El Paso lawyer Terry Hammond nominated as financial guardian for Octomom’s 8 David Crowder July 23, 2009 Newspaper Tree http://newspapertree.com/news/4084-el-paso-lawyer-terry-hammond-nominated-as-financial-guardian-for-octomom-s-8 El Paso lawyer and guardianship specialist Terry Hammond has been nominated in a court petition to be the financial guardian for the octuplets delivered in January by Nadya Suleman, known to many as the Octomom. Keep Reading…
Sarah Palin’s resignation as governor of Alaska demonstrates how the American legal system can effectively be weaponized to influence behavior and/or to attempt diminishing an individual or cause. People of all political persuasions should take heed as this tactic is used by more than politicians. “Discredit and distract” was the goal of Sarah Palin’s political Keep Reading…
Astor’s Daughter-In-Law Drops B-Bomb as She Exits Court David K. Li July 27, 2009 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/seven/07272009/news/regionalnews/manhattan/astors_daughter_in_law_drops_b_bomb_as_s_181635.htm The trial against the son of socialite Brooke Astor is getting bitchy. During a morning break in Manhattan Supreme Court today, Astor’s daughter-in-law Charlene Marshall strolled out of the courtroom muttering, “What a bitch!” Astor’s daughter-in-law later Keep Reading…
Unscrupulous people may prey on the elderly Dave McMillion March 21, 2009 The Herald-Mail (Md.) http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=219324 WASHINGTON COUNTY — It was his neighbors who went to bat for an elderly Boonsboro man, contacting authorities to report that he had no food or heat in his house and was living in less than sanitary conditions. When Keep Reading…
Exclusive: Michael Jackson’s Thriller Girlfriend Sues His Estate for “A Substantial Sum” July 16, 2009 Radar online.com http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/07/exclusive-michael-jackson%E2%80%99s-thriller-girlfriend-sues-his-estate-%E2%80%9C-substantial Michael Jackson’s Thriller girlfriend Ola Ray isn’t letting the singer’s death stop her battle for royalties she claims are owed her from the 1983 video. The former Playboy pin-up’s lawyer Jason Feldman told RadarOnline.com exclusively that he 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…
