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In re Estate of Donald Patrick Burns
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Shelbyville, Tennessee probate lawyers represented the parties in an adverse possession case.
Donald Burns had one biological child, Harold Burns, and two stepchildren, Michael Scott and Debbie Morsman. After Donald Burns died, his two stepchildren filed a complaint against Harold Burns, as administrator of Donald Burns' estate, contesting ownership of a portion of... More... $0 (11-27-2024 - TN)
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In Re Guardianship of Beatrice Rose Malone
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Nashville, Tennessee guardianship law lawyers represented the parties.
Katherine Malone died in an accident in Idaho. Her ex-husband, Patrick Malone, was named guardian of their child, Beatrice Rose Malone ("Rosie"). A trust ("the Tennessee Trust") was established in Davidson County, Tennessee, for all funds due to Rosie. Katherine Malone's parents, James William Rose and Jennie... More... $0 (11-27-2024 - TN)
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Mark A. Hooper v. Kristine M. Fernandes
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Barnstable, Massachusetts real property lawyers represented the Plaintiff and the Defendant in a partition action.
On January 18, 2018, the parties, who never married, purchased property in Sagamore as tenants in common for $489,000. They shared equally in the down payment, mortgaged the property as co-borrowers, and initially shared all expenses related to the home. Months later, in... More... $0 (11-21-2024 - MA)
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In re Guardianship of LES
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Flint, Michigan family law lawyer represented the parties in a guardianship proceeding.
The probate court denied petitioner's request to be appointed as guardian and conservator of LES, an incapacitated adult. The probate court also denied petitioner's motion for reconsideration. We reverse and remand.
LES is petitioner's aunt. In May 2014, LES executed a durable po... More... $0 (11-19-2024 - MI)
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In re Kah - Stacey Batzer v. KAH
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Ann Arbor, Michigan family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a involuntary mental health treatment proceeding.
Respondent has been hospitalized several times since September 2020 when respondent drove the wrong way down the road and experienced "psychotic symptoms at the scene." She was again hospitalized in December 2020 and January 2021 for overdose suicide attempts, and in M... More... $0 (11-19-2024 - MI)
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In the Interest of: Z.N.B. and A.L.C.
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Van Buren, Missouri family law lawyers represented the parties in a guardianship dispute.
Z.N.B. was born in April 2014, and A.L.C. was born in October 2020. The Children share the same biological mother, A.C. (Mother). Mother's mother, F.V. (Grandmother), and Great Aunt are sisters.
In April 2014, when Z.N.B. was born, Mother was staying with Great Aunt, who babysa... More... $0 (11-14-2024 - MO)
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Edward Ivan Peters, et al. v. Lisa Woods
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Bentonville, Arkansas probate lawyers represented Plaintiff and defendants in a breach of fiduciary duty case.
Zoran, a settlor and trustee of the Peters Trust was alive but living in Florida-where Ed and Jennifer live and where Jennifer incorporated JASP Real Estate LLC. Zoran filed a trust-related suit against Lisa, who had been-and would contend she still was-hi... More... $0 (10-23-2024 - AR)
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Justin M. Thomas v. Lois Doolittle
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San Marcos, Texas divorce lawyer represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution.
Thomas died in March 2021. In July 2022, the trial court admitted to probate Thomas's 2015 will, in which he had attested, "At the time of the execution of this Will, I am not married." The will bequeathed his personal property to his two children, Justin and Stephanie Thomas (Steph... More... $0 (10-04-2024 - TX)
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In the Estate of Mary Evans Pfister, Deceased
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San Antonio, Texas probate lawyers represented the decedents of the deceased.
On June 8, 2023, the probate court signed an "Order Closing Estate and Discharging Independent Executor." The June 8, 2023 order found "that this estate has been fully administered, that the Executor's Amended Final Account has previously been approved, that [the] Independent Executor has deli... More... $0 (09-20-2024 - TX)
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In the Matter of the Estate of Paul Arthur Bentley
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Anchorage, Alaska probate lawyers represented the estate and surviving spouse in a well dispute.
Paul Bentley and Eleanor Haynes first married in 1989 in Washington and divorced a few years later. They did not have children together. After their divorce, they remained in contact. Haynes later remarried, but Bentley did not.
After Haynes divorced her se... More... $0 (09-20-2024 - AK)
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Chadwell Homes, L.L.C. v. Anthony Powers and Gweneth Powers
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Birmingham, Alabama real property foreclosure lawyers represented the parties.
In October 2009, the Powerses purchased a residence in Fultondale. In connection with the purchase, the Powerses executed a promissory note in the amount of $129,900 in favor of Chadwell and granted Chadwell a mortgage on the property to secure payment of the promissory note.
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Estate of Robert Pettengill Beckey
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Auburn, Maine probate lawyers represented the parties in a will contest.
The following facts and procedural history are drawn from the Probate Court's findings and the procedural record. See Estate of Ackley, 2023 ME 44, ¶ 2, 299 A.3d 23.
Robert executed a valid statutory will, see 18-A M.R.S. § 2-514 (2016), on February 26, 2016, six weeks before his de... More... $0 (09-15-2024 - )
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Dennis Steven Payne v. Estate of Wilmuth V. Groves, et al.
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Clarksville, Tennessee probate lawyers represented the parties in a will contest.
In this probate matter, the plaintiff filed a petition to establish a lost will, submitting for admission to probate a copy of a handwritten document alleged to be the decedent's holographic will. The trial court determined that the handwritten document met the requirements for a holo... More... $0 (09-06-2024 - TN)
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Sam Chiu v. Lianziang Fu
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Boston, Massachusetts divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution case involving property division and alimony.
The parties were married in China in 1992. They have one child who was born in 1996.[2] While the parties lived together in China when they first got married, they lived apart from one another throughout the majority of their twenty-t... More...
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John Skidmore v. Billy Wayne Skidmore, Jr.
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Guntersville, Alabama probate lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over the ownership of real property.
Billy Skidmore ("Billy") died intestate in July 2015. He was survived by his two sons: the appellant, John, and the appellee, Billy Wayne Skidmore, Jr. ("Billy Jr.").
On October 19, 2015, the probate court awarded John letters of adminis... More... $0 (08-23-2024 - AL)
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"IN RE JOSE MANUEL FIGUEROA, JOANA MARCELIA FIGUEROA, CLAUDIA ALINA ESPIN VILLALOBOS, D'YAVE FIGUEROA ESPIN, ZARELEA FIGUEROA, AND MARCO CHACON FERNANDEZ
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Edinburg, Texas probate lawyers represented the parties in a determination of heirs dispute.
Alonzo and Figueroa were married from 1999 to 2006. Their marriage was dissolved by a "Final Decree of Divorce" signed on October 25, 2006.[2] This original divorce decree contained numerous provisions specifically addressing the division of their marital estate. For instance, th... More...
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Sharon Richardson v. The Estate of Thomas James Richardson, et al.
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Jackson, Mississippi probate lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendants in a title dispute.
¶2. Sharon and Thomas were divorced on May 5, 2004. In the chancery court's judgment of divorce, Sharon was granted child support of $175 per month, title to a 1996 Pontiac Grand Prix automobile, and nineteen head of cattle valued at $850 each. Sharon appealed the jud... More... $0 (08-20-2024 - MS)
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Mary Beth Jones v. Adam Christopher Jones
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Bolivar, Missouri probate lawyers represented the parties in a probate dispute.
After the 2023 death of Quentin Jones (Decedent), his son, Adam Jones (Son), filed an application for letters of administration with the probate division of the Polk County Circuit Court (Probate Division). Letters of administration were issued to Son. Thereafter, Decedent's su... More... $0 (08-18-2024 - MO)
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Estate of Gretche Vantassel
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Media, Pennsylvania probate lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over access to the estate assets.
Gretchen Vantassel died on May 6, 2023, intestate, while residing in Appellant's Chester County home, where she had lived for approximately seven years. On August 30, 2023, the Estate filed a "Petition to compel Release of Estate Property" seeking to access Appella... More... $0 (07-16-2024 - PA)
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Deborah Pagoria v. Jerrold Pagoria
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St. Louis, Missouri divorce lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution case.
Appellant and Decedent were divorced in August 2013, approximately ten years before Decedent's death. As part of the Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage, both parties entered into a Property Settlement and Separation Agreement (the "Agreement"), which was incorporated into t... More... $0 (07-02-2024 - MO)
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Brandi Czerniewski v. TD Ameritrad, Inc., et al.
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Las Vegas, Nevada civil litigation business law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a breach of contract theory.
On August 14, 2006, Schepens created the Trust. [Doc. 1-1, Exhibit "A" to Complaint, pages 19-44]. The Trust is governed by Nevada law and, at the time of its creation, Schepens was a Nevada resident. Id. Schepens created the Trust in contemplation ... More... $1 (06-28-2024 - NV)
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Michael A. Trethewey v. Rosalia F. Trethewey
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Cambridge, Massachusetts divorce lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution case involving division of marital assets.
The husband in this divorce case challenges a judgment of divorce nisi issued by a judge of the Probate and Family Court, principally on the ground that it reflects impermissible "double dipping," or double counting, of one of the spouse'... More... $0 (04-24-2024 - MA)
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State of Oklahoma v. Michael Shannon Key
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal law lawyer represented the Defendant, charged with embezzlement by employee in violation of 21 O.S. 1451, which provides:
A. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property of any person or legal entity, legally obtained, to any use or purpose not intended or authorized by its owner, or the secretion of the property with the fraudulent intent t... More... $0 (04-15-2024 - OK)
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State of Oklahoma v. Blake M. Sevetsky
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El Reno, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement in violation of 21 O.S. 1451, which provides:
A. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property of any person or legal entity, legally obtained, to any use or purpose not intended or authorized by its owner, or the secretion of the property with the fraudulent intent to appropriat... More... $0 (04-05-2024 - OK)
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State of Oklahoma v. C.T.A.
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El Reno, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement of rental property in violation of 21 U.S. 1454(A)(9), which provides:
A. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property of any person or legal entity, legally obtained, to any use or purpose not intended or authorized by its owner, or the secretion of the property with the fraudu... More... $0 (03-27-2024 - OK)
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