Document: Simon understood changes to will Jeff Swiatek June 25, 2010 IndyStar.com http://www.indy.com/posts/document-simon-understood-changes-to-will Melvin Simon was alert, informed and asking questions during the meeting last year when he agreed to an altered will that upped the inheritance to his wife Bren at the expense of his children, says a new affidavit filed in the Simon Keep Reading…
Courtney Love needs help with a Seattle trial Linda Thomas June 21, 2010 MyNorthwest.com http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=646&sid=334340 Following Courtney Love’s updates on Twitter is a bit like reading a movie-prop ransom note. Despite misspellings, randomly capitalized words, and incomplete sentences, one message comes through clearly – she needs help. Courtney’s court case Love is getting ready for Keep Reading…
Michael Jackson’s father files wrongful death suit Ken Ritter, Associated Press June 25, 2010 Austin American-Statesman http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/michael-jacksons-father-files-wrongful-death-suit-769461.html LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s father filed a wrongful death lawsuit Friday against the doctor charged with giving the pop superstar a lethal dose of sedatives one year ago, accusing the Nevada doctor of negligence, secrecy and poor Keep Reading…
Michael Jackson Estate Decides to Keep Rights to Beatles Songs Brett Pulley June 24, 2010 Bloomberg/Businessweek.com http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-24/michael-jackson-estate-decides-to-keep-rights-to-beatles-songs.html June 24 (Bloomberg) — Executors of Michael Jackson’s estate have decided to keep a 50 percent stake in a music publishing venture with rights to more than 250 songs by the Beatles, two people with knowledge of the Keep Reading…
A young lover, and why the body of the world’s greatest chess player is being exhumed David Jones, Richard Shears June 25, 2010 DailyMail.co.uk http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1289634/Bobby-Fischer-body-exhumed.html Strange as it seems, given the current obsession with the World Cup and Wimbledon, there was once a summer when the game everyone was talking about was chess. It happened 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…
