Special thanks to the Odessa American for publishing our recent Estate Planning’s Dark Side column. “Shining light on the dark side of estate management” is indeed our mission and we are ever appreciative of media outlets willing to help educate their audience on this threat to property rights and individual liberty.
LAHORE: A civil judge has sought a reply from Salmaan Taseer’s widow Amna and their children Shahbaz, Shehryar and Shehrbano for October 21 on a suit filed by Shaan, Sanam and Sara Taseer, the late governor’s children from an earlier marriage. The petitioners have asked the court to take account of all the moveable and Keep Reading…
Early voting is upon us and Temple voters are facing an important decision regarding police department staffing levels. While usually addressed in budgeting processes, a proposed municipal charter amendment change is the vehicle currently in use by the Temple Police Association to attempt garnering a charter-mandated ratio of not less than 2.5 officers per 1,000 Keep Reading…
Three members of the Turner family should be able to inhabit and operate the National Park Service-owned Triangle X Ranch for the rest of their lives, according to suit filed Monday. The lawsuit arose after the Park Service on Sept. 30 began soliciting proposals for the Triangle X Ranch concession, which can accommodate up to 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…
Killeen recall election brings ‘October surprise’ (TX)
The steady stream of people showing up Monday morning for early voting in Killeen could portend that the five month delay in holding the city council recall election has neither dimmed peoples’ memories nor curbed their interest in this hot-button issue. The ballot, however, is bringing one surprise that seems another example of governmental self-protectionist Keep Reading…