Susan Strong Davis, an 87-year-old widow, spends the day inside her Palos Verdes Estates home, tended round-the-clock by nurse’s aides. For company, relatives say, she has her dog, the television and, on increasingly rare occasions, memories of the glamorous socialite’s life she once lived. “She definitely has some sort of dementia,” said Viki Brushwood, a niece 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…
When courts refuse transparency as being called for below, taxpayers should question why publically-funded venues resist transparency: 3/24/12 – A Howell attorney is asking the presiding judge of Livingston County’s circuit, district and probate court systems that video recordings of court proceedings be made available to the public. Tom Kizer of the Kizer Law Firm Keep Reading…
The Beverly Hills home where Britney Spears lived when she had her infamous meltdown and was carted away to the mental hospital is once again up or sale. The 7,453 square foot Mediterranean-style home located in the gated community of The Summit has been on and off the market since Ms. Spears purchased it in Keep Reading…
Judge Tom Rickhoff, who presides over Bexar County Probate Court 2, has recused himself from a case that was the subject of my column last week. In “Probate judge is shunting aside Texas law,” I echoed a reversal by the Fourth Court of Appeals, which argued that Rickhoff was ignoring Section 883 of the Texas 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…
