Charles Kuralt, the TV Journalist and "On the Road" reporter, has another distinction. He has become famous in estate planning circles for "what not to do" with regard to your estate plan.
Mr. Kuralt died at age 62 of complications from lupus. His wife survived him, and under his 1994 will, his estate passed to
See John Elihon’s article in the August 5, 2009 New York Times: Writing Expert Says Astor’s Signature Was Forged
"That testimony by Mr. Lesnevich, a forensic document examiner and prosecution witness, appeared to be a blow to Francis X. Morrissey Jr., an estate lawyer who prosecutors have accused of forging Mrs. Astor’s signature on
No word as yet about Michael Jackson’s will. According to a June 29, 2009 article in The Independent: "For reasons that remain murky, Jackson’s immediate family have so far had no luck in persuading his former entourage to grant access to his will, the one document that could reveal details of how the performer
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
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
POINT:
Duncan Bannatyne, a British Multi-Millionaire and best selling author terminated his daughter’s interest in a trust after her caught her smoking.
COUNTERPOINT:
In September 1993, Marin Cemenescu died leaving a will which stipulated that his wife must smoke five cigarettes per day for the rest of her life to inherit his house and
I’ve heard it said that there is not a remedy for every wrong, but it has always troubled me that a person "done out" of an inheritance had no recourse. Unless the person could fit themselves into the very limited circumstances of a third party beneficiary, most of these "disinherited" persons had no remedy agaisnt the person