Plaintiff, Thomas R. Okrie, commenced this original action petition to challenge the
constitutionality of 2013 Public Act 164 (PA 164).1 Plaintiff objects to the transfer of the Court
of Claims from the Ingham Circuit Court (the Thirtieth Circuit Court), where it has been housed
since 1978, to this Court, where appeals from the Court of Claims are also heard. Plaintiff
challenges t... More...   $0 (08-19-2014 - MI)

This case involves the placement preferences set forth in the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.).1 At issue is whether the dependency court properly applied the ICWA in finding that the foster parents of an Indian child failed to prove good cause to deviate from the ICWA’s adoptive placement preferences.
A 17-month-old Indian child was removed from the custody of her... More...   $0 (08-15-2014 - CA)

This case arose out of the Department of Health and Welfare’s (IDHW) attempt to recover Medicaid benefits from Melvin Peterson’s estate that were paid during his lifetime. At issue is whether any part of a real estate transfer from Melvin Peterson to his daughter Cathie Peterson is subject to Medicaid recovery.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The relevant facts of this case are no... More...   $0 (08-13-2014 - ID)

Christopher Joel Davey appeals from an adverse summary judgment rendered in his suit against numerous oil companies in an attempt to recover land that once belonged to his deceased father. In five issues, Davey contends that the orders rendered in the temporary administration of his father’s estate are void for want of jurisdiction, the deeds purportedly conveying property to Margarett Jordan Ro... More...   $0 (08-13-2014 - TX)

Richard Miller appeals the trial court’s denial of his amended claim in the probate proceeding of his mother, Edythe A. Miller. Richard’s siblings, Mary Margaret Miller and Joseph Michael Miller, are the appellees. In two issues, Richard contends the trial court’s letter ruling precluded his opportunity to request further findings of fact and conclusions of law and the trial court erred in d... More...   $0 (08-13-2014 - TX)

This case turns on the trial court's mis-assignment of the burden of proof.
The presumption created by section 16004 of the Probate Code that a trustee who
commingles trust funds with her own funds violates her fiduciary duty to the trust applies
only to the relationship between a trustee and trust beneficiaries. Here, the trial court
applied the presumption for the benefit of a cr... More...   $0 (08-12-2014 - CA)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Daniel Lawrence Bittick with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: EMB, EMBEZZLEMENT, in violation of 21 O.S. 1451
Date of Offense: 04/13/2014

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Disposition Information

BITTICK, DANIEL LAWRENCE Disposed: DEFERRED, 08/07/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: EMBEZZLEMENT(EMB)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1451
... More...   $0 (08-07-2014 - OK)

Tilly’s Inc. and World of Jeans & Tops, Inc. (hereafter collectively referred to in the singular as Employer) appeal from the trial court’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration of Maria Rebolledo’s putative class action regarding statutory wage claims. We agree with the trial court’s conclusion the parties’ arbitration agreement expressly excluded statutory wage claims from the... More...   $0 (08-06-2014 - CA)

Appellant Katie Gossett (Katie) appeals the probate court’s order appointing appellee Kimberly Back (Kimberly) as the independent executrix of the Estate of Lola B. Chenoweth (the Estate). In two issues, Katie asserts (1) the probate court erred by determining she was disqualified to serve as the independent executrix of the Estate and (2) the evidence is legally insufficient to support her disq... More...   $0 (08-05-2014 - TX)

This appeal requires us to consider the limits of a federal
court’s authority to impose pre-filing restrictions against socalled
vexatious litigants. The case arises from one of many
episodes in a legal saga involving Nina Ringgold and the Los
Angeles Probate Court. Ringgold brought a federal lawsuit
challenging the Probate Court’s authority to remove her as a
trustee o... More...   $0 (08-04-2014 - CA)

This interlocutory appeal arises out of a lawsuit Jane T. Nicholson filed in probate court against her brother Ted Stauffer a nonresident. Nicholson sued Stauffer individually and as “Successor Trustee of the Anne Bodulus Stauffer Revocable Trust.” Stauffer filed a special appearance to the action asserting the court lacked personal jurisdiction over him. After a hearing, the court denied the ... More...   $0 (07-30-2014 - TX)

This suit regards a dispute between Pat Lowrey’s natural children and his former step-children (children of a woman from whom Pat was divorced several years before his August 31, 2012 death after a long bout with cancer)1 over the proceeds of a bank account.
Clinton Keith Dawson and Brandy Lake, Pat’s former step-children, brought suit against Will Lowrey (Pat’s son, who also was his att... More...   $0 (07-29-2014 - TX)

Appellant Wendy Jeanelle Hennig appeals from a judgment entered in favor of appellee Michael “Miro” Didyk, individually and as independent administrator of the estate of Matthew Michael Didyk, deceased, appellant’s former husband, following a nonjury trial. In three issues, appellant argues the trial court erred by (1) failing to give effect to the decedent’s designation of appellant as th... More...   $0 (07-28-2014 - TX)

Montra Land appeals the trial court’s judgment granting Don Parks, David Mac Glover, and Ike Allen Laws III’s motion for summary judgment denying Land’s statutory bill of review in this probate-application case concerning the will of William Wallace Allen. Land’s 2013 petition for bill of review alleged the trial court committed substantial error by granting Don Parks’s motion for summar... More...   $0 (07-25-2014 - )

This appeal involves a will contest concerning the estate of Marie Mahathy
Forward. Marie died on November 24, 2008, at the age of ninety-six years old.1 On
December 4, 2008, Robert Forward Sr., Marie’s son and appellee herein, filed an
application to probate Marie’s will executed on November 22, 2002, which left
Marie’s entire estate to Robert (the “2002 Will”). However,... More...   $0 (07-24-2014 - TX)

Seven years after appellant Marjorie L. (the guardian or Marjorie) was appointed guardian of her two granddaughters, A.L. and E.L. (the minors), the trial court granted a petition to terminate the guardianship filed by the minors’ parents, respondents Jennifer L. and Richard L., Jr., (the parents, or Jennifer and Richard), following a minutes long hearing in which no evidence was introduced, no ... More...   $0 (07-23-2014 - CA)

Petitioner Roman Luckey brought a putative class action against real parties in
interest Cotton On USA, Inc. and Cotton On Clothing Pty Ltd. (collectively Cotton On)
for violations of the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). Prior
to class certification, Luckey and Cotton On mediated their dispute and reached a class
settlement agreement. Pursuant to the settl... More...   $0 (07-22-2014 - CA)

Veronica Peña appeals the trial court’s dismissal of her lawsuit contesting the will of Aminta Perez-Muzza. The trial court dismissed the contest: (1) because Veronica lacked standing to contest the will; and (2) to sanction Veronica for false statements she filed with the trial court and this court. Because we conclude that neither ground warranted dismissal, we reverse the judgment of the tri... More...   $0 (07-16-2014 - TX)

Margaret Baldwin and Estate of Maxine Anderson v. Saint Simeons Episcopal Home, Inc.

1. The nursing home that is the subject of this action is located in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
2. All acts of negligence and omission by Defendant, its agents, servants, and employees occurred in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
3. Decedent Anderson was a resident of Oklahoma at the time of his death.
4.... More...   $1 (07-14-2014 - OK)

In this appeal, we resolve whether a statutory probate court has exclusive jurisdiction over a suit, filed in 2004, seeking to clear a cloud on title. The suit, filed by the owners of the executive mineral rights against the trustee of a testamentary trust, sought to remove a cloud on the ownership of minerals on land
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in Liberty County. The trustee created the cloud on the right of the e... More...   $0 (07-10-2014 - )

This appeal arises from the denial of a bill of review regarding an estate closed in 2002. Because the plaintiffs delayed in seeking the bill of review until
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after the four-year statute of limitations had run and they have not demonstrated extrinsic fraud, which would toll the statute of limitations, we affirm.
Background
Marian M. Britton died testate in 1998, leaving behind an ... More...   $0 (07-10-2014 - TX)

John Lawton challenges the portion of the trial court’s June 29, 2012 order granting summary judgment against him on his claims asserted in his original petition against David W. Lawton, individually, as independent executor of the estate of Joseph G. Lawton, deceased, and as former agent for Joseph G. Lawton under a power of attorney. In three issues, John contends that the trial court erred in... More...   $0 (07-10-2014 - TX)

Appellee Rachelle Marie Powers was appointed Independent Executor of the Estate of Paul Edward Check (“Paul”) pursuant to the decedent’s will. Appellant Patrick A. Check, the decedent’s twin brother, filed a will contest objecting to the probate of the will. In response to the will contest, and certain actions allegedly taken by Check, Powers filed, among other things, a counterclaim alleg... More...   $0 (07-09-2014 - TX)

Under Code of Civil Procedure section 685.040,1 a judgment creditor is entitled to the reasonable and necessary costs of enforcing the judgment, including statutory attorney fees ―otherwise provided by law.‖ A motion to claim enforcement costs must, however, be made ―before the judgment is satisfied in full.‖ (§ 685.080, subd. (a).)
In the present case, plaintiff Fessha Taye, conserva... More...   $0 (07-07-2014 - CA)

A Texas Theft Liability Act claim brought by the Estate of Rodney B. Killion against Equicap Investments, LLC was dismissed with prejudice for want of prosecution. Equicap had counterclaims pending against the Estate at the time of dismissal, including a breach-of-contract claim and a request for attorney’s fees

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under the TTLA. Equicap presented evidence on its attorney’s fees ... More...   $0 (07-01-2014 - TX)