The National Philanthropic Trust reports that there are more than 1.8 million legally recognized charitable organizations in the United States. Are you considering leaving money, property, or assets to support […]
Read More…Named the most villainous Big Brother contestant, Amanda Zachman (who went by “Zuckerman” on the show) was sued individually and through her company by the Florida and Pennsylvania’s Attorney Generals […]
Read More…At her passing in November of 2022, 84-year-old Nancy Sauer left her $2.5M South Tampa home to her SEVEN purebred Persian cats. The last will prevented the mansion from being […]
Read More…No stranger to legal writings, Chief Justice Burger drafted and typed his own last will prior to his passing in 1995. The 176-word last will did not include a “powers” […]
Read More…Oy Vey! Where to begin? Since this newsletter is not criminal law-based (thank the good Lord!), we will be focusing on the fact that prior to going to jail, the […]
Read More…The ’70s heartthrob, David Cassidy, passed away in 2017 at the age of 67, leaving his son as his primary heir. Cassidy’s estate was expected to be insolvent as he […]
Read More…This story comes to us from Canada, where in March of 2021, a farmer and a grain buyer were negotiating an agreement over text to purchase flax. The grain buyer […]
Read More…In October of 2023, Kanokporn Tangsuan, her husband Jeffrey Piccolo, and Piccolo’s mother dined at Raglan Road Irish Pub in Disney Springs, part of the Walt Disney World resort in […]
Read More…This past week, an auction of 59 of Freddy Mercury’s ‘clutter’ fetched $20M, sending me down an internet rabbit hole, but Don’t Stop Me Now! (can’t help it, people!!) The […]
Read More…It reads like a Disney story, but you can’t make this stuff up! Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise and American self-proclaimed shaman, Durek Verrett, got married this past week. Not your […]
Read More…ABC just announced the first ever senior citizen “Bachelor,” 71-year old grandpa from Indiana, Gerry Turner! The pickleball player married his high school sweetheart and they were together for 43 […]
Read More…Autry Stephens, the founder and owner of Endeavor Energy Resources, struck a deal in February of 2024 that would have made him America’s richest oilman and one of the world’s […]
Read More…What Can We Learn from a Hermès Heir? Nicolas Puech, an 80-year-old Frenchman and the primary shareholder of Hermès is estimated to be worth 9 to 10 billion Swiss francs. […]
Read More…The Shining’s Shelley Duvall passed away this month, leaving behind her partner of over 30 years and a six-figure estate. Duvall apparently died intestate (no last will… Heeeeeeeeere’s Probate!) and […]
Read More…Patrick McCarthy, a lifelong bachelor and descendant of an Irish family that first settled in Minnesota in 1850, passed away in April 2023 at the age of 87. McCarthy left […]
Read More…What Can We Learn from Jerry Springer? The Internet was duped by a Jerry Springer will-reading video which made it look like Springer fathered two secret children and then left […]
Read More…What Can We Learn From Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom? We already learned a lot from Katy Perry in her last real estate dispute (remember when the nun died at […]
Read More…What Can We Learn From Kevin Costner? I’m clutching my pearls over here! Kevin Costner’s wife, Christine Baumgartner, recently filed for divorce from the Yellowstone star after 19 years of […]
Read More…This is a strange one, even for this newsletter. A woman claiming to be Jerry Jones’s daughter (and her mother) are attempting to get a signed settlement agreement (from 1998) […]
Read More…A story from the 17th Century! Margaret Brent was approximately thirty-seven years old when she arrived in Maryland in 1638. At Governor Leonard Calvert’s deathbed in 1647, Margaret was appointed […]
Read More…Football player turned actor, Carl Weathers passed away at the age of 76, survived by 2 ex-wives, and two sons. Weathers’ family was pleasantly surprised (that almost never happens with […]
Read More…Stephen C. Hilbert: A Case Study in Financial Strategies Stephen C. Hilbert turned Conseco Inc. from a tiny company into a fortune 500 insurance company through acquisitions. After earning over […]
Read More…It was reported that while Meryl Streep and Don Gummer celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on Sept. 30, they’ve also been separated for more than 6 years! The two reportedly […]
Read More…Actors Robert De Niro, age 79, and Al Pacino, age 83, just announced that they were expecting a baby! Yes, octogenarian fatherhood is a real thing. So real, in fact, […]
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