Gove man sentenced to life for murder of father Mike Corn October 15, 2009 Hays Daily News http://www.salina.com/news/story/Stevenson-sentenced-10-14-09 GOVE — Calling the crime “despicable,” District Judge Ed Bouker on Tuesday sentenced David A. Stevenson to a term of life in prison for the first- degree murder of his 85-year-old father, Walter A. Stevenson. Stevenson, wearing Keep Reading…
Real-Estate Slump Hits Howard Hughes’s Heirs General Growth Bankruptcy Filing Puts Payout in Limbo. Kris Hudson October 23, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125616518728700047.html Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes was an only child, dying in 1976 with no will or children. Mr. Hughes’s estate now has more than 1,000 heirs and beneficiaries who are hoping for one last, big payout Keep Reading…
Gottlieb Family Battle Beginning to Look Like Astor Will Squabble Chris Rovzar October 28, 2009 New York Magazine http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/10/gottlieb_family_battle_beginni.html The story of Bill Gottlieb, an eccentric real-estate collector whose Manhattan acquisitions in the sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties are estimated to be worth from $700 million to $1 billion, is one of New York real Keep Reading…
The Tightwad’s Legacy Andrew Rice April 6, 2008 The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/realestate/keymagazine/406estate-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all Correction Appended THE KELLER HOTEL, an old seaman’s inn, has seen a few tides come and go. An Irish coal merchant constructed it in the late 1890s along a salty stretch of the Greenwich Village waterfront, at a time when the docks 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.Newnan accountant Mayo Royal Jr. was sentenced to serve five years in prison and a total of 15 years on probation after pleading guilty Monday to seven counts of theft by taking and one count of false swearing in connection with Royal’s mismanagement of the estate of the late Edgar B. Hollis. The terms of Keep Reading…
We are glad to see the egregious legal case of fellow Texan Jeff Baron get new exposure from a reputable national media outlet. Barbara Hollingworth of The Washington Examiner reports: When Jeff Baron came to Washington this month, he was wearing a borrowed suit. Once upon a time, the Internet pioneer — who taught himself Keep Reading…
Is Joey Dauben Being Railroaded in Corsicana? is the question recently asked by D Magazine Editor in Chief/Founder Wick Allison. It’s also a question deservedly, legitimately asked. Here’s Allison’s post: Dauben, the iconoclastic publisher we profiled last March, has been sitting in the Navarro County lockup since he was arrested on molestation charges in December. He Keep Reading…
This is difficult to imagine, but it is true. An aging parent begins to decline. She needs care. She comes to depend on her adult child. Polly is 97 and has only one daughter, Vicky. Vicky moved in with her mother to become Polly’s caregiver about a year ago. Recently, Vicky apparently decided that her Keep Reading…
NEWARK, N.J. — The mother of late boxer Arturo Gatti’s daughter can’t sue his widow for wrongful death in New Jersey, a judge ruled in dismissing the lawsuit Friday. Erika Rivera, a central New Jersey resident, filed the lawsuit last fall on behalf of then-5-year-old Sofia Bella Gatti. The suit blames Gatti’s widow, Amanda Rodrigues Keep Reading…
The new inheritance fast-track
Murder becoming an inheritance fast-track? Lou Ann Anderson October 29, 2009 www.EstateofDenial.com 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 Keep Reading…