Former Oklahoma County District Judge Tammy Bass-LeSure and her husband were ordered Thursday to repay nearly $70,000 plus interest to the state in an adoption fraud case. “A person who had a high position of authority should be held to a higher standard,” Garfield County District Judge Paul K. Woodward, who heard the case, told the couple. Keep Reading…
MANHATTAN — The bookkeeper for the Brooklyn public administrator’s office has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $2.6 million from the estates of those who died without wills. Richard Paul, 34, was busted for allegedly carrying out the calculated scheme along with three other suspects, according to charges announced Friday by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Keep Reading…
Marti Oakley has an interesting article from 2011 over at The PPJ Gazette entitled Human trafficking: It ain’t just for sex anymore. The article says: When we think of human trafficking most of us immediately assume that this occurs only in the arena of sexual exploitation. At some point in time this may have been Keep Reading…
There are few more frightening glimpses of probate court gone wrong than the story told in a new memo from the chief disciplinary counsel for the state committee that investigates complaints about lawyers. An elderly, dying woman’s valuable estate is hijacked and her will violated in what seems like a nightmare that just couldn’t happen. Keep Reading…
A hearing scheduled today on a petition by Zsa Zsa Gabor’s daughter, who wants a judge to appoint her or another suitable person as conservator to oversee her mother’s affairs, was delayed today after attorneys said they will try to settle the case. Constance Francesca Gabor Hilton filed her petition March 20 in Los Angeles 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…
