NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced former New York comptroller Alan Hevesi, awaiting sentencing for his role in influence-peddling at the state pension fund, is in the hospital for an unspecified condition, a judge said Monday. Meanwhile, the case has been transferred to another judge, and the next court date is April 4. The judge’s friendships Keep Reading…
The Arizona Senate Appropriations committee is hearing HB 2424 today. We were in Austin yesterday (see related post) attending a hearing with the Texas legislature and unfortunately didn’t get to put out advance notice on this date. HB 2424 addresses abusive Arizona probate practices identified in the last years as victims became vocal and the Keep Reading…
One of EoD’s regular readers, Pat, offers new perspective on the integrity of trusts and the holding of assets: The problem of beneficiaries getting paid may well be because the trust was a sham “created only to steal the assets” of the elder. If a corporation is able to obtain a signature on the dotted Keep Reading…
Brooke Astor’s 86-year-old swindling son made his latest bid today to remain at liberty, filing appeal papers that largely echo arguments already rejected last year by his trial judge. Since his December, 2009 sentencing — he got one-to-three years prison for stealing millions from the Alzheimer’s-stricken philanthropist — Anthony Marshall has remained free, pending the Keep Reading…
Daryl Bornstein was indicted Friday in Davidson County Criminal Court for taking money out of an estate that was intended for the Tennessee Children’s Home in Spring Hill. Bornstein faces nine felony charges, and his wife, Janalyn Bornstein faces five, related to the estate of retired Metro Firefighter Raymond Simmons, who died May 4, 2006. 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…
