Johns Hopkins University and the heirs of the former owners of Belward Farm likely will meet in court this year after a Montgomery County judge denied the university’s attempt to dismiss the family’s lawsuit Friday. On Friday, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Katherine D. Savage filed the denial, which requires the university to formally respond Keep Reading…
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy does great work. We’ve enjoyed hearing a few of their folks speak at various events and always find their perspective interesting from both policy and presentation standpoints. This issue regarding SEIU and the state of Michigan is no exception: Michigan Republicans are backing the SEIU’s bilking of parents of Keep Reading…
APPLETON — A former Appleton guardian accused of stealing from his elderly and disabled clients is expected to go to trial in July. Jeffrey M. Schend, 45, appeared in Outagamie County Court today for a status conference on six felony counts of theft and one misdemeanor theft count. Judge Gregory Gill Jr. told attorneys the Keep Reading…
A former Quarles & Brady lawyer was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation for stealing more than $370,000 over a period of a months from a woman prosecutors say suffered from dementia. Jeffrey Elverman, 52, must serve seven months in jail as a condition of that probation, but with 72 hours a week work release 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…
As Temple’s MTC faces receivership, employee-owners need voice (TX)
A March 16 hearing before Bell County 169th Judicial District Court Judge Gordon Adams saw attorneys on two fronts characterizing Materials Transportation Company (MTC) as the personal piggy bank of Bill Jones, the employee-owned company’s president/CEO and the city of Temple’s mayor. Troubling as this is, with a potential sale of MTC and removal of Keep Reading…