Just two years ago, 80-year-old Jewell Tinnon was living comfortably in the Edgehill house she and her late husband had bought and paid for years earlier. Tucked away in the home on a cul-de-sac off 13th Avenue South were a life’s worth of possessions, her prized Sunday church clothes and her diamond rings. Parked outside Keep Reading…
A couple of 2006 media items on the San Antonio probate courts were recently called to our attention. While these items are a few years old, the players mentioned are still in position. One has to wonder if when the court opens tomorrow, business as usual will entail some unusual business. From an Oct. 31, Keep Reading…
Two Tarrant County attorneys were recently disciplined by the Star Bar of Texas. Carol Bowling Jackson, 62, of Bedford, was disbarred for providing opposing lawyers in a divorce case terms contrary to those provided by her client, according to bar documents. She also failed to keep her client, a woman, reasonably informed about about the status Keep Reading…
The state Supreme Court, in a ground-breaking ruling, has found that conservators appointed by probate court only have limited immunity and “quasi-judicial immunity” does not extend to lawyers appointed in probate proceedings. Nursing homes, meanwhile, do not have immunity “under any circumstances.” It means that if a lawyer screws up — or rips you off — Keep Reading…
A longtime Winston-Salem lawyer was disbarred last week for misappropriating money from a Forsyth County woman’s estate and providing false information to a Forsyth County clerk. Billy D. Friende Jr. was disbarred for violating the rules of professional conduct, according to an order filed Jan. 27 with the Disciplinary Hearing Commission of the N.C. State 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…
