UK Court of Protection in Spotlight over Alleged Mass Fraud October 27, 2010 MAARS News http://rowlands.maars.net/?p=6325 Following a 2009 report in the UK Daily Mail regarding the Court of Protection seizing assets worth GBP 3.2 B of thousands of elderly and mentally impaired people and turning control of their lives over to the State – Keep Reading…
The Government Accountability Office has released a report detailing allegation of abuse by legal guardians in 45 states and the District of Columbia. For readers of EstateofDenial.com, this is hardly news. Same goes for legal industry insiders and government bureaucrats. Meanwhile, read the full report here: GAO-Guardianship-2010. Highlights of the report are available here. EoD Keep Reading…
A former Galveston County social services worker has been indicted by a grand jury on a felony theft charge of having stolen between $20,000 and $100,000 from elderly people through her position with the county’s guardianship program. We’re delighted to see criminal charges filed! More estate looting cases being answered with criminal charges thus treating Keep Reading…
Probe shows court-appointed guardians often not screened or monitored Jen Christensen October 27, 2010 CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/10/27/elderly.abuse/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+rss/cnn_topstories+%2528RSS:+Top+Stories%2529 (CNN) — Some court-appointed guardians for incapacitated seniors are not screened before they’re appointed, and many are not monitored by the courts after they’ve taken over the affairs of their charges, resulting in hundreds of allegations of abuse, a Keep Reading…
Michael Jackson’s Father Loses Appeal in Legal Fight for Son’s Estate Associated Press October 26, 2010 The Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-jacksons-father-loses-appeal-32791 Joe Jackson’s lawyer plans to request the court to reconsider and may appeal to the California Supreme Court. One day after Michael Jackson landed at the top of Forbes’ list of top-earning dead celebrities, a 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…
