by Charles Ticker | Sep 14, 2012 | estate law, funeral diputes
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 Wednesday, August 29...
by Charles Ticker | Aug 31, 2012 | estate law, funeral diputes
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 owner of a dry-cleaning...
by Charles Ticker | May 25, 2012 | estate law, estate litigation, funeral diputes
The Kennedy family has had more than its share of tragedies and the recent dispute over where to bury Mary Kennedy is the latest chapter . Mary Richardson Kennedy was the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy , Jr., the son of assassinated Attorney General Robert...