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Britney Spears’ Lawyer Sam Ingham Has a Higher Annual Salary Than Britney Spears

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Amazing how the crooks are making more money stealing the earnings of hard working Americans and NO ONE in government does a thing about it. In the latest update on Britney Spears, her court-appointed lawyer, Sam Ingham III, plans to step down from the pop icon’s case. Hopefully, the news affects the “Toxic” singer positively. Ingham still has not filed her petition to request to end the conservatorship, almost two weeks after her jaw-dropping testimony in probate court on June 23. Plus, Ingham’s yearly salary, paid by Spears, is more than the singer-songwriter receives in living expenses yearly. Who is Britney’s lawyer? On Feb 1, 2008, Judge Reva Goetz granted a conservatorship to Britney’s father, James “Jamie” Parnell Spears. He became co-conservator along with a court-appointed lawyer, Andrew Wallet. The judge also appointed Samuel Ingham III as Britney Spears’ probate lawyer and advocate for the singer. According to Ingham’s Linked In account, he is a trained mediator in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of California School of Law in 1975 and specialized in “Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law.” He also worked on the estate of radio personality Casey Kasem and media billionaire Sumner Redstone. Although the law in California states that a conservatee has five days’ notice before a conservatorship goes into effect, Britney did not get this courtesy. The judge could ignore the policy if the conservatee is in “immediate and substantial harm.” Judge Goetz granted the petition to waive Britney’s rights, so they did not have to inform her what was happening. Ingham remained Britney Spears’ legal advocate and lawyer from 2008 to 2021. According to TMZ, Britney’s lawyer plans to resign as early as July 6, 2021. He cited the pop icon’s court testimony… Read More

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Guardians of the Elderly: An Ailing System Part I: Declared ‘Legally Dead’ by a Troubled

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Guardians of the Elderly: An Ailing System Part I: Declared ‘Legally Dead’ by a Troubled System Undated (AP) The nation’s guardianship system, a crucial last line of protection for the ailing elderly, is failing many of those it is designed to protect. A year-long investigation by The Associated Press of courts in all 50 states and the District of Columbia found a dangerously burdened and troubled system that regularly puts elderly lives in the hands of others with little or no evidence of necessity, then fails to guard against abuse, theft and neglect. In thousands of courts around the nation every week, a few minutes of routine and the stroke of a judge’s pen are all that it takes to strip an old man or woman of basic rights. The 300,000 to 400,000 elderly people under guardianship can no longer receive money or pay their bills. They cannot marry or divorce. The court entrusts to someone else the power to choose where they will live, what medical treatment they will get, and, in rare cases, when they will die. The AP investigation examined more than 2,200 randomly selected guardianship court files to get a portrait of wards and of the system that oversees them. After giving guardians such great power over elderly people, overworked and understaffed court systems frequently break down, abandoning those incapable of caring for themselves, the AP found. A legal tool meant to protect the elderly and their property, guardianship sometimes results instead in financial or physical mistreatment, the AP found. ″Guardianship is a process that uproots people, literally ‘unpersons’ them, declares them legally dead,″ said Dr. Dennis Koson, a law and psychiatry expert in Florida. ″Done badly, it does more hurting than protecting.″ That danger was… Read More

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