Treating seniors as ‘clunkers’ Betsy McCaughey October 27, 2009 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/treating_seniors_as_clunkers_AoV9xo6kjCZHHI4sNh6ZjM Everyone knows that if you don’t pay to maintain and repair your car, you limit its life. The same is true as human beings age. We need medical care to avoid becoming clunkers — disabled, worn out, parked in wheelchairs or nursing 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…
U.K. guardianships mirror U.S. issues
U.K. Guardianship Controversies Mirror U.S. Concerns Lou Ann Anderson October 28, 2009 www.EstateofDenial.com As guardianships (or conservatorships) become increasingly controversial here in Texas and across the U.S., similar stories are surfacing out of the United Kingdom. Two recent articles detailed complaints surrounding the Court of Protection, a U.K. judicial venue established to “hear cases involving Keep Reading…