An estate which has been home to one of England’s most famous aristocrat families for centuries is in ‘severe financial difficulties’, a court has heard. Trustees of the Savernake Estate near Marlborough, Wiltshire – home to the Earl of Cardigan – told of the ‘urgency of the situation’ at a High Court hearing in London. Keep Reading…
A late songwriter’s heirs are all shook up over the recent discovery of a long-lost Elvis Presley outtake. The children of Jimmie Crane, who died in 1998, filed suit yesterday to claim the copyright to “Living to Love You,” which The King apparently recorded in 1965 but never released. The Manhattan federal-court filing says Crane Keep Reading…
The state Supreme Court, in a ground-breaking ruling, has found that conservators appointed by probate court only have limited immunity and “quasi-judicial immunity” does not extend to lawyers appointed in probate proceedings. Nursing homes, meanwhile, do not have immunity “under any circumstances.” It means that if a lawyer screws up — or rips you off — Keep Reading…
When Tim Newell first received word of aMontgomery County Circuit Court judge’s decision to deny Johns Hopkins University’s motion to dismiss he couldn’t wait to share the news. “[The community] is pretty thrilled,” Newell told Patch. “Everybody’s been more or less ‘it’s about time that someone listened.’ If you talk to the county and everybody Keep Reading…
A Wayne County judge today refused to require Elaine Steele and Adam Shakoor — the new co-personal representatives of Rosa Parks’ estate — to post an $8 million surety bond to protect the financial interests of Parks’ nieces and nephews in the eventual sale of the valuable possession of the late civil rights icon. But 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…
