After a two-day trial, attorney Adam M. Spence of SPENCE |BRIERLEY in Towson, MD obtained a $410,000.00 judgment against a Decedent’s greedy widow. The widow attempted to prevent her step-children from receiving any of their deceased father’s assets.
The Greed Revealed.
Through the course of litigation, Mr. Spence revealed that the step-mother was to recover over $1.4 million dollars from her husband’s passing including several life insurance policies, a pension, checking and savings. Meanwhile, the Decedent’s children – one still being a minor, — received only $8,000.00. Frightfully, the Decedent’s widow even refused to pay her deceased husband’s minor child a statutorily required allowance of $5,000.00 from his Estate. This was truly a tale of a greedy step-mother.
The Lies Revealed.
The greedy step-mother’s misconduct did not end there, however, and spilled over into the case. Indeed, Mr. Spence caught the step-mother lying red-handed multiple times during trial, using her own sworn discovery responses.
SPENCE | BRIERLEY Seeks Justice.
The attorneys at SPENCE |BRIERLEY are dedicated to seeking justice, uncovering the lies, and aggressively punishing those who act in greed and malice to the detriment of our clients. From this “evil” step-mother case to other cases involving siblings who financially exploit their elder parents, SPENCE |BRIERLEY can be a powerful weapon in the “fight for right.”
Constructive Trust as the Remedy.
In this case, SPENCE |BRIERLEY obtained recovery using a remedy known as a constructive trust. A constructive trust is a tool that can also be used to hold siblings responsible for self-dealing and theft using their parent’s powers of attorney. A constructive trust is also a tool that can be used to recover monies taken unjustly by “joint owners” of a convenience bank account. A constructive trust is a tool that can be also used to hold forgers accountable for falsifying beneficiary changes to benefit themselves. Put simply, if someone has taken monies that do not belong to them, a constructive trust is a remedy to hold them accountable for that which they have taken.
Got Greed?
Got greed? The attorneys at SPENCE |BRIERLEY can remedy it.