation, which is pitted against the fung shui master 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…
