Billings to Fresno Co. public guardian questioned Brad Branan October 28, 2010 The Fresno Bee http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/10/28/2137194/audit-hits-fresno-county-agency.html A company hired to manage the affairs of elderly and mentally ill clients in Fresno County may have overbilled for its services — and the county agency responsible for oversight failed to see the problems, a county audit has Keep Reading…
My mother is a victim of hostile predatory guardianship, having had her estate documents canceled unlawfully, which has damaged her and family members and others. She adopted 8 children after I was born, and 4 of them have now banded together, with the guidance of a “quasi-legal” cousin from out of state, to use the Keep Reading…
Lawsuit to Go to Trial Over L’Oréal Heiress Christina Passariello December 14, 2009 The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704201404574590322480671260.html PARIS—A lawsuit over L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt’s gifts of €1 billion ($1.5 billion) to a photographer friend will go to trial mid-April, a French judge decided, a move that promises to throw personal details of one of Keep Reading…
Ordinary New Yorkers to decide the fate of socialite Brooke Astor’s son Joanna Molloy March 31, 2009 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/03/31/2009-03-31_ordinary_new_yorkers_to_decide_the_fate_.html It was Brooks Brothers meets Old Navy Monday in Courtroom 1526 in Manhattan’s Criminal Courts building. Anthony Marshall, the poor-little-rich-boy son of Brooke Astor wore a gray suit, light blue shirt, tasseled loafers Keep Reading…
BreatheHeavy.com Forced To Close Jordan Miller March 27, 2009 BreatheHeavy.com http://breatheheavy.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1238184888&archive=&start_from=&ucat=& Dear BreatheHeavy readers, I, Jordan Miller, Owner & Webmaster of BreatheHeavy.com and BritneyRes.com, want to thank you with all my heart for the loyalty and support you’ve shown over the last 5 years BreatheHeavy has been open. We are all here for one purpose: 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.Celebrity gossip websites ran a story last week claiming that Whitney Houston is “broke as a joke.” They even quoted an unnamed (of course) source claiming that Whitney would be homeless if not for the generosity of friends. She called someone to ask for $100, the story goes. If true, that would be quite a fall Keep Reading…
Sam Manzo, the Southington caretaker on the old Smoron farm, is still without his inheritance and still living in probate hell. I stopped by to talk with Manzo on Tuesday because it’s been two years since I first heard about the elaborate scheme that sought to disinherit Manzo and take the broken down old Smoron farm Keep Reading…
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Heir to a Texas air conditioning fortune and founder of his Wellington polo club, John Goodman is now fighting on multiple legal fronts. Investigators say Goodman drove drunk at twice the legal limit, sped through a stop sign and killed 24-year-old Scott Wilson. The lawsuit filed by the victim’s parents reveals Keep Reading…
Over the past months we’ve posted several stories about a dispute between heirs of Elizabeth Beall Banks, the former Belward Farm property owner known also for her anti-development activism, and Johns Hopkins University. A condition of the 1989 property sale requires “the property would be used only for academic purposes, research or medical care with Keep Reading…
As problems with the Tennessee judiciary are a regular topic here at Estate of Denial®, this post from Memphis’ The Daily News was noted with interest: GOP Proposals Take Aim at Tennessee Courts Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature are taking a close look at the judiciary branch this year, with several proposals expected to be Keep Reading…
