It sounds like a couple of judges from the state Appellate Division in Manhattan didn’t like the arguments put forth by Michael Corbett regarding activities surrounding the estate of William Gottlieb. The Post article doesn’t indicate a timetable for a formal ruling. We haven’t been able to find additional accounts of the hearing as of Keep Reading…
Juvenile convictions thrown out Michael Rubinkam/The Associated Press October 30, 2009 Centre Daily Times http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/crime_courts/story/1599085.html ALLENTOWN — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed thousands of juvenile convictions issued by a judge charged in a corruption scandal, saying that none of the young offenders got a fair hearing. The high court on Thursday threw out Keep Reading…
Real-estate heir rage Dareh Gregorian October 30, 2009 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/real_estate_heir_rage_3CkeQzoWNPaL8zOdJIv4TJ A Manhattan man’s attempt to get a chunk of his billionaire grandmother’s real-estate fortune got a hostile reception yesterday from a state appeals court. Two of five judges at a hearing in the state Appellate Division in Manhattan attacked Michael Corbett’s claims that Keep Reading…
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In the past, benefiting from an estate was generally a reactive status. More stories are surfacing, however, indicating proactive approaches being used to gain control of estates. Nefarious deeds are nothing new to inheritance tales, but the bold sense of entitlement accompanying today’s acts illustrate America’s further progression into becoming the Land of the Gimme-Gimmes 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…
