A Lexington County woman has been arrested and faces a breach of trust charge after she allegedly diverted and spent more than $49,000 intended for her daughter, according to an arrest warrant. SLED agents investigating the case allege in the warrant that between July 23 and Nov. 14, 2008, Kelly Crystal Rainey, 39, of McConnells, Keep Reading…
The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission has issued a staff report on the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Listed below are issues and recommendations: Issue 1 The Texas Constitution Limits the Commission’s Options to Hear Major Cases in Open Proceedings. The Commission investigates complaints against judges and conducts either informal or formal proceedings to decide whether Keep Reading…
A Pismo Beach lawyer pleaded no contest to felony grand theft by embezzlement Thursday and is scheduled for sentencing in May. William Peter Terhune II, 57, entered the plea before San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Barry LaBarbara, who set sentencing for 8:30 a.m. May 10 in Department 2. San Luis Obispo police began Keep Reading…
This story is from several months ago, but we wanted to post it and call attention to that old saying about “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander,” except evidently if you are the legal industry. It is fine for their disingenuous peers to loot assets of “outsiders,” but apparently lawyer-on-lawyer looting Keep Reading…
PONTOTOC – A judge’s decision on a punitive damages hearing and its defendants will wait until later this week in the estate recovery case of Tupeloan Florence Aldridge. Late this morning, Chancellor Mike Malski heard agreement from all sides’ attorneys that he should decide whether state Rep. Brian Aldridge will be brought back into the matter 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…
