by Charles Ticker | Dec 9, 2015 | dividing estate, eldercare, estate law, estate litigation, succession planning, testamentary capacity, will challenge
Lawyer who drafted will for his client received majority of $17 million estate I recently found an unusual story in the Detroit Free Press, Lansing Bureau. Mark Papazian, a lawyer, drafted estate documentation for a client, Robert Mardigian. A will and trust left...
by Charles Ticker | Nov 2, 2015 | dividing estate, eldercare, estate law, estate litigation, succession planning, testamentary capacity, will challenge
Elder abuse training for community workers may help I recently found an interesting story from Australia: From GPs to hairdressers: community workers need elder abuse training. The author comments on recent recommendations that a program be implemented for healthcare...
by Charles Ticker | Oct 14, 2015 | dividing estate, estate law, estate litigation, powers of attorney, probate, succession planning, testamentary capacity, will challenge
Duane Albert Poole (deceased September 17, 2012) was a successful American business man and the founder of International Communications, a communications company founded in 1956. Under his guidance, International Communications became an industry leader over a period...
by Charles Ticker | Jun 16, 2015 | eldercare, estate law, estate litigation, testamentary capacity, will challenge
Family dispute of Tom Benson and the issue of competence Thomas Milton “Tom” Benson is the billionaire owner of the New Orleans Saints (football) and the New Orleans Pelicans (basketball) teams. He is a world-famous and vastly successful businessman and...
by Charles Ticker | Mar 1, 2013 | dividing estate, estate law, estate litigation, testamentary capacity, will challenge
Sibling spats involving family and parents are not new. However, with the advent of email communications, those disputes, fuelled by the exchange of nasty e-mails, tend to grow totally out of proportion. Sometimes the ensuing litigation is so costly that it wipes out...
by Charles Ticker | Jan 4, 2013 | estate law, estate litigation, testamentary capacity, will challenge
I recently wrote a case comment on a recent will challenge case out of BC called Moore v. Drummond (See Make Sure Mom knows when you visit) I recently received an email from one of the witnesses in that case who wrote as follows: “Dear Mr. Charles Ticker, I am...
