MORRIS COUNTY — A disbarred Morris County attorney was sentenced today to five years in state prison after pleading guilty in March to the charge of theft by failure to make required disposition. Pieter DeJong, 63, of the Long Valley section of Washington Township, was indicted by a Morris County grand jury in September 2010 Keep Reading…
A Santa Rosa woman has admitted to committing financial elder abuse against one victim and grand theft from a second deceased senior victim’s estate, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced Friday. The 46-year-old Sarah Joanne Holm also said the loss to the second victim’s estate exceeded $50,000. Both victims were Sebastopol residents, who were Keep Reading…
Sam Manzo, the Southington farm caretaker hoodwinked out of his inheritance, is fighting back. Manzo is now suing the lawyers who were supposed to adhere to the wishes of Josephine Smoron, who died nearly two years ago. Faithful readers know I have made a big deal out of the Smoron Farm case because I believe Keep Reading…
SAN DIEGO — An El Cajon man who once ran a residential care facility faced a judge Tuesday on accusations he stole thousands of dollars from two of his residents. Attila Buki, 70, is accused of financial elder abuse, grand theft and forgery, and prosecutors say Buki stole more than $120,000 from two residents by Keep Reading…
They are a small but growing movement called the National Association to stop Guardian Abuse. They say the disabled and elderly are Being prayed upon by the legal system, by crooked lawyers and courts Who they say scam millions of dollars by having older people declared Guardians of the courts depriving them and their families 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…
