Judge’s associates often sit on panel Denton County: Official denies playing favorites in eminent domain cases Kevin Krause May 27, 2005 The Dallas Morning News When a city, county or school district needs private Denton County land for roads, waterlines or other public projects, a special panel appointed by the probate court judge often determines Keep Reading…
After 8 years, estate case still tied up in court Proceedings have cost at least $206,000 in court-ordered fees Kevin Krause May 26, 2005 The Dallas Morning News Kristina Page had no control over steady spending of her inheritance on court-appointee fees. The 17-year-old’s father is dead. Her mother battled a drug problem before recently Keep Reading…
Judge has ties to agency providing guardians His ex-wife, accountant, attorney involved with group helping his court Kevin Krause May 26, 2005 The Dallas Morning News Judge Don Windle was well acquainted with Denton County Guardianship Services Inc. when it bid on a county contract last year to provide guardians for certain types of probate Keep Reading…
New agency works to offer guardianship services Court trains volunteers to aid incapacitated seniors and adults Jason Goodman July 28, 2004 Denton Record-Chronicle A new Denton County agency created last month is working to match guardians with adults who need help managing their affairs. Denton County Guardianship Services opened May 17 with nine volunteers who Keep Reading…
A state of neglect Cases show agency did little to fix elderly’s deplorable conditions Lee Hancock June 13, 2004 The Dallas Morning News Probate Judge Max Higgs and lawyer Terry Hammond have witnessed a lengthy parade of horrors involving the city’s elderly and the state agency responsible for protecting them. Old people have been left 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…
