Life After the Astor Trial Ralph Gardner Jr. June 28, 2010 Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704212804575332970280997114.html My memory is terrible, but I know exactly what I was doing this time last year. I was sitting in the Criminal Courts Building on Centre Street in Lower Manhattan covering the trial of Brooke Astor’s son, Anthony Marshall, for Keep Reading…
Bizarre Claims Keep Jackson’s Estate Lawyer Busy Eriq Gardner June 27, 2010 ABCNews.go.com http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11029958 LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Michael Jackson was involved in a startling number of lawsuits throughout his career, and now his estate is attracting enormous legal interest. Attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain are the executors of the estate, Keep Reading…
Michael Jackson’s dad ends bid for estate stipend Associated Press June 28, 2010 Google News http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9a7kycTsBsS5YVilTVuapWmQ4JgD9GKIIBO0 LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s father is withdrawing his request to receive more than $15,000 a month from his late son’s estate. A court filing says Joe Jackson is dropping his bid to receive a monthly allowance in favor Keep Reading…
Estate battles of the stars John Goff June 2010 Investment News http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&Date=20100608&Category=FREE&ArtNo=608009999&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1 Few things are as certain in estate planning as this: Celebrity deaths are sure to generate plenty of business for lawyers. The recent squabbling over the wills and estates of late actors Dennis Hopper and Gary Coleman is the latest proof that, when Keep Reading…
More Questions Surface on Melodie Scott cases Janet C. Phelan June 28, 2010 ParentAdvocates.org http://parentadvocates.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=7781 The Probate Murders: More Questions Surface On Melodie Scott Cases by Janet C. Phelan Special To Parentadvocates.org, Ms. Phelan continues her investigation of Melodie Scott of C.A.R.E., Inc. after finding information about the death of Scott’s client Lawrence Yetzer. Also 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…
