OVER a bustling stretch of Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the words on the faded marquee are as bracing as ever. “SLAVE #1,” it reads, in bold capital letters. Last week, amid the bright new chain stores that have popped up beside the Brooklyn neighborhood’s Caribbean-patty joints, the theater’s closed steel gate bore a warning from Keep Reading…
My 96 year old Grandmother lived in Hopkinton, Rhode Island with her son. At some point, her son was incapable of taking care of his Mother, so the state of Rhode Island appointed a state appointed attorney as her legal guardian. My Grandmother had an estate that sits on 8 acres of land and was Keep Reading…
John Goodman is the 48-year old multimillionaire from Palm Beach, Florida who recently made headlines when it was publicly revealed that he adopted his 42-year old girlfriend to help protect the family fortune. Goodman did this in the midst of criminal and civil legal proceedings pending against him. They arose from the February, 2010 drunk driving incident during Keep Reading…
Governor, please make Connecticut safe for elders My elder mother, Kingsley Hubby, residing in CT, has been subjected to state sanctioned exploitation, which is common in Connecticut, documented in Ron Winter’s book, Granny Snatching. New Yorker, Dan Gross, drove to CT for a visit, became sick and was hospitalized and imprisoned in a nursing home, Keep Reading…
A new court program is pairing community members with guardianship cases to help ensure the people entrusted to guardians get the proper care to lead healthy, safe lives. The Probate Court Visitor Program was inspired by Montgomery County Court-at-Law 2 Judge Claudia Laird, whose court oversees the county’s more than 400 guardianships. While many large 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…
