Involuntary Redistribution of Assets (IRA) actions via misuse of probate instruments or abuse of probate venues are becoming more common occurrences. Wills, trusts and powers of attorney generally involve property, but guardianships pose an even more potentially intrusive threat as they assign control of a person’s life and/or property to another person – maybe a Keep Reading…
Stealing from mom and dad in Oregon Steve Mayes August 29, 2009 The Oregonian http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/stealing_from_mom_and_dad_in_o.html Ask Clara Philpot how she’s doing, and she’ll answer with a beaming smile and a hearty “Fantastic.” Ask the 87-year-old who is president or the name of the dog napping in her lap and she can’t say. Philpot, who was Keep Reading…
Estate planner to settle lawsuit filed by state Associated Press August 22, 2009 WTHR.com http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=10974175 Indianapolis – The state has sued a local estate planning company over alleged violations of the Deceptive Consumer Sales Act. Deputy Attorney General James Comeau filed the lawsuit this week against Better Estate Planning LLC and its owner, Daniel Pachuta. Keep Reading…
No social services investigation for Nadya Suleman Staff and Wire Reports August 27, 2009 Whittier Daily News http://www.whittierdailynews.com/octuplets/ci_13218007 SANTA ANA – A California appeals court has ruled that Octomom Nadya Suleman will not face an investigation by Child Protective Services, as ordered by Orange County Superior Court Judge Gerald Johnston. Suleman’s attorney, Jeff Czech, said Keep Reading…
A recent investigative report about Jean and Michael Kidd, a Texas couple whose lives are now controlled by a Collin County court-appointed guardian illustrates the reality of how Americans targeted in probate venues by governmental bureaucracies and tagged as “incapacitated” can be subjected to a loss of civil liberties and/or confiscation of their property. Read 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…
