On Nov. 22, Circuit Judge Frank R. Addy, Jr., ruled in a Newberry Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed in August by Newberry resident Adele Pope. The ruling allows Attorney General (AG) Alan Wilson to continue stonewalling the release of the State’s 2010 contract under which outside counsel are suing former trustees who defended Keep Reading…
On an April morning in 1968, Sally Reed walked through the doors of a law office just north of Boise’s downtown and into the history of women’s gradually expanding civil rights. Lawyer Allen Derr took Reed’s bitter fight with her estranged husband over whether she should be appointed to oversee her dead son’s estate to Keep Reading…
WARREN — The old Oliviera house at the corner of Serpentine and Schoolhouse roads is tough to miss. Twenty years haven’t been kind. The porch is collapsing and the yard is a dense tangle. The shed out back is a pile of sticks, and the plywood screwed over the broken windows is falling apart. For Keep Reading…
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – Here in America, none of us expect to have our home, property or legal rights infringed upon without due process. But things work a little differently than you might expect in one court system right here in Nashville. One woman ended up losing everything, and it could happen to anyone. Jewell Keep Reading…
Attorneys for relatives of the late Huguette Clark are preparing to challenge the reclusive copper-mining heiress’ will. This estate battle will take place in the Manhattan Surrogate’s Court as relatives from Clark’s father’s first marriage seek to overturn a will in which Clark excluded family members while providing generously for her nurse, attorney and accountant. 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…
