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Paper Claims to Have Identified Prince’s Son

August 26th, 2016
If a California newspaper is correct, then dividing up Prince’s estate will be much easier than previously thought. The paper claims that DNA tests have proven that Prince has a son. Recently, the Minnesota probate judge overseeing the Prince estat… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Business, Film, Music, Probate, Succession, Television, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Estate Litigation, probate

Judge Cuts Down List of Potential Prince Heirs

August 17th, 2016
The Minnesota judge hearing the Prince estate case has rejected most of the claims brought by people to have themselves declared to be the singer’s heirs. The stakes in the Prince estate case are very high. Because he did not have an estate plan, a… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Business, Probate, Succession, Television, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Estate Litigation, estate plan, Heirs

Photographer Sues B.B. King’s Estate

July 25th, 2016
As if the estate of B.B. King did not have enough issues to sort out, a photographer has filed a suit against the estate and Universal Music Group alleging copyright infringement. Some celebrity estates, such as those of Michael Jackson and Prince, a… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Family Business, Music, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Copyright, Estate Litigation

Undue Influence Can Turn Out to Be Costly

July 8th, 2016
If undue influence over an elderly person can be proven there may be a price to pay. Sometimes undue influence can turn out to be costly as the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports in "Ex-Derzon Coins operator ordered to pay estate $1.2… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Succession, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Estate Litigation, undue influence, will

An Odd and Bitter UK Estate Battle

November 27th, 2015
An estate battle in the United Kingdom pits four large charities against the son of a 95-year-old Alzheimer’s patient whom the charities accuse of fraudulently creating a new will for another woman. In an interesting estate battle in the United Kin… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Charitable Giving, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Probate, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs
Tags: Estate Litigation, will

How Probate Can Get Expensive

November 16th, 2015
There are many reasons to want to avoid probate for your estate. One of them is that probate can get very expensive. One doctor's bill in a case in New Hampshire illustrates just how expensive. The story of Geraldine Webber's estate has bee… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Charitable Giving, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Probate, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Estate Litigation, Inheritance, Probate Costs, Probate Court, Will Challenge

Children of Spanish Duchess Sue for Inheritance

October 20th, 2015
It is well-known that the Duchess of Medina Sidonia did not get along with her children. That family feud led to her attempting to see that the children did not receive the family archives and legacy. The children are now suing to get it. Luisa Isabe… Read More
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Categories: Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Family Business, Weblogs
Tags: Estate, Estate Litigation, Legacy

Jimi Hendrix's Missing Guitar

October 19th, 2015
The estate of Jimi Hendrix has seen more than its fair share of legal controversies. In yet another legal battle, the estate is suing for the return of a guitar it claims was stolen. Jimi Hendrix owned a lot of guitars, but relatively few of them mad… Read More
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Categories: Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Music, Weblogs
Tags: Estate, Estate Litigation, Inheritance

Proposed Settlement in Lawsuit against Lanza Estate

August 17th, 2015
The shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School have sparked numerous lawsuits, most of which are nowhere near completion. However, one might reach a conclusion soon. The lawsuit filed by 16 of the victims' families against the shooter's moth… Read More
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Categories: Current Affairs, Estate Planning
Tags: Estate, Estate Litigation

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