Bell County taxpayers garnered two victories with the Nov. 8 election as Killeen residents voted to recall five city council members and Temple residents defeated a proposed charter amendment that would have mandated 2.5 police officers per 1,000 residents. The Killeen election stems from action taken last spring when the council first voted to spend Keep Reading…
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…
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…
As National Estate Planning Awareness Week (Oct. 17 – 23) promotes this critical personal finance activity, the week also provides education opportunities for legal consumers on the often unrecognized yet growing threat posed to property and inheritance rights via corrupt probate venues and probate instrument abuse. Involuntary Redistribution of Assets (IRA) actions occur as property 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…
Danny Tate’s Pauper v. Probate series continues on Impeachrandykennedy’s Blog (TN)
In the new Impeachrandykennedy’s Blog Pauper v. Probate series, Danny Tate uses his First Civil Court of Public Opinion forum to address abolishing judicial immunity and impeachment. Tate’s own experience with the legal system centers on a 32-month temporary conservatorship imposed on the singer/songwriter by Nashville’s probate Judge Randy Kennedy, judge of the 7th Circuit Keep Reading…