Lou Ann Anderson (http://www.estateofdenial.com/) reviews recent cases of probate abuse, such as France’s richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, being declared “mentally unfit” and losing the right to control her own money. (http://www.estateofdenial.com/2011/10/20/frances-richest-woman-is-mentally-unfit-to-manage-15bn-fortune-rules-judge/)
Thomas Baird, an attorney with Baird, Crews, Schiller and Whitaker, (http://www.bcswlaw.com/) celebrates defeating a ballot proposition in Temple, Texas, that would have amended the city charter to force the city to hire more police officers and raise property taxes. (http://www.facebook.com/socpac)