Juanita Ann Canley sentenced to jail, probation January 9, 2009 Santa Paula News http://www.santapaulatimes.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/17808/Juanita_Ann_Canley_sentenced_to_jail,_probation.html District Attorney Gregory D. Totten recently announced that Juanita Ann Canley, aka Juanita Browne (DOB 1/17/59) of Ventura, has been placed on five years of probation and ordered to serve 270 days in the Ventura County Jail. District Attorney Gregory D. Keep Reading…
The Disturbing Case of the Estate of Judge John L. Phillips David Mark Greaves August 6, 2009 Our Times Press http://ourtimepress.com/2009/08/06/the-disturbing-case-of-the-estate-of-judge-john-l-phillips/ “The Brooklyn Supreme Court Guardianship Program has been hijacked by Mafia-style crime”, charges Reverend Samuel Boykin, court-appointed guardian for Judge John Phillips, the “Kung Fu Judge.” Phillips was a Brooklyn Civil Court Judge for Keep Reading…
It’s the People’s Seat II — Niagara County Edition January 21, 2010 Niagaratimes.blogspot.com http://niagaratimes.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-peoples-seat-ii-niagara-county.html So, I get to repeat my favorite adage again….when you’re about to be run out of town, best to grab a baton and make it a parade. This time, that applies to County Treasurer Dave Broderick who abruptly resigned citing health Keep Reading…
Rainville considers run for AG’s office Richard C. Dujardin January 24, 2010 The Providence Journal http://www.projo.com/news/politics/content/rainville_considering_running_01-24-10_J6H787_v9.2e61a40.html EAST GREENWICH –– Lawyer Robert E. Rainville, a former probate court judge in West Warwick, says he is actively considering making a run for state attorney general and plans to make a decision in two or three weeks. 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…
Charities make claims against estates
Charities make claims against Davidson, Bishop estates Lou Ann Anderson January 24, 2010 www.EstateofDenial.com In covering probate disputes here in Texas and elsewhere, a couple of interesting cases involving charities making claims against estates have recently been in the news. These aren’t cases like with the Astor, Helmsley or Glassell estates in which charitable organizations Keep Reading…