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In a new memoir by twin brothers, Johnathan and Drew Scott, who star in the HGTV show “Property Brothers,” they tell of the hard road they had to drive before they landed their popular TV show. Johnathan was an aspiring magician until his supplies and equipment were stolen and he wound up declaring bankruptcy. His…

In her will, Bronx widow Ellen Frey-Wouters left $300,000 to Troy and Tiger, her two cats. Her will instructed the money be used to make sure they would “never be caged” and always be lovingly cared for. The New York Post quotes Dahlia Grizzleto, a former health aide Frey-Wouters and now caretaker of the cats…

A 65-year-old Florida caregiver beat a 94-year-old woman and set her house on fire after they got into an argument over the victim’s will. Roman Dusk, 65, was arrested last Thursday after police said he returned to the house a few hours after the attack on lifelong friend, Dorothy Spears . According to the sheriff’s…

The investigative unit of a Detroit TV station uncovered some real shenanigans by the probate public administrator who stole people’s inheritances…legally.

In New York State, probate can take from 7-9 months. While that can seem like an eternity, in Ireland it can take up to 16 months. A recent report by the life insurance company, Royal London found crippling delays in the Irish probate process which have caused financial hardships on many families. This delay can…

Sometimes you just don’t know who a person really is until after the die. Here are some odd codicils to wills. Attorney T.M. Zink ,an Iowa lawyer who died in 1930, left his daughter only five dollars and his wife got zilch. He stipulated that the rest of his $100,000 estate be put in a…

A son suspected of stabbing to death his mother and sister at their $2 million home had been cut out of the family’s fortune just weeks earlier.The son, Joshua Cohen, 27, was arrested on Saturday after his mother Leah, 66, and sister Hannah, 33 were found murdered in their home London last Friday. Police described…

One of the most important tools in estate planning is a trust. A trust allows the settlor—or the creator of the trust—to control the distribution of his property either during his lifetime or after his death. The trustee, is tasked with holding the property for the beneficiary’s benefit and distributing that property in accordance with…

A petition for probate of actress Carrie Fisher’s will was filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and the sole beneficiary is her 24 year-old daughter Billie Lourd. Lourd is expected to receive 100 percent interest in both Carrie Fisher Properties LLC and Carrie Fisher Online LLC; a life insurance policy with Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance…

Cyril Gordon Lunn is a Nova Scotia man who made it rich in Massachusetts real estate and fled across the border back to Canada on a snowmobile to avoid criminal prosecution. In 2016, a Nova Scotia Appeals Court ruling wrote this about Cyril Gordon Lunn regarding his extradition to the U.S. on charges of bankruptcy…