She was hired to care for the 93-year-old’s dying wife. Instead, King County prosecutors contend, the 52-year-old Seattle woman inserted herself into every facet of his life, separated him from his children, then raided his life savings to the tune of $300,000. Filing theft charges earlier this month, prosecutors claim Samantha Pierce bilked her elderly Keep Reading…
LANCASTER, Tex. — During the Korean War, Billy Brown faced enemy bullets, starvation and bitter cold. Now the benefits that he earned for his sacrifice have been tied up by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which in 2009 diverted his payments to trustees who have taken control not only of those funds, but of his Keep Reading…
The Arizona Senate Appropriations committee is hearing HB 2424 today. We were in Austin yesterday (see related post) attending a hearing with the Texas legislature and unfortunately didn’t get to put out advance notice on this date. HB 2424 addresses abusive Arizona probate practices identified in the last years as victims became vocal and the Keep Reading…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Greene County Probate Judge Michael Cordonnier ruled Friday that documents filed by lawyers will not be open to the public in the guardianship case of businessman John Q. Hammons. The ruling came after a hearing in which an attorney for KY3 and the Springfield News-Leader said there’s legitimate public interest in Hammons Keep Reading…
A Queens nursing home official bilked an 85-year-old dementia payment out of $220,000 in life savings by pretending to be his niece, prosecutors say. Jennifer Robinson, 36, was charged with theft and falsifying business records for a scheme that dates back to 2009, when victim Walter Witko was admitted to the Long Island Care Center 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…
