A new court program is pairing community members with guardianship cases to help ensure the people entrusted to guardians get the proper care to lead healthy, safe lives. The Probate Court Visitor Program was inspired by Montgomery County Court-at-Law 2 Judge Claudia Laird, whose court oversees the county’s more than 400 guardianships. While many large Keep Reading…
APPLETON — Outagamie County Dist. Atty. Carrie Schneider may file additional charges against Jeffrey M. Schend, a former Appleton guardian accused of stealing about $500,000 from elderly and disabled clients he was appointed to serve. Meanwhile, an exhaustive investigation continues into every financial transactions Schend made while acting as a corporate guardian. Schneider declined comment Keep Reading…
Grant Goodman, a Phoenix (now suspended) attorney who had his 15 minutes of fame a few years ago as an alleged champion of local folks being abused by their legal guardians/conservators and by the Maricopa County Probate Court, has lost yet another case–his own. In a memorandum decision filed January 25 by the Ninth Circuit Keep Reading…
CHARLESTON – A Raleigh County attorney faces disciplinary charges she failed to diligently settle an estate of a Boone County woman. The Lawyer Disciplinary Board on Sept. 30 filed a single-count statement of charges against Karen E. Acord accusing her of violating seven Rules of Professional Conduct. The statement accuses Acord of dawdling in not Keep Reading…
Wabash Center Inc.’s accounting practices will come under scrutiny next week when a lawsuit filed by the Lafayette-based nonprofit agency against the ex-wife of its former chief financial officer heads to trial. The lawsuit is part of Wabash Center’s ongoing effort to recoup more than $4.5 million that it alleges then-CFO Stephen P. McAninch stole 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…
