We’ve come across Ripoff Report a few times over the years. Operating as an Arizona-based web site, Ripoff Report provides “consumers educating consumers™” opportunity by posting complaints and reviews along with information on scams, lawsuits and other frauds. A recent posting discusses a Laurens County, S.C., probate case that Estate of Denial® readers will likely Keep Reading…
Creativity in political activism is a powerful tool. We’ve written much about Michael Morton’s false murder conviction and 25-year wrongful incarceration along with the public corruption angles emerging from this and other Williamson County (TX) scandals. With an election cycle in full swing, this photo provides a great example of how subtlety can have impact Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® came across an interesting post from Steve Flowers of The Andalusia Star-News that provides perspective on the historic power of Alabama probate judges. We don’t doubt that this status was enjoyed in other parts of the country as well. Meanwhile, the mechanics may evolve, but plenty of folks continue to find probate Keep Reading…
THEY are often the only winners when families go to war over disputed wills but the state’s most expensive lawyers have been told by judges to stay off the battlefield. As legal costs eclipse the value of some of the estates being fought over, top silks should know better than to get involved when they Keep Reading…
Heirs of the late State leader, Fok Ying-tung, will battle in court over the father’s HK$28 billion estate. A younger son of the former vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference is suing his elder brother, accusing him of pocketing more than HK$1.4 billion of the family fortune. Benjamin Fok Chun-yue filed a writ 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…
