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Lawyer to repay Farrington estates (NY)

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…

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Judge: Shannon Price is not Gary Coleman’s common-law wife (UT)

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…

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Attorneys for James Brown companion subpoena information about ‘explosive’ diaries (SC)

On Friday night former James Brown trustee, Adele Pope of Newberry, was served with a subpoena related to the diaries of Brown’s former companion, Tommie Rae Hynie. Pope is being asked to turn over all written communications related to the Hynie diaries, including any communications with this reporter, any “blogger, website or media outlet.” The Keep Reading…

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California Court of Appeal rules for same-sex partner in inheritance

The California Court of Appeal established an important new legal protection for unmarried partners who are wrongfully prevented from inheriting property from each other when one partner dies. The Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the surviving same-sex partner of a deceased Southern California man in a lawsuit alleging that the deceased partner’s sister Keep Reading…

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Trial date set in fatal obsession case (MT)

A jury trial is set for Dec. 17 in the civil lawsuit filed by a Montana woman against the estate of an 81-year-old man who was obsessed with her genius daughter. Georgia Smith and her daughter, Promethea Pythaitha, are seeking damages from the estate of Thomas Kyros, of Florida, who was killed by officers on Keep Reading…

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