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Living Trust

Living Trust Lets You Avoid Probate

July 29, 2020
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Having a Living Trusts is other way to avoid probate. Living Trusts are legal documents that, like wills, allow you to detail how you want your property divided and who should care for any minor children. Unlike wills, living trusts take effect while you’re still alive. Once a living trust is created, you must transfer ownership of your property to the trust, which requires changing titles and deeds, to avoid probate. These trusts are revocable — you can change them at any time. You will be the trustee, so you continue to have control over your property, and you’ll name…

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Lawyer Living in Dead Client Home

Lawyer Living in Home of Dead Client

July 28, 2020
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Terry Erwin Stork, a disbarred Austin, Texas, lawyer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for living in the home of one of his clients who died; and for driving the car of another of his clients. According to lawsuits and arrest affidavits, Stork systematically mismanaged or stole from the three estates worth more than $800,000 over two decades. Stork lived in the home of a deceased client from 1987 to 2002 and deposited money from the sale of the home into his own bank account. Stork pleaded guilty to felony theft charges for stealing from three estates. A…

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Cremated Remains in Guardian Office

Cremated Remains of 9 people found in Guardian’s Office

July 10, 2020
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Rebecca Fierle, a professional guardian in Orlando Florida, had the cremated remains of nine people in her office, and she is linked to the death of a 75-year-old Florida client, according to Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Orange County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at Rebecca Fierle’s Orlando office. “Alarmingly, we found items that are cause for concern and will intensify our investigation. We found nine cremains. We are now in the process of identifying those and furthering the investigation,” Moody said. Fierle is facing a criminal investigation and the governor…

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Probate Court

Judge Ignores Daughter & Father; Appoints Outside Conservator

June 24, 2020
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Susan Evans goes to court to become guardian and conservator for her father, James Belew.  Even though Susan has a fully executed power of attorney for her father, the court ignores it.  As it turns out, after dementia set-in on James, the step-mother got a power of attorney signed. So, instead of appointing either Susan or the step-mother to be the conservator, the judge first appoints a “temporary” conservator and a guardian-ad-litem until a full hearing can be held. The father tells the guardian-ad-litem he has chosen his daughter and wishes for her to be the conservator, but the court…

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Elder Financial Abuse

Your Own Kids Take from You – $3.8 Million Taken

June 16, 2020
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Court Orders Woman to Return $3.8 Million to Mother’s Estate Gina Gilbert of Etowah County (Alabama) was ordered to return more than $3.8 million to her mother’s estate as a result of a court case decided in September 2019 in Etowah County Circuit Court. Gina, having being named a co-conservator of her mother’s estate, has been found to have failed to property account for the funds and assets under her control.  Circuit Judge George Day Jr. ruled that Gina “breached her fiduciary duty to her mother’s Conservatorship estate. While Gina was co-conservator, she also assumed control over custodial accounts for…

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