Roger Milliken was not a gambler. The late textile magnate, philanthropist and community leader established his vast business and charitable empire on the cornerstones of hard work, enjoyment, a thirst for knowledge and the betterment of mankind. True to his desire to leave a lasting legacy, Milliken, who died Dec. 30 at the age of Keep Reading…
Britney Spears has just learned …. it pays to have a conservatorship, and pays VERY well. TMZ has obtained legal documents in the conservatorship case, showing that in December 2008, the assets controlled by Britney’s conservators totaled $2,826,362.68. Now get this …TMZ has learned … exactly one year later — in December, 2009 — the Keep Reading…
Join Estate of Denial‘s™ Lou Ann Anderson at 9 p.m. CST Sunday, Feb. 27, as she joins host Gary Johnson on Live and Let Live, a program broadcast on the Rule of Law Radio network. Cases with a probate twist increasingly receive media attention, but precedents set or ramifications for the general public is rarely Keep Reading…
With the new $5 million federal estate tax exemption for 2011 and 2012, most folks are blissfully free of any federal estate tax worries (for now). That’s the good news. The bad news: Twenty states and the District of Columbia impose estate or inheritance taxes that kick in below the $5 million mark, and some Keep Reading…
The Estate of Denial™ column on the Parrie Haynes Ranch was featured in this week’s Americans for Prosperity-Texas update. News from around the ‘Net AFPF Policy Advisor Lou Ann Anderson addresses the property rights issue at stake in the case of a Texas landmark: Parrie Haynes Ranch bill seeks control of property left for orphans’ 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…
