We’ve posted a new column about court filings submitted after the Monday, May 24, Danny Tate conservatorship hearing in which the Nashville musician was freed from a questionable 32-month “temporary” conservatorship that effectively hijacked his liberty and depleted the bulk of his estate. Read the latest here.
Hotelier’s son lived and died in mystery Jorge Fitz-Gibbon May 30, 2010 LoHud.com http://www.lohud.com/article/99999999/NEWS01/105100004/Hotelier-s-son-lived-and-died-in-mystery Ben Novack Jr. was very much driven by his father’s success – and haunted by his failure. He ran his convention-organizing business with iron-fisted stubbornness, mimicking the bullying style that allowed his father to open the fabulously ritzy Fontainebleau Hotel in Keep Reading…
Lujan Says Bribery Allegations “Completely False” Kevin Kerrigan May 28, 2010 Pacific News Center http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5472:lujan-says-bribary-allegations-qcompletely-falseq-&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156 Guam – Guam Attorney David Lujan says that allegations that he bribed Judges to secure favorable rulings during his represenation of DHL heir Junior Larry Hillbroom are “completely false.” The allegation appears in a declaration filed in Los Angeles District Keep Reading…
Nephew wins Gottlieb estate war Albert Amateau May 19-25, 2010 The Villager http://www.thevillager.com/villager_370/nephewwins.html Neil Bender, heir to the extensive Village real estate holdings of his uncle, the late William Gottlieb, with an estimated $1 billion value, turned back a bitter family challenge to his inheritance last week in the state Appellate Court. The Appellate Court Keep Reading…
Ex-treasurer may have to repay county Thomas J. Prohaska May 26, 2010 The Buffalo News http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/05/26/1062016/ex-treasurer-may-have-to-repay.html LOCKPORT — Former Niagara County Treasurer David S. Broderick, who resigned after being investigated for how he administered estates, may have to make payments to the county and the state under terms of a deal being worked out with 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.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…
Courtroom cronyism is certainly a frequent factor in the abusive probate cases discussed here at Estate of Denial® . EconomicFreedom.org describes cronyism as follows: Cronyism occurs when an individual or organization colludes with government officials to get forced benefits they could not have otherwise obtained voluntarily. Those benefits come at the expense of consumers, taxpayers, Keep Reading…
In September senior assistant Attorney General (AG) C.H. Jones wrote to a Richland County court that the AG’s office was “ready and more than willing” to release a copy of the contract under which Columbia attorney Kenneth Wingate is suing former James Brown trustees, Robert Buchanan of Aiken and Adele Pope of Newberry. It now Keep Reading…
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry has filed theft charges in two separate white-collar crime cases, he said today, in which a total of about $800,000 was stolen. In the first case, prosecutors charged Stacy H. Sheedy, an Indianapolis attorney and accountant, with three counts of theft and one count of forgery, according to a release Keep Reading…
Nearly 50 years after country star “Gentleman” Jim Reeves died in a Brentwood plane crash, a Nashville judge will settle once and for all the fate of his still-lucrative musical legacy. On Monday, a trial gets under way in Davidson County Probate Court to decide the proper division of the income from Reeves’ royalties — which Keep Reading…
