The Sibling Fight
A blog by Charles B. Ticker on various estate stories
We got mail
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...
Make sure Mom knows when you visit
A recent case from British Columbia , Moore v. Drummond may have some lawyers scratching their heads as to what evidence they need to adduce in a will challenge case to prove that a person does not have the requisite testamentary capacity. Dorothy...
FAMILY FARM FEUD-HOLY COW!
A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal sets out the pitfalls of litigating estate disputes. This case involved a dispute between a brother and sister over their late parents’ farm. Gary and Louanne Mountain are the son and daughter of the...
Celebrity case closes…
Actor Sherman Hemsley is finally going to be laid to rest, more than three months after his death. An El Paso Court ruled last week that Hemsley's last will and testament was valid,clearing the way for the named executor, his long time friend,...
Celebrity corpse case continues…
It’s now just over two months since I wrote about the dispute involving the burial and estate of the late Mr. Jefferson, actor Sherman Hemsley. The actor died on July 24, 2012 and the dispute over his burial has still not been...
Update on the Carroll Shelby burial dispute
In an earlier blog post , I wrote about the sad story of Carroll Shelby. His wife Cleo Shelby and his children had been in a dispute over how to deal with his remains. Carroll Shelby was finally laid to rest in his birthplace Leesburg, Texas on...
Estate dispute between brothers over family home ends in tragedy
A common sibling estate dispute that I see in my practice involves the family home where an adult sibling continues to reside in the home after the parent has died. Sometimes a sibling will move in to take care of the elderly parent. In other...
Celebrity corpse case being fought over “Mr. Jefferson”
I have blogged in recent months about disputes over celebrity funerals and burials ( Mary Kennedy and Carroll Shelby.) Now yet another celebrity corpse case is being fought. Actor Sherman Hemsley who played George Jefferson, the wisecracking...