Family of ‘Kung Fu judge’ John Phillips sues nursing home over death, allege missed insulin shots Erin Durkin February 11, 2010 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2010/02/11/2010-02-11_family_of_kung_fu_judge_sues_nursing_home_over_death.html The family of a Brooklyn judge has slapped a Park Slope nursing home with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit charging that shoddy treatment led to his death. The $10 million suit Keep Reading…
Lawyers.com Survey Reveals Drop in Estate Planning February 25, 2010 Lawyers.com http://www.lawyers.com/understand-your-legal-issue/press-room/2010-Will-Survey-Press-Release.html?page=1 Lawyers.com Survey Reveals Drop in Estate Planning By Americans in 2009; Ailing Economy Likely Reason Only 35% of Americans now report having a will and only 21% have a trust arranged New York, NY – February 25, 2010 – A new national survey Keep Reading…
Grassroots activism is an important part of the American political process and today, it’s proving more effective than ever. EstateofDenial.com has always believed that any probate reform is going to require confronting multiple levels and venues of elected officials as well as unelected policy makers (i.e., social services, court-appointed personnel) and policy shapers (i.e., the Keep Reading…
Chan wins more time ahead of next wills battle Diana Lee February 26, 2010 The Standard http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=95068&sid=27207109&con_type=1 Fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen has been granted two more weeks to file an appeal against a ruling giving the multibillion-dollar estate of Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum to charity. Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon, who struck down Chan’s Keep Reading…
Author Tasha Tudor’s Children Battle Over Estate John Curran/Associated Press February 22, 2010 AOLNews.com http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/author-tasha-tudors-children-battle-over-estate/19367756 MARLBORO, Vt. (Feb. 22) — When author Tasha Tudor’s ashes were finally buried, it wasn’t in one place. Her bickering survivors couldn’t agree on when, where and how, so a judge ordered her cremated remains divided in half. On Oct. 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…
