In an unusual move, the request to seal the probate file of the late Monkees’ frontman, Davy Jones, has been granted by a Martin County, Florida, probate judge. The motion asking for the court records to be made confidential was filed by Jones’ oldest daughter, Talia E. Jones, who is apparently named to serve as Keep Reading…
For the evil-America-has-cornered-the-market-on-greed-and-corruption crowd, here’s a little reminder that greed and corruption – including through probate disputes – abounds throughout the world. Here’s a recent example from the Republic of South Africa: There is a dispute over which of veteran politician Amichand Rajbansi’s four wills is valid, according to a report on Sunday. Rajbansi’s family Keep Reading…
NEW YORK – The Upper East Side properties owned by the late heiress Huguette Clark hit the market early this month and her Filipina nurse will receive the bulk of the sale. Edwin Josue, a Filipino real estate broker of Halstead properties, explained that 62-year-old Filipina nurse Hadassah Peri will benefit the most from the Keep Reading…
A new dispatch from the Land of the Gimme-Gimmes and the Home of the I-Want-Mores. Wouldn’t we all like to keep our property for ourselves rather than use it for cost of living expenses like nursing home care? But that’s not the real world. And don’t think Medicaid planning is the answer! If that’s your Keep Reading…
MOBILE, Alabama — A Baldwin County lawyer faces possible sanctions for filing a lawsuit against a lawyer even though he had filed for bankruptcy protection. Mary Beth Mantiply filed the lawsuit against lawyer Richard Horne on behalf of two women who claimed their father’s will had been altered to cut them out. The plaintiffs accused 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…
