8 Tips to Avoid Nasty Estate Surprises Philip Moeller November 27, 2009 U.S. News & World Report http://finance.yahoo.com/focus-retirement/article/108235/8-tips-to-avoid-nasty-estate-surprises?mod=fidelity-managingwealth Combine the worst downturn since the Great Depression, mix in a steep drop in stock prices, and garnish with the disappearance of trillions of dollars in home values. Voilà! You have just stirred up the recipe for Keep Reading…
Astor son makes galling mercy bid Laura Italiano/Dareh Gregorian November 30, 2009 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/astor_son_makes_galling_mercy_bid_4f6SrF4afADsrXMsmXrZ2M Like the guy who kills his parents and then begs for leniency because he’s an orphan, Brooke Astor’s swindling son will try to dodge a mandatory year in prison by asking this week that the judge toss the top Keep Reading…
Brooke Astor probate proceedings may resume Fate of the philanthropist’s will remains in limbo Martha Lufkin November 25, 2009 The Art Newspaper http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Brooke-Astor-probate-proceedings-may-resume/19805 NEW YORK. In December, proceedings over the probate of the disputed will of the late philanthropist Brooke Astor, a trustee emeritus of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, are expected to resume, with Keep Reading…
Houston court decides in favour of museum in Glassell will trial Daughter of oilman and philanthropist loses challenge against will which left half his estate to the MFA and a family foundation Martha Lufkin November 25, 2009 The Art Newspaper http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Houston-court-decides-in-favour-of-museum-in-Glassell-will-trial/19806 An heiress has lost a will contest which sought to invalidate an oilman’s massive Keep Reading…
Casino to consider banning former local official November 30, 2009 St. Joseph News-Press http://www.stjoenews.net/news/2009/nov/30/casino-consider-banning-former-local-official/?breaking A former county official whose gambling habits got her into trouble is now subject to being banned by the casinos themselves. Former Buchanan County Public Administrator Bonnie Sue Lawson is up for consideration of placement on an exclusion list by the 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…
