Ella Card had it made in America. After emigrating to the United States from her native Belize, she earned a masters degree and taught third grade in the New York City Public School system for three decades. She and her late husband Raymond, who died as a result of taking the recalled painkiller Vioxx, had Keep Reading…
INDIO — A May 25 trial date was set Friday for two men accused in the 2008 financially motivated killing of a Palm Springs retiree. Daniel Carlos Garcia and Kaushal Niroula are facing almost a dozen felonies, including first-degree murder and conspiracy in the December 2008 stabbing of 74-year-old Clifford Lambert. Riverside County Superior Court Keep Reading…
With a new post entitled Fifth Third Bank, Co-Conspirator in the Probate Racket, Danny Tate uses Impeachrandykennedy’s Blog to discuss the “fact that banks conspire with the crooked probate courts to loot estates and facilitate the looting thereof.” Musicians should take special note as Tate states: Danny Tate was told he was the “lab rat” Keep Reading…
Donna LeBoeuf, playing a game with her caregiver, would scribble her signature on pieces of paper, unaware that she was imperiling her financial security. LeBoeuf, a Pittsburg resident in the early stages of dementia, felt fortunate Mary Genai had come to help with life’s tasks and to keep atop her finances. She never suspected that 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.Celebrity gossip websites ran a story last week claiming that Whitney Houston is “broke as a joke.” They even quoted an unnamed (of course) source claiming that Whitney would be homeless if not for the generosity of friends. She called someone to ask for $100, the story goes. If true, that would be quite a fall Keep Reading…
Sam Manzo, the Southington caretaker on the old Smoron farm, is still without his inheritance and still living in probate hell. I stopped by to talk with Manzo on Tuesday because it’s been two years since I first heard about the elaborate scheme that sought to disinherit Manzo and take the broken down old Smoron farm Keep Reading…
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Heir to a Texas air conditioning fortune and founder of his Wellington polo club, John Goodman is now fighting on multiple legal fronts. Investigators say Goodman drove drunk at twice the legal limit, sped through a stop sign and killed 24-year-old Scott Wilson. The lawsuit filed by the victim’s parents reveals Keep Reading…
Over the past months we’ve posted several stories about a dispute between heirs of Elizabeth Beall Banks, the former Belward Farm property owner known also for her anti-development activism, and Johns Hopkins University. A condition of the 1989 property sale requires “the property would be used only for academic purposes, research or medical care with Keep Reading…
As problems with the Tennessee judiciary are a regular topic here at Estate of Denial®, this post from Memphis’ The Daily News was noted with interest: GOP Proposals Take Aim at Tennessee Courts Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature are taking a close look at the judiciary branch this year, with several proposals expected to be Keep Reading…
Can Texans (or anyone) protect themselves from probate abuse?
At Estate of Denial®, the question of “what can people do to protect themselves, their assets and their heirs?” is often asked. Five years of studying probate culture and estate disputes yields “not a whole lot” as the most honest answer. And this status will not change despite personal liberty and property rights being increasingly Keep Reading…