A LETTER was the first indication Tony Scott had been left something by old friend in her will. He was flattered to think he would receive a treasured family trinket. But the 63-year-old, from Sheffield in Tasmania, was left speechless when he received a second letter from the executors a month later telling him he Keep Reading…
A federal judge in Hartford is preparing to hear dueling testimonies next week in advance of sentencing for former Norwich accountant F. Robert LaSaracina, who is facing the possibility of more than five years in prison and an order of restitution in the millions for defrauding investors. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael S. McGarry has argued Keep Reading…
We’ve written before about the growing use of civil asset forfeitures – a means by which government confiscates private property. From local governments to the feds, it’s happening in numerous jurisdictions across the U.S. In Motel Is Latest Stopover in Federal Forfeiture Battle, The Wall Street Journal discussed one Massachusetts motel owner’s struggle to keep Keep Reading…
I’m sure there’s a lot to be said for rich people, but they sure do consume a lot of resources. I wish they’d leave more for the rest of us. That’s why I oppose the death tax. The death tax sends a powerful message to rich people: “You can’t leave everything to your heirs, so Keep Reading…
The scene is London’s Sanctum Hotel in Soho; the revellers a mixture of D-list celebrities, journalists and money men. All eyes are on the surprisingly diminutive Britney Spears, who has a smile so tight it looks painful. Glued to her side is her agent-turned-boyfriend Jason Trawick. They are surrounded by a phalanx of PR people, 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…
