Estate of Denial® greatly appreciates Solicitors from Hell 2 picking up our recent post on the Joey Dauben case. Today, legal abuse and public corruption occur in widespread proportions – both here in the U.S. and abroad. It’s unfortunate that so many of us can work exposing these threats while many more abuses Keep Reading…
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…
It’s hard to offer an excuse the IRS has never heard for they hear some doozies. It’s important to consider the context and the specific penalty in question. Some penalties might be waived for one condition but not for others. Take the estate tax. Federal estate tax returns are due nine months after the decedent’s death. 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…
Mere weeks after winning nine-year probate case against her own stepmother, glamour queen’s shock death and controversial financial shape raise the odds of much bigger courtroom battles ahead. Whitney Houston’s management had barely squelched rumors that the 48-year-old diva and recovering cocaine addict had run out of cash before they had to confirm reports that Keep Reading…
We came across this posting out of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland: William Dilley, 67, of Mentor: After a bench trial that ended Tuesday, Judge Michael Donnelly found Dilley guilty of tampering with records, perjury and attempted theft. The financial adviser changed a 93-year-old Glenwillow woman’s will in 2008 so he would inherit her estate 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…
Income inequality is a topic which Estate of Denial® finds of great interest. It can stimulate fascinating, complex discussions, but with regard to questionable probate actions, we look at it as having a rather uncomplicated tie-in. A cynical view of the human race causes one to believe that a certain segment of the population is 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…
WAILUKU – The legal battle over the $80 million estate of Laurence “Baron” Dorcy has ended, attorneys on both sides of the dispute confirmed Friday, although it may never be revealed who will enjoy the late Kula resident’s money. A confidential settlement in the case was placed on the record in 2nd Circuit Judge Joseph Keep Reading…
An Oklahoma County judge accused of fraud is resigning. District Judge Tammy Bass-LeSure, 44, wrote the governor she will resign effective March 1. Her resignation is part of her plea agreement with prosecutors in her adoption fraud case. The elected judge is set to be back in court March 2 in the felony case. She is Keep Reading…
FALL RIVER —Two lawyers appeared in probate court Friday, arguing for the right to represent Marie Joseph’s estate. David Sullivan and Brian Cunha asked Judge Virginia Ward to determine which of them can represent the children of Marie Joseph, who died while swimming in the state-run pool at Lafayette Park on June 26. Ward did Keep Reading…
A longtime Topeka lawyer on Friday asked the Kansas Supreme Court to continue his supervised probation for another year rather than suspend his law license for six months. Richard E. Jones testified to the court that he was making progress on conditions of his two-year probation, which took effect Oct. 17, 2008, and that lawyer Keep Reading…
OVER a bustling stretch of Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the words on the faded marquee are as bracing as ever. “SLAVE #1,” it reads, in bold capital letters. Last week, amid the bright new chain stores that have popped up beside the Brooklyn neighborhood’s Caribbean-patty joints, the theater’s closed steel gate bore a warning from 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…
