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Speak for yourself...that type of content is right up your alley and more your speed. Definitely not mine.
I shared the interview for blugiant and was shocked to find that the ex-wife, partner or whatever she was sang like a canary. I didn't write it. I am not that powerful.Last edited by Tropicana; 11-16-2013, 01:25 PM.Comment
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marriage was annulled cah da man woo shi claimed to fraudulentlee married to git ar green card was married to tree addar oomen. shi married jame brown wild married to dat addar man ann cood natt produced divorce ar anullment papers. james brown annulled imm marriage to ar wen imm found out.Originally posted by Tropicana View Post
y wood wan poor oyinbo ooman file fe divorce? money, money. da reason y shi filed fe divorced was cah was seekinn a settlement cah iff dem was neva married ann shi was married to sumwan else shi did not annee ground pon which to make legal claims to james brown money.
aftah james brown annulled imm marriage to ar, imm tekk upp widd ar again so den shi claimed commom law marriage ann dat de argument dat shi use fe gitt money fram james brown estate. since imm took upp widd ar again after da annullment ann imm last will shi claimed da shi ann ar son were natt bound by imm will. even da court later ruled dat wen da guv settle widd ar dat da guv wass wrang
pint iss da state neva legallee recognized dat marriage as legal so imm neva married dat oyinbo oomanComment
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Now I am really confused.Originally posted by blugiant View Post
She was only 25 and are you telling me that:
- she was married to a man who married her to get his green cared while married to 3 other women
- she then married someone else from whom she was never divorced
If James Brown had been successful in having his marriage to her annulled, then why would she have years later been filing for divorce on the grounds of physical abuse as well as other things (don't have the list handy).
If her marriage to James Brown had been annulled there is no way she could have filed for divorce. This makes no sense.
y wood wan poor oyinbo ooman file fe divorce? money, money. da reason y shi filed fe divorced was cah was seekinn a settlement cah iff dem was neva married ann shi was married to sumwan else shi did not annee ground pon which to make legal claims to james brown money.
aftah james brown annulled imm marriage to ar, imm tekk upp widd ar again so den shi claimed commom law marriage ann dat de argument dat shi use fe gitt money fram james brown estate.
My brain has totally frozen. I will need time to process this.
since imm took upp widd ar again after da annullment ann imm last will shi claimed da shi ann ar son were natt bound by imm will. even da court later ruled dat wen da guv settle widd ar dat da guv wass wrang
Then why did she file for divorce and why is she still claiming they were legally married?
pint iss da state neva legallee recognized dat marriage as legal so imm neva married dat oyinbo oomanComment
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Tomi Rae Brown And James Brown Never Legally Married
James Brown's lawyer said Tuesday that the late singer and his partner were not legally married and that she was locked out of his South Carolina home for estate legal reasons."It's not a reflection on her as an individual," lawyer Buddy Dallas told The Associated Press. "I have not even been in the house, nor will I until appropriate protocol is followed."
Brown's partner, backup singer Tomi Rae Hynie, was already married to a Texas man in 2001 when she married Brown, thus making her marriage to Brown null, Dallas said. He said Hynie later annulled the previous marriage, but she and Brown never remarried.
"I suppose it would mean she was, from time to time, a guest in Mr. Brown's home," Dallas said.
On Monday, after the 73-year-old "Godfather of Soul" died at an Atlanta hospital, Hynie, 36, found the gates to Brown's Beech Island, S.C., home padlocked and said she was denied access.
Hynie argued that she has a legal right to live in the home with the couple's 5-year-old son.
"This is my home," Hynie told a reporter outside the house. "I don't have any money. I don't have anywhere to go."
Dallas said legal formalities need to be followed now, adding that Brown's estate was left in trust for his children. He declined to elaborate on Brown's final instructions.
"It's not intended and I hope not interpreted to be an act of unkindness or an act of a lack of sympathy," Dallas said. "Ms. Hynie has a home a few blocks away from Mr. Brown's home where she resides periodically when she is not with Mr. Brown. She is not without housing or home."
Dallas said Brown and Hynie had not seen each other for several weeks before his death.
The couple had had a sometimes tumultuous relationship. Brown pleaded guilty in 2004 to a domestic violence charge stemming from an argument with Hynie and was let off with a $1,087 fine. He was accused of pushing Hynie to the floor at the home and threatening to kill her.
James Brown's 'Widow': I Was Legally Married to Singer
The woman who claimed to have been married to James Brown says she's been denied access to the home she shared with the late singer and their 5-year-old son.
Brown's lawyer said Tuesday that Brown and the woman, backup dancer Tomi Rae Hynie, were not legally married and that she was locked out of his South Carolina home for estate legal reasons.
But Hynie, who was camped out at an Augusta hotel with no change of clothes and no money Tuesday night, said she was legally married to Brown and can prove it.In a phone interview with The Associated Press from an Augusta hotel Tuesday, Hynie said she had documentation to prove she was legally married to Brown.Hynie said the couple had planned to renew their vows but not remarry. She indicated that while annulment papers relating to her previous marriage initially may not have been filed properly, a judge had told her she was legally married to Brown.
"I just want this resolved," Hynie said.
On Monday, after the 73-year-old "Godfather of Soul" died at an Atlanta hospital, Hynie, 36, found the gates to Brown's Beech Island, S.C., home padlocked and said she was denied access.
Hynie argued that she has a legal right to live in the home with the couple's son.
"This is my home," Hynie told a reporter outside the house. "I don't have any money. I don't have anywhere to go."So who is telling the truth? Has the estate been settled and has this matter been resolved yet?Hynie said Brown had sent her to California for a few weeks to relax on the beach after a recent concert tour."I was taking antidepressants," she said. "My job, marriage was difficult. So he sent me to the beach. He paid $24,000 for me to go."
"He was a difficult man to live with, but he was a great man," she said. "I was the only one who could handle James."
Hynie said she believes Brown's representatives were trying to discredit her so that his estate wouldn't have to be shared with her. She acknowledged that the bulk of the estate was left to Brown's children, but said Brown had told her she could live in his home with their child as long as she wanted.
"That was James Brown's wishes," Hynie said as she broke down in tears.
Dallas said Brown and Hynie had not seen each other for several weeks before his death.
The couple had had a sometimes tumultuous relationship. Brown pleaded guilty in 2004 to a domestic violence charge stemming from an argument with Hynie and was let off with a $1,087 fine. He was accused of pushing Hynie to the floor at the home and threatening to kill her.
I seem to recall that there were many issues so he couldn't be buried for a long time. Don't recall the details.
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no tropiOriginally posted by Tropicana View PostNow I am really confused. She was only 25 and are you telling me that:
- she was married to a man who married her to get his green cared while married to 3 other women
- she then married someone else from whom she was never divorced
If James Brown had been successful in having his marriage to her annulled, then why would she have years later been filing for divorce on the grounds of physical abuse as well as other things (don't have the list handy).
If her marriage to James Brown had been annulled there is no way she could have filed for divorce. This makes no sense.
My brain has totally frozen. I will need time to process this.
Then why did she file for divorce and why is she still claiming they were legally married?
fi git ar green card, shi married wan man. den shi claimed imm was married to tree addar oomen in his country. den shi argued dat since imm was married to tree addar oomen dat dem marriage was natt legal ann dat y shi cood legallee marry james brown. wen dem found out ann accused ar aff bigamee cah shi was legallee married to annada man wild being married to james brown shi claimed dat shi got ann anullment. wen dem check no proof aff anullment, so james brown file ann got anullment meaninn shi ann james were neva legallee married. since dem was natt legallee married, shi was natt entitled alimony ar annee aff james money.
da poor oyinbo ooman filed divorce case fe tri fe gitt settlement. to be entitled to annee aff james money shi need to claim dat dem were legallee married. dat y even james brown furst wife claimed dat shi ann james brown were still legallee married until da estate lawyers produced legal divorce paypah fe dismiss ar claim.
diss bout oww dem usinn da legal machination fe bypass james brown will ann raid imm estate. da court ave natt decided iff james brown wass legallee married to tammie wan aff da reason fe ar divorce challenge. de court ave natt arder a dna test fe prove iff ar son was james butt dem gave imm a share aff da estate. itt bout legallee raidinn imm estate ann enrichinn oyinboLast edited by blugiant; 11-16-2013, 03:04 PM.Comment
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Court Overturns James Brown Estate Settlement
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a settlement divvying up the multimillion-dollar estate of James Brown, saying a former attorney general didn't follow the late soul singer's wishes in putting together the deal.
Attorney General Henry McMaster brokered a settlement in 2009 that split Brown's estate, giving nearly half to a charitable trust, a quarter to his widow, Tomi Rae Hynie, and leaving the rest to be split among his adult children.
But the justices ruled that the deal ignored Brown's wishes for most of his money to go to charity. The court also ruled the Godfather of Soul was of sound mind when he made his will before dying of heart failure on Christmas Day 2006 at age 73.
The court sent the estate back to a lower court to be reconsidered.
SC Judge OKs Settlement Over James Brown Estate
The justices did agree with the lower court's decision to remove Brown's original trustees. Members of Brown's family said they wanted them gone because the trustees mismanaged the estate until it was almost broke.
The court said it had no idea what the estate was worth, giving an estimate of $5 million to more than $100 million.
The justices harshly criticized McMaster, who stepped in to broker the settlement after the estate floundered in court for years. Under McMaster's deal, a professional manager took control of Brown's assets from the estate's trustees, wiping out crushing debt — more than $20 million Brown had borrowed for a European comeback tour — and opening the way for needy students to receive college scholarships. The plan allowed a financial manager to cut lucrative deals that put Brown's music on national and international commercials for products such as Chanel perfume and Gatorade.
Chief Justice Jean Toal suggested Wednesday that, if the settlement was allowed to stand, it could discourage people from leaving most of their estate to charity for fear their wishes could easily be overturned.
The dispute came to the court after the ousted trustees sued.
Two James Brown Estate Trustees Quit
"The compromise orchestrated by the AG in this case destroys the estate plan Brown had established in favor of an arrangement overseen virtually exclusively by the AG," giving large sums of money to relatives even though they were given little or no control in the singer's original will, Associate Justice John Kittredge wrote.
The fight over Brown's estate even spilled over into what to do with his body. Family members fought over the remains for more than two months, leaving Brown's body, still inside a gold casket, sitting in cold storage in a funeral home. Brown was eventually buried in Beech Island, S.C., at the home of one of his daughters. The family wanted to turn the home into a shrine for Brown similar to Elvis Presley's Graceland, but that idea has not gotten off the ground.
An attorney for Adele Pope — one of the trustees who appealed — commended the court for its ruling, which he said would more accurately fulfill Brown's wishes.
"James Brown was certainly devoted to the cause of education," James Richardson said. "Today's decision means that the bulk of his fortune will go to the cause of educating needy children."
McMaster, who left office in 2010, said that he respected the court's decision but stood by the settlement he brokered.
'Godfather Of Soul' James Brown Dies
"I believe we took the correct legal steps to make the very best of a bad situation," McMaster said. "We worked hard to see that Mr. Brown's wishes were effectuated to the furthest extent they could be."
Current Attorney General Alan Wilson said he respected the court's decision but felt McMaster had acted legally.
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SC Supreme Court Ends Historic Battle Over James Brown Estate
On Wednesday, May 8, the South Carolina Supreme Court ended a historic battle in the six-year war over the multi-million dollar estate of music legend James Brown.
Four petitions had been filed following the Court’s February 27 decision to overturn a 2008 settlement deal by former Attorney General (AG) Henry McMaster. On Wednesday the Court denied all petitions and issued a revised opinion, sending the case back to Aiken County for further proceedings.
The settlement deal had been appealed to the Supreme Court by former trustees, Bob Buchanan of Aiken and Adele Pope of Newberry, who replaced Brown’s original trustees after they resigned in 2007.
On Friday, Pope said, “The May 8 decision of our Supreme Court ends the 6-year quest by James Brown’s original trustees, Brown’s companion and others—aided by 90 lawyers—to destroy James Brown’s dream of leaving his $100 million music empire to the James Brown ‘I Feel Good’ Trust, to be used solely for the education of needy and deserving students in Georgia and South Carolina.”
In his estate plan, Brown left his worldwide music empire to an education charity for needy students in South Carolina and Georgia. Brown left personal and household effects to six children named in the will. For certain grandchildren, he set up a family education fund of up to $2 million. To companion Tomirae Hynie, he left nothing.
Some of the children contested the will, asking for a greater share than Brown left to them, as did Hynie, who claimed to be Brown’s wife even though she was married to another man when she and Brown exchanged vows in 2001.
Before the second set of trustees could defend against the will contests, former AG McMaster intervened and rewrote Brown’s estate plan. The McMaster settlement deal took over half of Brown’s music empire from the charity and gave to “persons who had been specifically excluded” from inheriting it.
The McMaster deal was, wrote Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal, “the government’s unprecedented encroachment into estate administration…” Under the McMaster deal, the AG gave himself the right to appoint the estate’s sole trustee, who serves “at his pleasure.”
The court rejected the petition of AG Alan Wilson to reinstate the settlement, which the court called unjust and unreasonable. The court further rejected the petition of Columbia C.P.A. Russell Bauknight to remain as trustee of the Brown estate—and voided his appointment.
The opinion states: “In light of our decision invalidating the compromise agreement, we likewise void Bauknight’s appointment, which was made in conjunction with the settlement agreement, and under which he was to serve at the pleasure of the AG.”
The court did, however, leave the door open for Bauknight to apply for the position when the case is returned to the circuit court in Aiken.
The circuit court was directed by the Supreme Court to appoint fiduciaries who will oversee matters “in accordance with the provisions of Brown’s estate and trust documents.” Presumably, that means trustees who will carry out James Brown’s estate plan as written.
Over Bauknight’s four-year service, he has paid off a multi-million dollar debt of the estate, but he has also become a lightning rod of controversy in the case. If he applies for the position of trustee, he may be called upon to address questions raised in other pleadings about actions that appear to be contrary to the interest of Brown’s charity. Among these questions are:
1) The $4.7 million at-death valuation. Bauknight has filed documents with the IRS that Brown’s worldwide music empire was valued at less than $5 million when he died on Christmas Day 2006. Before Bauknight, all previous fiduciaries placed the value at closer to $85-100 million, with publicity rights and copyrights to over 800 songs. According to original Brown trustee Albert “Buddy” Dallas, there was a $100 million offer to purchase the music empire placed on the judge’s desk in 2007. Bauknight has refused to release any documents in support of this low valuation, and he has refused to name the appraiser as required by law.
2) Hynie’s claim to be Brown’s wife. Bauknight has asserted to the IRS and in several courts that Hynie was Brown’s wife, knowing there was convincing evidence to the contrary—and knowing that such an assertion could seriously damage Brown’s charity. In May 2012, for example, Bauknight joined with Hynie and AG Alan Wilson to support a 5-year-old gag order related to Hynie’s abandoned diary. According to some sources, the diary offers clear evidence Hynie was not the wife and she knew it. That evidence could save up to $25 million for the charity, but Bauknight fought to keep the diary contents under wraps.
3) Bauknight’s failure to request restitution. Original trustee David Cannon entered an Alford plea in 2011 for taking more than $12 million from Brown over several years and for forging a document after Brown’s death. No restitution was requested by Bauknight, even though Cannon owns a million-dollar retirement home in Honduras.
Also in the opinion, the Supreme Court raised sharp questions about the validity of Hynie’s spousal claim and expressed doubts about whether the will contests of Hynie and Brown’s children were brought in “good faith.”
The court also directed the circuit court to “review the propriety” of all fees related to the James Brown lawsuit, including attorneys’ and trustees’ fees.
The James Brown estate battle has received international attention and has raised several important public policy questions related to the control of private assets by the state, the future of private philanthropy in South Carolina, and the release of public documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
The case, in fact, may be considered historic. Brown’s estate plan established what may be the largest-ever private charity for educating needy students in South Carolina and Georgia.
This battle is over, but skirmishes may still be fought over who will control Brown’s estate in light of the May 8 court decision. The position of the Attorney General in Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuits may affect the final outcome.
One FOIA case is related to a multi-million dollar lawsuit in Richland County, filed against former trustees, Pope and Buchanan, in 2010 by Bauknight, AG McMaster, the Legacy Trust, Hynie and the some of the Brown children. They claimed Pope and Buchanan caused tens of millions in damages to the estate during the 18 months they served as trustees. Several documents requested by Pope under FOIA in that case have not been released.
The lawsuit was brought by the Wingate firm, but it is now unclear which plaintiffs remain. The Supreme Court voided Bauknight’s appointment and overturned the Legacy Trust, the AG has asked the court to be removed as a plaintiff, Hynie’s claim to be the wife was criticized by the court, and the children’s “good faith” in contesting the will was questioned.
Mark Gende of the Wingate firm has not responded to an email request to name his remaining clients in the Richland County case.
After Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision, Pope broke her longstanding silence on the case and issued a statement, encouraging AG Wilson to take the lead in righting the wrongs of the settlement deal. “If Attorney General Wilson—as the guardian of the public interest—will ensure that Brown’s fiduciaries do their duty to ‘vigorously defend’ James Brown’s dream as he intended, by the end of this year more than $2 million in scholarship funds should be ready to be disbursed annually for needy students.”
Pope said that as a fan of James Brown’s music, as a former public school teacher, and as someone who has vigorously defended the “I Feel Good” Trust for six years, she is looking forward to the day when Brown’s dream can be realized.
“The wait has been too long,” she said.
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Okay thanks brain is unfrozen.
What country did she originally come from? Just curious. It is totally weird though that she filed for divorce if not legally married.
That was long re: the settlement but I take it the I feel Good foundation gets most of his wealth and the children and grandchildren don't get much. Tomi Rae gets nothing.Last edited by Tropicana; 11-16-2013, 03:03 PM.Comment
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Supreme Court ruling ignored in James Brown estate hearings
by Sue Summer For The Observer
Another skirmish in the James Brown “estate wars” was fought Nov. 6 and the May 8 opinion of the S.C. Supreme Court was ignored again.
At the Aiken hearing, Judge Doyet Early said three issues remain to be litigated in the estate: Was there a valid marriage between Brown and his companion, Tommie Rae Hynie? Is Hynie’s son, James II, James Brown’s child? Was Brown “unduly influenced” while writing his estate plan?
The Supreme Court opinion raised strong doubts about the validity of all three claims, suggesting that Brown’s estate plan should be carried out as written. None of the 10 or more attorneys at the Nov. 6 hearing, however, asked why the judge is ignoring the Supreme Court ruling and giving those who contested the will another opportunity to take assets from Brown’s education charity.
Under Brown’s estate plan, his music empire was left to the “I Feel Good” education charity for needy students in South Carolina and Georgia. Brown also established $285,000 education trusts for some of his grandchildren, and he left household goods to six children named in the will. He left nothing to his companion, Tomirae Hynie, or her son.
Both Brown’s will and trust include clauses that anyone who contests, receives nothing. Even so, five of the six children named in the will — and Hynie — contested Brown’s estate plan after his death on Christmas Day in 2006.
As the second set of trustees were mounting a defense against the will contests, former Attorney General Henry McMaster brokered a 2009 settlement deal that gave those who contested the will over half of the music empire Brown had excluded them from inheriting.
Former trustees Adele Pope of Newberry and Robert Buchanan of Aiken appealed the McMaster deal, represented by Columbia attorney Jim Richardson, who served pro bono. In May, the Supreme Court overturned the deal, calling it a “dismemberment” of Brown’s estate plan.
The Supreme Court returned the case to Aiken for further proceedings, but strong language in the opinion leaves little doubt as to the Court’s answer to the three questions Judge Early raised:
1) The validity of the marriage: “As to the spousal claim, even if Tommie Rae were able to establish a claim as Brown’s surviving spouse, she executed a prenuptial agreement in which she … waived all rights to Brown’s property or any statutory claims against his estate.” The Court also noted a “major impediment” to her spousal claim, namely her marriage to another man when she exchanged vows with Brown.
2) The claim of the omitted child: This “…was not supported by a properly authenticated DNA test, even though one had been offered …, and Brown himself had previously requested a DNA test during his relationship with Tommie Rae.” Even if James II passed the DNA test, an omitted child is not entitled to a statutory share if it appears the omission was intentional. The Supreme Court believes that to be the case here, given the strong language in Brown’s estate plan that any omission was not made by accident.
3) Undue influence claim: “In sum … the primary claim … (of) undue influence, was of dubious validity…” The Court further stated, “we do not believe the cobbling together of tenuous claims can be the basis for a good faith finding that would justify the drastic results sanctioned here.”
The Supreme Court also issued directives on trustee appointments and accountings that have been ignored by Judge Early.
Early was instructed to appoint trustees “in accordance with the … estate documents,” which required the appointement of three trustees. Recently, however, Early appointed only one trustee, Columbia CPA Russell Bauknight.
Bauknight was chosen by the AG’s office as the sole trustee four years ago. The Supreme Court declared his appointment void but allowed him to reapply. During interviews for the trustee positions, Bauknight announced he would refuse to serve if Early appointed other trustees, as directed by Brown’s estate documents and the S.C. Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court also instructed Judge Early to review all fees, including attorneys’ fees and trustees’ fees, but Bauknight has refused to release complete financial records — and has refused to release fee agreements with attorneys he has engaged to handle matters related to the Brown estate.
Bauknight and AG Alan Wilson have also refused to release the agreement under which the Wingate law firm in Columbia was retained to bring a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Pope and Buchanan.
In the lawsuit, Bauknight, the AG, Hynie and some of the Brown children allege the former trustees caused tens of millions of dollars in damages to the estate — even though Bauknight has claimed to the IRS that the music empire was worth only $4.7 million when Brown died.
In a letter dated May 18, 2010, McMaster confirmed Bauknight was engaging the Wingate law firm, using the AG’s standard litigation retention agreement. That agreement provides for contingency lawsuits in which attorneys take a percentage of what they can recover.
After his recent reappointment, however, Bauknight revealed 2012 payments of over a half -million dollars from the estate to the Wingate firm for continuing to pursue the lawsuit against Pope.
One indication as to the weakness of the lawsuit is that when Buchanan settled with the estate in 2012, he owed no damages in the Wingate lawsuit and the estate paid him $500,000 for his service as trustee.
Judge Early has said he is starting proceedings from “square one,” and on Wednesday, attorneys for Hynie asked to sever two cases that had been consolidated early in the proceedings.
According to Hynie’s attorney Alan Medlin of Columbia, the suits involve different issues. In one action Hynie claims she was Brown’s spouse and is entitled to an elective share of his estate. In another action, she contests the will, claiming Brown was “unduly influenced” while writing his estate plan.
The elective share claim involves two issues, Medlin said. “Is someone a surviving spouse, and has that spouse the right to an elective share?”
Hynie claims she is entitled to a spousal share of Brown’s estate, even though she was married to another man when she and Brown exchanged vows in 2001 and she signed three documents in which she agreed never to claim a part of his estate.
Speaking for Brown’s son Terry, attorney David Bell of Augusta argued against severing the Hynie cases and in favor of carrying out James Brown’s estate plan as written. Bell further argued that the question of whether Hynie is Brown’s wife is critically important for future royalties under the Federal Copyright Act.
Louis Levenson of Atlanta, attorney for four children who are contesting the will, objected to Bell’s discussion of the Federal Copyright Act.
Attorney John Beach of Columbia represented David Sojourner, who was recently appointed by Judge Early as “limited special administrator” for the sole purpose of defending against the will and trust challenges. Beach took no position on severing the Hynie cases, but he did have questions about the extent of Sojourner’s authority to handle other cases related to the estate.
Beach did not ask Judge Early to lift gag orders that prevent any discussion of the “Hynie diary.” According to a longtime friend, the diary contains evidence that Hynie was not Brown’s wife and she knew it. Hynie’s attorneys have admitted that lifting the gag orders would cause “irreparable harm” to her spousal claim.
Not represented at the hearing were a number of Brown’s children, including son Daryl, who has launched a national campaign to save his father’s estate plan. Also not represented were three DNA-proven daughters and the seven grandchildren to whom James Brown gave $285,000 education trusts. These seven education trusts were destroyed by the McMaster deal but reinstated in the May 8 Supreme Court decision.
No representative of AG Wilson spoke. At the AG’s request, he was removed as a party in the Aiken County proceedings in an order filed the day of the hearing.
Judge Early ruled to separate the Hynie cases but to consolidate discovery. Beach was asked to work up a scheduling order within 15 days.
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Battle Over James Brown's Estate Continues
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Nearly seven years after the Godfather of Soul's death, his estate is still the center of court battles. Today, family members and attorneys for his forth wife appeared in an Aiken court to learn how the cases would proceed.
Earlier this year, the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned a settlement that divided the estate among Mr. Brown's family members, wife and beloved charities. The justices ruled that Mr. Brown would have wanted more money to go to the charities and sent the case back to a lower court.
Today, attorneys for all parties went before Judge Jack Early to learn how the cases will proceed.
There are three issues at stake. The paternity of James Brown's young son who bares the singer's name. Mr. Brown's marital status is at issue because there are reports that his fourth wife wasn't legally divorced from her previous husband when she married the Godfather of Soul. Finally, there's the case of his will and whether there was undo influence on Mr. Brown.
Judge Early ruled that the cases can be tried separately.
James Brown's daughter Deanna was present for the hearing. She leaning on her faith to get her through the continued court involvement over her father's estate.
Deanna Brown says, "I stay prayed up and that's pretty much what keeps me going is my faith. Dad worked very hard, he worked very hard, so it's just important that the correct people who have legal standing be beneficiaries and the heirs. The purposes of us being here is to find that legal answer."
Judge Early says a date for the next court proceeding should be set in fifteen days.
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OKay in 2 sentences. Who gets James Brown's money?
Is it:
- the I Feel Good foundation
- A$2 million scholarship fund for the grandchildren
- house and personal effects for the children
- nothing for Tomi RaeComment
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dem still fiteinn ova dat. oyinbo a use legal machinations fe gitt dem shareOriginally posted by Tropicana View Post
doan yuh find itt intarestinn dat no dna test was perfarm pon james alleged son widd dat oyinbo ooman fe see iff imm shood gitt a bigga share dan imm addar yuths
imm wanted itt fe go inna scholarship funds fe imm yuths ann grandchildren ann poor yuths in georgia ann s.c.
tropi imm estate iss value ova $100 million dollars. wen mj bought da beatles catalougue itt contain da rites to jame brown recardinns ann mj gave itt bakk to james. reason y james ann mj iss closelee link iss dat yuh seeinn similar games being playedLast edited by blugiant; 11-17-2013, 12:00 PM.Comment
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