Forbes reports that estate planning attorneys have seen their work dry up in the wake of the December, 2010 estate tax relief legislation. That legislation raised the value of property which an individual can leave free of estate tax (“unified credit”) to $5,000,000, allows a decedent’s estate to use the remaining unused unified credit of Keep Reading…
People are tired of unresponsive, unaccountable government. We see this with regard to probate matters and in numerous other venues. This letter was published in the May 28 Waco Tribune Herald. Grassroots activism can make a difference, but it’s requires enduring efforts and a flexible, but focused plan of action. This letter also serves as Keep Reading…
To the editor: One would think losing your husband of nearly 50 years would be bad enough. But now, after first raising her children and then working in the office with her husband for over 40 years building a successful law and real estate business, legal battles with two of her children have made things Keep Reading…
Hot on the heels of a groundbreaking decision by L. A. Superior Court Judge Reva Goetz to restrain an esteemed medical doctor from reporting elder abuse of conservatee Jean Tanaka, further evidence has surfaced suggesting negligence on the part of Tanaka’s conservator, Linda Cotterman. Dr. Laura Moire’s courtroom testimony on March 3 in the conservatorship Keep Reading…
LONG BEACH — A 55-year-old caretaker should consider herself lucky to be sentenced to just four years in prison for stealing a small fortune from an elderly Long Beach woman, a judge declared Friday. Li Ching Liu was convicted earlier this month on a single count of elder abuse through forgery and fraud for stealing 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…
