Estate of Denial® came across this job description for a Probate Examiner with the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. As many in our audience have significant experience with probate venues, the detailed nature of the position along with its duties and employment standards will be of interest. Just thought we’d pass it Keep Reading…
Six months after admitting in a public courtroom that he scratched up a neighbor’s car, former Houston Judge Woody Densen was disciplined by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. It was a warning. The wrist slap, months after Densen pleaded guilty to the crime, illustrates the inertia and toothless sanctions that the agency policing the state’s Keep Reading…
The fate of Huguette Clark’s $400 million estate still appears in to-be-determined mode, but a book deal chronicling the reclusive heiress’ life has now been inked: A nonfiction book on the mysterious heiress Huguette Clark and her family is being written by an msnbc.com reporter and one of Clark’s cousins. Ballantine Bantam Dell, a division Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® has written numerous pieces on Medicaid planning with the latest being a posting in April. With ongoing interest in this topic, we took note of the following column: The duty of any advisor is to do what’s in the client’s best interest, and any personal biases about the advice given needs to Keep Reading…
The secret legal agreement designed to settle the brawl over the estate of civil rights leader Rosa Parks is a secret no more. The confidential seven-page document — signed by Parks’ 15 nieces and nephews, Parks’ longtime friend and caregiver Elaine Steele and an official of the institute Parks and Steele founded — turned up 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…
