Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! The Video Preview
Curious about how celebrity estate errors can help you protect yourself, your family, and your heirs?  Watch this video: Posted by:  Author and probate attorney Andrew W. Mayoras, co-author of Trial & Heirs:  Famous Fortune Fights! and co-founder and shareholder of The Center for Probate Litigation and The Center for Elder Law in metro-Detroit, Michigan, which conc

Elder Care Victimization: When Trusted Individuals Become Trust Violators
Annual financial loss by victims of elder financial abuse is estimated to be at least $2.6 billion dollars according to a recent combined study from MetLife Mature Market Institute (MMI), The National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA), The Center for Gerontology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University report entitled, “Broken Trust: Elders, Family and Finances”.  It is vitally important for attorneys and any persons who help the elderly with their finances which could be Financial Planners, Accountants, Insurance Agents, etc. to be educated about fraud and financial ethics when it comes to family financial fr

Ike Turner Will Contest Ruling is in
The trial involving whether Rock 'n Roll pioneer & legend, Ike Turner, left a valid will has ended.  As described in this prior article I wrote, the case pitted his six children (two of whom apparently are now questionable children of his) versus his ex-wife versus his friend and "sometime" attorney.  I'm not exactly sure why someone would be a "sometime" attorney, but that's how he was described in this

FBI investigated Anna Nicole Smith for murder of "step-son"
Probate disputes over whether a will or trust was valid, or instead was signed at at time when the person was mentally incompetent or subject to undue influence, are common.  They're also very emotional and difficult for everyone involved.  The Anna Nicole Smith case -- the Granddaddy of all probate disputes -- illustrates this more than any other. 

New evidence coming in the Michael Jackson Estate case
The Michael Jackson probate dispute between his mother and his two executors has been active since it started this summer.  But it looks like it's about to really get heated up. For starters, Katherine Jackson, Michael's mother and a primary beneficiary (along with his children and unnamed charities), has been cha