We’ve posted a troubling history of a Colorado probate case that so well defines how “proper estate planning” can be corrupted to thwart any protection or predictability as “sold” by many legal industry practitioners. Ace and Buck in the Probate Pit is the story of W.C. and S.C. Scott, co-trustees of the Sophia H. and Keep Reading…
WINDER — A family feud over the estate of former Barrow County Commission Chairman Eddie Elder is heading to the Georgia Supreme Court this week. Elder’s daughter, Susan Crowe, and his widow, District 1 County Commissioner Eva Elder, have been locked in a pitched legal battle over Elder’s $3 million estate since 2007. Crowe believes Keep Reading…
This afternoon, Darla Lexington, the longtime companion of prominent Houston plaintiffs lawyer John O’Quinn, settled her dispute with O’Quinn’s estate and the John M. O’Quinn Foundation over assets from his estate. O’Quinn died in an automobile accident in October 2009. Lawyers spent four hours at the courthouse today negotiating the deal. The settlement comes just Keep Reading…
The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered a judge to return the estate of civil rights icon Rosa Parks to her longtime friend Elaine Steele and the institute the two women founded in 1987 to carry on Parks’ legacy. In a tersely worded order Thursday, the high court said Wayne County Probate Judge Freddie Burton Jr. Keep Reading…
Timothy Cole spent 14 hellish years incarcerated for a rape he did not commit. Sustaining him throughout his ordeal were the letters he sent and received from a loving family that believed in his claims of innocence and fought for his eventual, posthumous exoneration. “I will continue to wait patiently for this unfortunate matter to resolve 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…
