“For Better, For Worse; For Richer, For Poorer”
You’ve heard of the “marriage penalty” — two people married to each other with the same income as two single people pay more taxes. Let me tell you about another “marriage penalty.”
If you file a joint return with your spouse and there is a problem and
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"The power to tax involves the power to destroy."
–Chief Justice John Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other congressional Democrats have proposed a 91% tax on bonuses given to executives of AIG and other companies. The proposed legislation is a way to recover the $165 million paid
Michael Sorkin of the St. Louis Post -Dispatch reports on alleged undue inffuence exerted by an elderly munchkin’s caretaker:
Heirs sue to gain control of Munchkin Mickey Carroll’s assets
Joel A. Schoenmeyer wrote an excellent review of Mrs. Astor Regrets, by Meryl Gordon.
Attorney Schoenmeyer says: "I just finished reading Meryl Gordon’s book Mrs. Astor Regrets, and highly recommend it. The story should be interesting to anyone who likes a lurid tale that’s well-told, but it has special interest to those interested
According to the AP story:
The executor of Dee Dee Ramone’s estate has gone to court to stop publication of a book about the late punk rocker by his first wife.
Executor Ira Herzog says Vera Davie of Port St. Lucie, Fla., violated an agreement to let him review and change anything she wrote
Thank you to Professor Gerry W. Beyer for this interesting piece of news:
Harvest of a dead man’s sperm authorized by Texas judge.
Here is the story from the AP: click here.
Let me get this straight. A 21 year old guy dies after a bar fight. His mother wants his sperm so
Jury selection begins Monday March 30, 2009 for the trial of Anthony Marshall, Mrs. Astor’s son. The trial is expected to last two months.
As reported in the New York Times, "Prosecutors will argue that Mr. Marshall and Mr. Morrissey knew that Mrs. Astor, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, had deteriorated mentally, but that they exploited
We wrote earlier about the first Supreme Court ruling on Anna Nicole’s estate here regarding the so-called "probate exception" to federal jurisdiction.
Here we go again.
A writ has been filed before SCOTUS asking that " lawyers for the late Anna Nicole Smith be allowed to start collecting on $88 million awarded her by
Please read this excellent post by Juan Antunez at Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog:
Here is an excerpt:
"A defining characteristic of probate litigation is that your cases are decided by judges, no jury trials here. If your judge is prepared and understands the facts and law of your case