EoD Editor’s Note: In the past weeks, EstateofDenial.com has featured posts regarding how techniques and legal maneuvers seen in high profile cases (Astor, Helmsley) can also be used in looting attempts of more modest estates. The legal cases surrounding the estate of J. Howard Marshall II exemplify the ultimate in Involuntary Redistribution of Assets (IRA) Keep Reading…
How to make sure your will is not contested You may think writing a will is the best way to stop any family arguments on your death, but that may not be the case. Rosanna Spero September 24, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/3047269/How-to-make-sure-your-will-is-not-contested.html According to one leading law firm disputes over wills and trusts have trebled over Keep Reading…
October 20 – 26 has been named National Estate Planning Awareness Week. We’ve talked many times including in our column Probate and Switch about how applicable legal instruments (a will, trust, powers of attorney – medical and otherwise, etc.) are critical components of any financially responsible person’s life. Having said that, though, we must also Keep Reading…
EstateofDenial.com regularly comments on the critical roles that judges play in the disposition of legal cases. Probate courts are no exception and while these settings (sometimes also called surrogate or family courts) may not be the most glamorous or high profile of legal venues, the decisions made by probate judges can be life-altering for those Keep Reading…
A friend recently e-mailed asking that, in light of the problems which can occur with regard to estates and trusts, how should someone plan in terms of the mechanism for distributing property upon death? It would be great if there was a definitive answer, but unfortunately, there’s not. Here’s how we responded: I don’t know. Keep Reading…
Part of yesterday’s EstateofDenial.com post was written sitting in a courtroom awaiting the sentencing of Juan Francisco Molina, an illegal alien pleading guilty to intoxicated manslaughter with a deadly weapon and failure to render aid in connection with the June 16, 2007, death of Amber Rice. This post has little to do with our usual Keep Reading…
Remember the administrative law judge who attempted to sue the Washington D.C. family-owned dry cleaners for $54 million when he claimed that their response to a missing pair of pants constituted engaging in unfair business practices due to a posted “Satisfaction Guaranteed” sign? Chris Manning, the family’s attorney, spoke at the recent Americans for Prosperity Keep Reading…
The estate of William F. Buckley Jr. is involved in what appears to be an indirect Involuntary Redistribution of Assets (IRA) action. Horace Cooper mentioned this case at Saturday’s Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington D.C. We initially held off writing on this to ensure we understood at least the information being presented in Keep Reading…
Child Vs. William F. Buckley Jr.’s Family Fortune Dave Altimari October 1, 2008 The Hartford Courant http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-buckley1001.artoct01,0,1518932.story As William F. Buckley Jr.’s only child, satirist and former White House aide Christopher Buckley is poised to inherit a fortune worth tens of millions of dollars. But as Buckley waits for the estate of his late father Keep Reading…
EstateofDenial.com is a proud partner of Americans for Prosperity – TX in addressing Involuntary Redistribution of Assets (IRA) actions via probate venues and/or probate instruments such as wills, trusts and guardianships. With much to share on this post, we’ll start at the top with where we were and why. Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a taxpayer Keep Reading…
Greetings from the Americans for Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit! What a great experience to be here in our nation’s capitol with grassroots activists from across the country. We spent the morning learning more on how to enhance our online presence. From Rob Bluey of The Heritage Foundation, Mary Katharine Ham from the Weekly Keep Reading…
EstateofDenial.com came across a recent Securities and Exchange Commission report that says “baby boomers today control more than $13 trillion in household investable assets.” It further states: “This accounts for over 50% of the total household investments assets in the U.S. The number of baby boomers will continue to grow with projections of nearly 1 Keep Reading…
EstateofDenial.com has added some new links regarding corruption within courts and the legal system. Endofesq.com, Lemon Justice: Don’t Get Mad, Get Lemon Justice!, Integrity in the Courts and Expose Corrupt Courts are sites which EoD readers might find of interest. Check out also our News Archive for stories regarding how Anthony Marshall, the late Brooke Keep Reading…
Astor Son Heart Woes Laura Italiano October 3, 2008 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/seven/10032008/news/regionalnews/astor_son_heart_woes_131952.htm Anthony Marshall – charged with swindling tens of millions of dollars from his mother, philanthropic icon Brooke Astor – is broken-hearted over the accusations, his lawyers said yesterday. Marshall, 84, remains in an undisclosed New York City hospital after undergoing open-heart bypass Keep Reading…
EstateofDenial.com will be joining our friends at Americans for Prosperity in Washington D.C. later next week for the Defending the American Dream 2008 Summit. The American Dream is certainly under siege by the grave robbers and asset looters discussed on this site. Horace Cooper will discuss inheritance rights as part of a panel discussion. EoD’s 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.Detroit— The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development and its co-founder, Elaine Steele, filed court action late Tuesday accusing a Wayne County probate judge and two court-appointed lawyers of conspiracy in the long-standing battle over the estate of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Steele’s attorney, Steven G. Cohen, added he also has filed Keep Reading…
Lee Bailey’s eurweb.com (Electronic Urban Report) has once again picked up Sue Summer’s latest article from The Newberry Observer on the questionable actions surrounding administration of James Brown’s estate. The article is introduced as follows: For those who’ve been keeping track of the James Brown probate case, or if you’re simply interested in know where Keep Reading…
Forget women! Hell hath no fury like a lawyer scorned – or at least that would seem the case as per this latest Danny Tate posting at Impeachrandykennedy’s Blog. A conservatorship (guardianship) can strip a person of their individual liberty and property rights. While Nashville musician Danny Tate admits his struggle with alcohol and drug Keep Reading…
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…
