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Divorced Father Was Given Extra Parenting Obligations Because He Works in Law Enforcement — an Iowa Appeals Court Struck Those Terms From the Decree
A long-running custody fight in Black Hawk County kept dragging two parents back to court—until one new modification order…
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Grandmother’s Trust Left the House to Her Son, Who Died First — an Appeals Court Revived His Children’s Claim Against Their Aunt the Trustee
It started the way a lot of family estate fights do: one parent wrote down a plan, time passed,…
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Father Left His Ohio Land to a Close Friend and His Tennessee Farmland to His Daughter — She Appealed and Lost
A father’s estate plan can look straightforward on paper until the bills show up. In an Ohio probate fight…
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Son Used a Power of Attorney to Transfer Seven of His Father’s Properties Twelve Days Before He Died — a Court Ruled the Transfers Fraudulent
Twelve days before Robert Thompson died, seven pieces of real estate that had been in his name were signed…
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Executor Deeded the Estate’s House to Himself While a Petition to Remove Him Was Pending — a Pennsylvania Court Removed Him and Voided the Deed
Family estate fights can drag on for years, but this one had a sharp turning point: while two sisters…
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Widowed Father Won Sole Custody of His 10-Year-Old Daughter — a Judge Also Gave His Late Wife’s Mother Visitation and Made Him Share the Guardian’s Fees
The night after his wife died, Samuel Garner drove to his mother-in-law’s home in Charlotte with police cars behind…
