In the end, the personal was political for Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor Peter Kelly. Despite his repeated claim that the will of Mary Thibeault was private and personal, that powerful rallying cry of the women’s movement did apply, whether the mayor liked it or not. And that was evident Wednesday when he announced he would Keep Reading…
We pause briefly in our ponderings about Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s sex life to consider a case equally shocking (though far less titillating). That is, how did a frail old lady named Pauline come to be giving away her house to a stranger? And not only a stranger but the person who owns the Keep Reading…
TRUMBULL — A Fairfield lawyer has been arrested and charged with embezzling more than $200,000 from the accounts of his 85-year-old aunt. Rik Bachman, 57, of Woodbine Lane, was charged Tuesday with first-degree larceny. He was released after posting $20,000 bond pending arraignment in state Superior Court on Wednesday. Bachman, has an office in White Plains, N.Y. According to Keep Reading…
Nine of Mary Thibeault’s friends and family were worried enough about Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly’s handling of Thibeault’s estate that they hired a lawyer. Now there’s another group of beneficiaries reviewing their own rights, beginning another phase of legal wrangling. Five major charities named in the will are entitled to a total of at least Keep Reading…
When Halifax resident Mary Thibeault died in her St. Petersburg, Florida, winter home, she left an estate valued at over half a million dollars and a will naming 13 people and five charities as beneficiaries. One of the beneficiaries was Halifax mayor Peter Kelly. Thibeault called Kelly a friend and valued his judgement: In addition 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…
