Jury of His Jeers Courthouse Catcalls Greet Astor’s Son Laura Italiano April 3, 2009 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/seven/04032009/news/regionalnews/jury_of_his_jeers_162713.htm With his cane, unsteady gait, nice suits and cortege of lawyers and news photographers, Anthony Marshall — the accused thieving son of philanthropist Brooke Astor — turned a few heads this week as he hobbled in and Keep Reading…
Spend It in Vegas or Die Paying Taxes A 0% tax on carousing, but 55% on thrift. Arthur B. Laffer April 2, 2009 Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123863067877680693.html In most cases, people who inherit wealth are lucky by an accident of birth and really don’t “deserve” their inheritance any more than people who don’t inherit wealth. Keep Reading…
Financial elder abuse is a bigger problem than the authorities can manage. BUT~ isn’t that their job? Bonnie King March 31, 2009 Salem-News.com http://www.salem-news.com/articles/march312009/elderabuse_032509.php (SANDY, Ore.) – Erna Boldt came to the U.S. in the 1950′s as a war bride. She worked all her life, creating a stable home and a financially secure future. In Keep Reading…
The name Marshall will be prominent here at EstateofDenial.com for the foreseeable future. Anthony Marshall’s trial in which the only child of Brooke Astor is accused, along with attorney Francis Morrissey, of looting nearly $200 million from his mother’s estate will easily run into the summer. Here are today’s reports of the proceedings. And finally, Keep Reading…
For Anna Nicole and Marshall Family: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied Peter Roff March 31, 2009 BigHollywood.Breitbart.com http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/proff/2009/03/31/for-anna-nicole-and-for-the-marshall-family-justice-delayed-justice-denied/ Anna Nicole Smith, the dysfunctional former Playmate of the Year whose very public life ended all too tragically, may finally be getting some measure of justice. The state attorney’s office in Broward County, Florida, said last week it 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…
