Posts tagged will

• Anna Nicole Smith - Inheritance or Not?

  Robert Soliz | July 13, 2006 6:20 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In this strange case, former Playboy Playmate, Anna Nicole Smith, alleged that her stepson, E. Pierce Marshall, Jr. ("Pierce") had interfered with her inheritance rights. Having already lost her claim that her dead husband, J. Howard Marshall, II had promised to leave her half of his estimated $1.2 Billion estate, in probate court, Ms. Smith then pursued this claim against Pierce in U.S....

• The Rising Cost of Elder Care

  David Coffey | January 03, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The New York Times had an interesting article last week on the cost of Elder Care. Elder Care Costs Deplete Savings of a Generation. Not only are the rising costs of care for the elderly eating away at their savings, their children are also spending their own money as well. Advance planning is absolutely necessary to ensure that no one has to bankrupt themselves in order to care for loved...

• 4th of July Special - Thanks to the Founding Lawyers

  Mary Alice McLarty | July 04, 2011 1:40 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Happy 4th of July and thank God for our Founding Fathers and their vision which has kept America vital for over 235 years. I read an interesting book recently, The Founding Lawyers and America's...

• Hot Chocolate Pots Recalled By Williams-Sonoma

  Angel Reyes | April 06, 2011 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Williams-Sonoma, has issued a voluntary recall of hot chocolate pots, in both the U.S. and Canada, because the handle can break off during use posing a burn and injury hazard. To this date, the...

• $12 Million Verdict in Raymondville Tire Maker Court Case

  Beth Janicek | September 15, 2009 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Willacy County jury returned an $11.96 million judgment against Michelin North America on Thursday, after finding defective tires caused a wreck that killed six people and left a 12-year-old boy...

• What will happen with Heath Ledger's $20M+ estate?

  Paul Romano | August 28, 2008 11:45 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Heath Ledger, star of the recent Batman film the Dark Knight who died of an accidental drug overdose on January 22, 2008, left an estate that may top $20M after proceeds of his most recent hit movie...

• Protect Your Will

  David Coffey | August 25, 2008 9:56 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Texarkana Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's admission of a lost will to probate in the Estate of Wilson, 252 S.W.3d 708 (Tex. App.-Texarkana 2008, no pet. h.). The presumption in Texas...

• Texas Woman Found Guilty of Injury to Child

  Jeff Rasansky | April 24, 2008 4:46 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A Harris County court found Laurie Williamson guilty of injury to child today. According to prosecutors, Williamson subjected her son to at least two surgeries that he did not need. Williamson...

• Paris Hilton Disinherited

  David Coffey | September 17, 2007 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The head of the Hilton clan, Barron Hilton, has decided to disinherit all of his grandchildren. He is particularly "embarrassed by how the Hilton name has been sullied by Paris." He has chosen, instead, to leave his fortune to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

• Democrats take wait and see approach to tax reform

  David Coffey | January 04, 2007 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  President Bush is once again pressing congress to make his tax reforms permanent. The Democratic Congress looks to be taking a guarded approach given the financial constraints of the federal budget especially considering the cost of the Iraq War and its inherent uncertainties.See, The Democrats' Cautious Tiptoe Around the President's Tax Cuts