Posts Tagged ‘trusts’

Hearing set in Joe Jackson appeal

September 3rd, 2010

Appeals court sets hearing in Jackson estate case
Anthony McCartney, Associated Press
September 3, 2010
The Centre Daily Times
http://www.centredaily.com/2010/09/02/2186291/appeals-court-sets-hearing-in.html
An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son’s multimillion dollar estate.
The Second District Court of Appeal said Thursday the appeal by [...]

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Stream of probate-oriented news stories continues

September 1st, 2010

Regarding the legal industry and its “never waste a good crisis” mentality, James R. Copland from the Manhattan Institute has a good column out today entitled Litigating over the environment makes big bucks for trial lawyers.
The story of a California bank teller who stole money from two accounts poses a thought-provoking question for those in [...]

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From California

September 1st, 2010

Hello,
This all takes place in Northern California. Our mother has had an incredible scheme run on her estate by 2 very sick and unscrupulous people - her boyfriend and his daughter who is a professional at IRA and their lawyer from San Jose has a reputation for doing anything to make a buck. Not a [...]

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Carvel niece barred from future estate litigation

August 30th, 2010

Niece Pamela Carvel vying for ice cream king’s fortune frozen out by judge
Robert Gearty
August 29, 2010
New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/08/29/2010-08-29_niece_pamela_carvel_vying_for_ice_cream_kings_fortune_frozen_out_by_judge.html
After a long-running battle with as many twists as a soft-serve cone, the legal war over the estate of ice-cream king Tom Carvel may be drawing to a close.
A judge has barred Carvel’s niece from bringing any [...]

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More from an EoD reader

August 24th, 2010

Lack of recourse for person under predatory state guardianship
Name Withheld
Spring 2010
Feeding the Hungry
Early this spring I read that the Meals on Wheels Program has set a goal to end senior hunger by the year 2020.  With a study showing 6 million senior citizens at risk of hunger in the U.S., they started a campaign to [...]

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