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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 of over 50 years. Recently, it has been reported that his widow, Ms. Hattie Poole (who is 85…Read More »
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Daughters of B.B. King allege his assets were mismanaged by his long-time business manager LaVerne Toney The legendary American Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Riley B. King (also known as B.B. King) passed away on May 14, 2015. He was born on September 16, 1925 and was almost 90 years old at the time of…Read More »
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Ernie Banks appears to have excluded his entire family from his will Ernie Banks was a shortstop and first baseman with the Chicago Cubs from 1953 to 1971. He spent his entire career with the Cubs and earned the nickname “Mr. Cub”. His stellar career earned him an induction into the baseball Hall of Fame…Read More »
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Estate Dispute Involves Historically Important Property The surviving children of world-renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. are currently involved in a bitter estate dispute over property belonging to the late Mr. King. The dispute is between his sons Martin Luther King III and Dexter King and his daughter Bernice King. They are battling…Read More »
dividing estate, dividing family heirlooms, estate dispute, estate of Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr., sibling fight, succession planningPosted by Charles Ticker 1 Comment
On May 30, 2014 I posted a blog on the sad case of Casey Kasem. In that blog I outlined the dispute between Casey’s children from his first marriage and his second spouse over personal care decisions. Unfortunately since posting that blog Casey Kasem passed away on June 15. For over a month, his body…Read More »
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One of the most frequent sibling estate fights that I come across is a dispute between siblings over who is to have the ability to make decisions for a parent who is not competent to make decisions for their own personal care. Sometimes the dispute involves third parties such as a stepmother or second spouse….Read More »
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I have previously blogged about a sibling estate fight that turned into a nasty neighbour dispute . Read the earlier blog here. The case Fitzpatrick v. Orwin and Squires involved a dispute over a property line that got very ugly when the neighbour Fitzpatrick was found at trial to have placed or caused someone to…Read More »
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When I was drafting Wills my clients would quite often have difficulty in deciding whom they should appoint to be their executor. While they usually would appoint their spouse, when it came to appointing other alternate executors, they typically would tend to appoint all of their children. I would advise my clients that naming any…Read More »
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In the past, I have blogged and spoken about the duties of an attorney (substitute decision maker) acting under a power of attorney. I am consulted on a regular basis by family members of incapable persons who have concerns or complaints concerning the failure of an attorney to keep them in the loop as to…Read More »
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A recent decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Semenoff Estate v. Bridgeman, highlights the problems that can result when joint tenancy is used as an estate planning tool , non-lawyers draft their own legal documents and ask their lawyers to accept and put into writing what they have agreed to between themselves. It…Read More »
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