Posts Tagged ‘entitlement’

Audit critical of Broderick’s estate administration

March 13th, 2010

DiNapoli audit faults former Niagara County treasurer
Denise Jewell Gee
March 12, 2010
The Buffalo News
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/03/12/985615/dinapoli-audit-faults-former-niagara.html
Former Niagara County Treasurer David S. Broderick used his position as public administer of estates to benefit friends and family, according to an audit released this morning by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
State auditors who reviewed 15 estates Broderick handled during a [...]

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Farash estate litigation continues

March 13th, 2010

Litigation resumes in dealings with fortune of late Max Farash
Steve Orr
March 12, 2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100312/NEWS01/3120335/1002/NEWS/Litigation-resumes-in-dealings-with-fortune-of-late-Max-Farash
Nearly two weeks after the death of Rochester real estate tycoon Max M. Farash, the mourning period has ended and the litigation period has resumed.
In recent days, new lawyers have joined the case, requests have been made to delay some [...]

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Probate crusaders: a breed growing in numbers

March 11th, 2010

Couple of quick things to pass on.
Rick Green has a great Bob Englehart cartoon along with Englehart’s declaration that he’s “joining The Courant’s crusade to change the probate court system in the state of Connecticut.”
In the comments section, another probate crusader with a new web site www.myctprobate.com cites his mission as “to help others who [...]

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King estate dispute claims dismissed

March 10th, 2010

Ga. judge’s order dismisses claims in King dispute
Associated Press
March 10, 2010
Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_re_us/us_king_lawsuit
ATLANTA – A Georgia judge has dismissed most of the remaining legal claims in a dispute between the children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., months after the siblings reached a settlement.
A Fulton County judge’s Wednesday order also gives an interim custodian control [...]

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First Simon estate hearing termed ‘civil’

March 10th, 2010

No decision after today’s hearing on Simon estate
March 10, 2010
IndyStar.com
http://www.indystar.com/article/20100310/BUSINESS/3100391/No-decision-after-today-s-hearing-on-Simon-estate
NOBLESVILLE — Hamilton Superior Court Judge William J. Hughes today heard a request by Deborah Simon to replace her stepmother Bren Simon as trustee of billionaire Mel Simon’s estate.
The judge took today’s testimony under advisement, but made no ruling.
Deborah Simon today asked for a neutral party [...]

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