EDITOR’S NOTE: The following testimony was presented at a Colorado public hearing scheduled as follow-up to a 2006 Performance Audit of the state’s probate system. This presentation makes important observations and recommendations that apply and could be beneficial for any state. Presentation to the Protective Proceedings Task Force Proposal for Appointee Reform September 2007 Thank Keep Reading…
The cases highlighted here at EstateofDenial.com have common threads in that wills, trusts and guardianships are used to loot assets of the dead and disabled/incapacitated. With that, we don’t generally take sides that all trustees are bad, all “disgruntled” heirs are deserving or that every guardian is up to no good. While probate instruments are Keep Reading…
Anna Nicole Smith attorney faces uncertain future Lloyd Mann April 1, 2009 Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/x-6709-LA-Legal-Profession-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Anna-Nicole-Smith-attorney-faces-uncertain-future One of the most difficult law schools in the country to gain admission to is the Los Angeles campus of the University of California. (“UCLA”). Howard K. Stern, the lawyer and boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, accomplished the feat Keep Reading…
Is Britney Spears Trying to End Her Father’s Control? Ken Lee April 1, 2009 People.com http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20269512,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines It seems Britney Spears’s life has gone from soap opera to spy novel. Sam Lutfi’s younger sister Christina testified in a Los Angeles court Wednesday that she recently snuck a cell phone to the pop star at a Beverly Keep Reading…
The incredible story of an Oregon woman named Erna Boldt as reported by Salem-News.com is a classic Involuntary Redistribution of Assets (IRA) case as a trust was used to divert Mrs. Boldt’s assets in a manner contrary to her stated intentions. Mrs. Boldt acknowledges that upon her death, her son, California investment banker Leroy Newton, 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…
