A multimillionaire who rarely gets to spend a dime The heir to an oil fortune is powerless as lawyers, trustees, judges and guardians determine his fate Lise Olsen November 29, 2010 Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7314807.html For more than four decades, multimillionaire oil heir Ugo di Portanova has been all but powerless over his vast fortune. His Keep Reading…
In Smoron Probate Case, Greed At Its Ugly Worst Rick Green May 21, 2010 Hartford Courant http://articles.courant.com/2010-05-21/news/hc-hc-green-smoron-farm0521.artmay21_1_meccariello-josephine-smoron-new-britain-probate-court When it comes to the dead or the elderly, greed knows no legal or ethical boundaries. I sat in New Britain Probate Court on Thursday morning as a lawyer sought to justify a slick shell game that would Keep Reading…
Attorney: Minority stake of Chargers for sale for estate-planning purposes Bernie Wilson (CP) November 16, 2010 Google News http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jODjn-PBGXFonVwMUjjcX3qxvkvA?docId=5154088 SAN DIEGO — San Diego Chargers owner Alex Spanos is looking to sell a minority stake to help with estate planning. Attorney Mark Fabiani, who has led the Chargers’ push for a new stadium since 2002, Keep Reading…
Astros owner McLane puts club on market Allen & Company indicates sale could take six to 12 months Brian McTaggart November 19, 2010 MLB.com http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101119&content_id=16154662&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb HOUSTON — With his family close by and 18 years worth of memories racing through his head, Drayton McLane reflected Friday afternoon about his tenure as owner of the Astros 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…
Randy Quaid ‘crazy’ estate theft claims parallel legal abuse, probate corruption seen nationwide
As Texas native and actor Randy Quaid along wife Evi face legal issues both in a Santa Barbara Superior Court and a Canadian immigration court, the couple’s “Hollywood star-whackers” claims continue to fuel questions of the couple being crazy, paranoid or on drugs. Answers remain unclear, but one thing is certain: the “crazy and outrageous” Keep Reading…