Grandson says a court appointed a stranger to care for his grandmother...
LARGO, Fla. — A Pinellas County man is fighting to care for his grandmother after he wasn't notified of a court hearing that stripped away her rights.The family called the ABC Action News I-Team,...
View ArticleTonight on Marti Oakley's T. S. Radio: Abolishing Probate w/John Leckrone,...
Join us at 7:00 CST as John Leckrone returns to discuss the current sad state of affairs in so-called probate "courts". These are not courts of law, but rather, tribunals that are not Constitutional....
View ArticleOIG Puts the Pressure On as Hospice Fraud Cases Pile Up
By Robert Holly | June 24, 2018 In March 2018, Health and Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast and two of its businesses paid $2.5 million to settle a False Claims Act (FCA) case related to...
View ArticleNew law bars trafficking of vulnerable adults
As they pored over the laws that go into effect Sunday to further protect vulnerable adults, Rickey Coates and William Loomer of the local personal care home task force found themselves nodding along...
View ArticleBarratry and Personage : How the BAR Associations and Professional Predatory...
Declaring the living individual dead to enable the theft of the estate. Barratry, a term that is now referred to as archaic, rarely, if ever, appears in the legal lexicon. It is the act of knowingly...
View ArticleYou can be old at 30 or young at 90 - it’s all up to you
T. Boone Pickens at his 90th birthday party in Dallas, Texas on May 19, 2018I’ve always been in a hurry. I know I’m racing against time, and now more than ever. But I have not lost my competitive...
View ArticleSouth Florida Judge Ordered to Immediately Step Down From Bench
Judge Dana Marie SantinoThe Florida Supreme Court Monday ordered Palm Beach County Court Judge Dana Marie Santino off the bench, giving her hours to leave office. Its July 2 ruling removed the...
View ArticleMCSO: 92-year-old Fountain Hills woman shot, killed son over assisted living...
Anna Mae BlessingFOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - A 92-year-old woman shot and killed her 72-year-old son because he wanted to put her in an assisted living facility, according to the Maricopa County...
View ArticleRhode Island News: Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo signs 183 bills,...
PROVIDENCE, RI– Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo this evening signed and vetoed 188 bills. She vetoed three laws (five bills), including the so-called Peter Falk bill, a bill requiring sellers...
View ArticleCourt upholds decision barring pastor/judge from death penalty cases
Judge Wendell GriffenA three-judge panel of federal appeals court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit testing the boundary between religious liberty and judicial restraint. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of...
View ArticleJudges’ punishments should be public
By CJ BakerA Cheyenne judge apparently did something she shouldn’t have.The Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics put out a news release last month announcing that Laramie County Circuit...
View ArticleBank restores stolen funds to 112-year-old Texas man
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bank of America has credited the account of a Texas resident who is believed to be the oldest man in the U.S. after his family reported that thieves had stolen his identity and...
View ArticleUpstate NY Judge Admonished for Entering Resident's Home, Sharing Photos on...
An Otsego County judge was publicly admonished by a state commission on Thursday for entering a local resident’s home without permission and posting photos of it on Facebook.William Fisher, a justice...
View ArticleThe Massachusetts Adult Guardianship System
By Anne Johnson LandryIn Massachusetts, guardians can be appointed (and removed) by the Probate and Family Court to make decisions on behalf of adults who lack decision-making capacity.Conservators, on...
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Restraining Order Protecting Stan Lee
UPDATED with details from legal memo: A judge dismissed a restraining order that sought to permanently bar a memorabilia collector from involvement in Stan Lee’s affairs, citing confusion over who...
View ArticleFormer guardian not eligible to bring DeBrodie lawsuit, judge rules
A Callaway County judge has dismissed a wrongful death suit filed by Carl DeBrodie's former guardian Mary Martin. Judge Jeff Harris ruled July 2 that as Mary Martin and her husband, Bryan Martin, were...
View ArticleNEW WRINKLES: A man on the moon, brought down to earth
Nearly three decades of life in a retirement town have convinced me that there’s no age limit on romantic love — even the kind that can teleport you back to all the dizzying sensations of a...
View ArticleWill you be old and 'unbefriended?'
For the first time in Canada's history, more people are living alone or without children, according to the 2016 Census. Coupled with increasing life expectancy and geographic mobility, the chance of...
View ArticleCommunity Joins Adult Guardianship Program Discussion
Community members are bringing their backgrounds and expertise to the conversation surrounding adult guardianship needs in Porter County. Porter County Aging and Community Services’ board of directors...
View ArticleStan Lee Needs Saving, Not By A Superhero, But By A Conservator
The iconic figure whose name is almost synonymous with Marvel Entertainment — perhaps the biggest name today in cinema — needs help. Stan Lee is the subject of three separate lawsuits that allege he is...
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