Prosecutions of elder abuse cases decline under Jerry Brown Christina Jewett August 21, 2010 CaliforniaWatch.org http://californiawatch.org/prosecutions-elder-abuse-cases-decline-under-jerry-brown-013 The office of Attorney General Jerry Brown has dismissed an increasing number of criminal cases against defendants suspected of elder abuse, while cutting back on surprise inspections to investigate violence and neglect in nursing homes. A California Watch review Keep Reading…
Lawyers warn of unscrupulous will-writers Cara Waters August 20, 2010 FTAdviser.com http://www.ftadviser.com/FTAdviser/Regulation/News/article/20100820/f204b69a-ac61-11df-a355-00144f2af8e8/Lawyers-warn-of-unscrupulous-willwriters.jsp Under current rules, anyone can set themselves up as a will-writer and charge for the service. Law firm Lewis Hymanson Small said there was no industry regulation and all too often, wills were incorrectly drawn up, rendering them invalid. Statistics from the Society Keep Reading…
We’re back from Nashville for an abbreviated work week before heading off to Washington D.C. A new column Danny Tate’s latest hearing provides ‘inside courts’ teachable moment has been posted. With a month’s backlog of e-mail to address and a big crop of articles to post, we’re working to get back to a point of 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…
Danny Tate’s latest hearing provides ‘inside courts’ teachable moment
A Friday hearing once again brought the conservatorship of Nashville musician Danny Tate to the docket of Judge Randy Kennedy’s Davidson County probate court. The proceeding addressing Danny Tate’s case was enlightening as ever, but prior to his case being called, observing the interaction of Judge Kennedy and the attorneys before him reaffirmed impressions from Keep Reading…