If Your Children Are Competent, They Don’t Need an Inheritance Robert Frank July 26, 2010 The Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2010/07/26/if-your-children-are-competent-they-dont-need-an-inheritence/ The single largest concern and obsession of many rich is how to leave money to their children. How much is too much? How can they be prepared? What is the ideal age to receive a Keep Reading…
Palumbo children accuse father of extravagance as family feud resumes Mark Hollingsworth, Caroline Davies July 27, 2010 guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jul/27/palumbo-family-feud-court-again Time has proven no great healer in a long-running feud that has split the Palumbo family in two, pitching father against offspring. A writ lodged at the high court in London signals a resumption after five Keep Reading…
Scott Licensing Decision Anticipated In August Janet Phelan July 30, 2010 The San Bernardino County Sentinel sentinel_07-30-10 The Department of Consumer Affairs has put off a final decision on conservator Melodie Scott´s licensing, the Sentinel has learned. Scott had appealed the decision, which was tendered this spring by the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), following Keep Reading…
The Deadly Impact Of The Death Tax Daniel J. Mitchell July 14, 2010 Forbes.com http://blogs.forbes.com/beltway/2010/07/14/the-deadly-impact-of-the-death-tax/?partner=relatedstoriesbox Australia got rid of its death tax in 1979. A couple of Aussie academics investigated whether the elimination of the tax had any impact on death rates. They found the ultimate example of supply-side economics, as reported in the abstract 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…
