A Marietta attorney’s license has been suspended for at least one year after the Supreme Court of Ohio agreed with findings by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline. The court agreed Norman L. Folwell had settled a minor’s claim without probate court approval, mingled client funds and committed other violations of Ohio’s Code Keep Reading…
An attorney has been charged with stealing more than $300,000 in guns, jewelry and art from a friend who died, authorities said. Leslie Scott McAfee was arraigned Wednesday on a felony complaint in connection with property and cash missing from the estate of William Sherinyan, who died of cancer in March 2010, authorities said. McAfee Keep Reading…
LAWRENCE — Elizabeth Lacey was suspicious of the double-chocolate cake, a present from retired Lawrence cop William Hale Sr. She noticed the Pepperidge Farm box was already open. The frail 89-year-old said she thought the cake might be poisoned. “She said, ‘Give it to the neighbor and if he’s living tomorrow, than we’ll know the Keep Reading…
APPLETON — After nearly three months of investigation, police continue to pore through the finances of an Appleton man accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his elderly and disabled clients. Jeffrey M. Schend, meanwhile, demanded a speedy trial on the seven theft charges filed against him in the early stages of the Keep Reading…
Gary Soffe, 52, was sentenced at the Hamilton District Court on Thursday on one charge of false accounting and nine counts of theft by a person in a special relationship. He pleaded guilty to the charges in May. Between 2006 and 2010, Soffe stole $4.1 million from a number of family trusts he had been 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…
