Aging in America: Family struggles with guardianship issues Monika Diaz July 27, 2009 WFAA-TV (Dallas/Fort Worth) http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090726_wz_aiaguardianship.7d573d5a.html FORT WORTH — Earnestine Starks took pride in her grandson’s graduation this past summer, but it wasn’t long before that joy turned into heartache. “I never expected anything like this — never in my life,” said her daughter, Keep Reading…
Granddaughter fights for Cewe fortune Magnate left bulk of $100-million estate to his company’s accountant and an employee he had an affair with Neal Hall July 24, 2009 The Vancouver Sun http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Granddaughter+fights+Cewe+fortune/1826719/story.html More than 55 years ago, construction magnate Jack Cewe and his wife Mabel founded a gravel-mining business, Jack Cewe Ltd., that grew into Keep Reading…
We received this letter in response to our comments about Parade Magazine’s disparagement of grassroots activists: I too fired off a memo to Ms Male on July 15 indicating to her that we really do exist, those of us who long to have our great America back (respectfully of course), I called it “We’re the Keep Reading…
The estate theft conviction of a former Alabama probate judge, Sherrie Reid Phillips, has been upheld. See the latest here. Also, click here for prior conviction background, here for sentencing information. The children of Octomom Nadya Suleman have a financial guardian – and it’s not yet Texan and National Guardianship Association Executive Director Terry Hammond. Keep Reading…
Farash daughter wins case Steve Orr July 27, 2009 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090727/NEWS01/907270330/1003 Ailing real estate baron Max M. Farash’s Brighton estate and other family property should be preserved for inheritance by his daughter, a state Supreme Court judge has ruled. The court-appointed property guardian for Farash, who was declared mentally incapacitated in April 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.Newnan accountant Mayo Royal Jr. was sentenced to serve five years in prison and a total of 15 years on probation after pleading guilty Monday to seven counts of theft by taking and one count of false swearing in connection with Royal’s mismanagement of the estate of the late Edgar B. Hollis. The terms of Keep Reading…
We are glad to see the egregious legal case of fellow Texan Jeff Baron get new exposure from a reputable national media outlet. Barbara Hollingworth of The Washington Examiner reports: When Jeff Baron came to Washington this month, he was wearing a borrowed suit. Once upon a time, the Internet pioneer — who taught himself Keep Reading…
Is Joey Dauben Being Railroaded in Corsicana? is the question recently asked by D Magazine Editor in Chief/Founder Wick Allison. It’s also a question deservedly, legitimately asked. Here’s Allison’s post: Dauben, the iconoclastic publisher we profiled last March, has been sitting in the Navarro County lockup since he was arrested on molestation charges in December. He Keep Reading…
This is difficult to imagine, but it is true. An aging parent begins to decline. She needs care. She comes to depend on her adult child. Polly is 97 and has only one daughter, Vicky. Vicky moved in with her mother to become Polly’s caregiver about a year ago. Recently, Vicky apparently decided that her Keep Reading…
NEWARK, N.J. — The mother of late boxer Arturo Gatti’s daughter can’t sue his widow for wrongful death in New Jersey, a judge ruled in dismissing the lawsuit Friday. Erika Rivera, a central New Jersey resident, filed the lawsuit last fall on behalf of then-5-year-old Sofia Bella Gatti. The suit blames Gatti’s widow, Amanda Rodrigues Keep Reading…
