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Gaddafi's Estate in Limbo
March 23rd, 2016
Muammar Gaddafi's son might have stolen money from the Libyan government and stashed it in a foreign bank. The new Libyan government would like it back, but questions over the legitimacy of the new government make that difficult. Muammar Gaddafi…
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Categories: Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Family Business, Succession, Travel, Trust Funding, Weblogs
Apple Tells Widow to Get a Court Order
February 2nd, 2016
A Canadian widow had a much easier time transferring the titles to her home and car when her husband passed away than she had getting his Apple ID so that she could continue playing a card game. To call Apple's ID policies when a person passes a…
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Trump Under Fire Over Actions Surrounding Father's Estate
January 20th, 2016
It is impossible to read a newspaper or watch the news on TV without hearing some mention of Donald Trump's campaign for president. The latest headlines illustrate how family feuds over estates can have unintended consequences. Donald Trump is w…
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Helping Teenagers Who Inherit Wealth
December 11th, 2015
If you give a teenager a large sum of money and tell him or her that it can be spent however the teen wants, you can guarantee that a large portion of it will be wasted if not all of it. It is no different for teenagers who receive extremely large in…
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Attorney Charged With Theft in Louisiana Estate Case
December 10th, 2015
A feud that began with a bitter child custody battle might have led to one of the attorneys in the case being charged with falsifying a will and theft. Louisiana attorney Michael Cox represented Michael Davisson in a custody battle against Davisson…
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Gifford Family Will Not Pursue Claims against NFL
December 9th, 2015
The NFL has been under heavy fire in recent years about the long term damage that repeated blows to the head can do to football players. Hall of Famer Frank Gifford is the latest former player to have been confirmed to have suffered these consequence…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Games, Long Term Care, Power of Attorney, Sports, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs
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…
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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…
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Death by Hacker
August 18th, 2015
To make things easier to process, all sorts of important and previously time-consuming tasks are now being put online, including the process of declaring an individual officially dead. That raises the question of whether or not computer hackers can i…
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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…
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