The use of undue influence is a common accusation with regard to estate disputes. This same undue influence, however, has also been found as a common tactic used in estate looting actions. It certainly was a factor in the Astor estate looting case and is now the basis of allegations set forth in a new Keep Reading…
Indiana Supreme Court reverses earlier ruling on Inlow estate Erika D. Smith November 18, 2009 IndyStar.com http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:9ivaSqosYaQJ:www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID% 3D/20091118/NEWS02/911180415+Indiana+Supreme+Court+reversed+earlier+ruling+on+Inlow+estate.%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us The Indiana Supreme Court struck a compromise of sorts Wednesday in a case involving the estate of a Conseco Inc. executive who was killed 12 years ago by a helicopter blade. The state’s top court reversed an Keep Reading…
Daughter of billionaire Mel Simon contests will Associated Press January 9, 2010 thestarpress.com http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=thestarpress&sParam=32491157.story NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A daughter of billionaire shopping mall magnate Melvin Simon claims her late father was coerced into approving a new estate plan that increased the amount of his fortune going to her stepmother by hundreds of millions of 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.Celebrity gossip websites ran a story last week claiming that Whitney Houston is “broke as a joke.” They even quoted an unnamed (of course) source claiming that Whitney would be homeless if not for the generosity of friends. She called someone to ask for $100, the story goes. If true, that would be quite a fall Keep Reading…
Sam Manzo, the Southington caretaker on the old Smoron farm, is still without his inheritance and still living in probate hell. I stopped by to talk with Manzo on Tuesday because it’s been two years since I first heard about the elaborate scheme that sought to disinherit Manzo and take the broken down old Smoron farm Keep Reading…
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Heir to a Texas air conditioning fortune and founder of his Wellington polo club, John Goodman is now fighting on multiple legal fronts. Investigators say Goodman drove drunk at twice the legal limit, sped through a stop sign and killed 24-year-old Scott Wilson. The lawsuit filed by the victim’s parents reveals Keep Reading…
Over the past months we’ve posted several stories about a dispute between heirs of Elizabeth Beall Banks, the former Belward Farm property owner known also for her anti-development activism, and Johns Hopkins University. A condition of the 1989 property sale requires “the property would be used only for academic purposes, research or medical care with Keep Reading…
As problems with the Tennessee judiciary are a regular topic here at Estate of Denial®, this post from Memphis’ The Daily News was noted with interest: GOP Proposals Take Aim at Tennessee Courts Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature are taking a close look at the judiciary branch this year, with several proposals expected to be Keep Reading…
Simon family estate dispute
Simon daughter sues shopping mall magnate’s widow over will Lou Ann Anderson January 11, 2010 www.EstateofDenial.com The use of undue influence is a common accusation with regard to estate disputes. This same undue influence, however, has also been found as a common tactic used in estate looting actions. It certainly was a factor in the Keep Reading…