We came across a Calif. blog regulations could hit Drudge, citizen journalists article out of Cal Watchdog a week or so ago. It highlighted a troubling effort by the state of California which generated apparently shared concern on the part of bloggers, new media interests and civil liberty advocates. Based on public response, California’s Fair Keep Reading…
There are few more frightening glimpses of probate court gone wrong than the story told in a new memo from the chief disciplinary counsel for the state committee that investigates complaints about lawyers. An elderly, dying woman’s valuable estate is hijacked and her will violated in what seems like a nightmare that just couldn’t happen. Keep Reading…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The girlfriend of the late artist Thomas Kinkade — recently described by Kinkade’s brother as a “good person, a sweet person” — is now being portrayed by lawyers for the artist’s estate as a ruthless gold-digger out to “tear down” Kinkade’s reputation and do irreparable harm to his widow and children. Keep Reading…
Hans Bader, senior attorney and counsel for special projects with the Competitive Enterprise Institute,comments on a recent New York Times story that sheds light on a phenomenon Walter Olson of the Cato Institute tags as the creation of “ADA filing mills.” Bader writes: Thanks to generous attorney-fee provisions contained in federal civil-rights law, trial lawyers are feasting on 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…
Local bond debt becomes hot topic in Belton, Austin (TX)
With early voting now underway, the Belton ISD bond election is receiving media attention yet the conversation still seems lacking with regard to detailed information taxpayers deserve when being asked to take on $60 million in new debt. An earlier article, Taxpayers should do ‘homework’ on Belton ISD bond election, urged BISD voters to take Keep Reading…