We’ve posted our new column about Williamson County’s continuing poli-drama. Remember, this entire fiasco started with a county judge having probate responsibilities. Read Williamson County poli-drama again highlights bad behavior over good government and think about if this is the environment in which anyone should have to endure major decisions regarding their lives or their Keep Reading…
Involuntary Redistribution of Assets Great Article! Great information and my situation is nearly identical. My mother passed away 2 years ago. In her Will there is a section Article IV that has two options for me: #1 Get divorced and I get my share of a trust set up for me #2 Stay married to Keep Reading…
Probate judge Gregory presided over high-profile cases Jessica Faz February 20, 2011 Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7437896.html Pat Gregory, a longtime Harris County probate judge who presided over such high-profile cases as the estate of billionaire Howard Hughes, has died. He was 76. Gregory, a probate judge for more than 26 years, died Feb. 2 of complications Keep Reading…
Judge denies request to rule Proposed sale of Little Neck will likely go to trial Bethany Bray February 19, 2011 The Salem News http://www.salemnews.com/local/x2016389287/Judge-denies-request-to-rule IPSWICH — A Probate Court judge has denied a request for immediate judgment on the proposed sale of the Ipswich peninsula called Little Neck, setting the wheels in motion for the 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…
Williamson County poli-drama again highlights bad behavior over good government
Texas’ 2012 primary is basically a year away. Williamson County’s ongoing political turmoil and apparent funding of bad behavior over good government is undoubtedly going to impact that election with two developments this week providing new fodder for the county’s ongoing poli-drama. The Austin American-Statesman reported on a news conference called Thursday by County Judge Keep Reading…