Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

The New Old Age: Competence

May. 11, 2009
The verdict in the Astor trial may turn on the question of Brooke Astor's competence on the day she revised her will. But experts note that many Alzheimer's patients are intermittently lucid, and legal competence can be hard to ascertain.
Related Stories from UPI.com

Doctor says Brook Astor had Alzheimer's

NEW YORK, May 6 (UPI) -- A doctor testified that he concluded elderly New York heiress Brook Astor had Alzheimer's disease when she failed a memory test in 2000.

Astor's nurses to testify against son

NEW YORK, April 28 (UPI) -- The late philanthropist Brooke Astor's son strong-armed her into giving him control of $60 million of her money, prosecutors alleged in a New York court.

Philanthropist Astor to be focus of trial

NEW YORK, March 30 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say the trial of the late philanthropist Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, will focus on the New York socialite's mental state prior to death.

Astor's son says his mother was a giver

NEW YORK, June 4 (UPI) -- New York socialite Brooke Astor's son argues that he did not loot her estate because she generously gave him millions of dollars.

Lawyer surrenders in Brooke Astor case

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A New York lawyer surrendered Friday to face charges he took part in the alleged fleecing of the late heiress Brooke Astor by her own son.

Report: Brooke Astor's son indicted

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The late Brooke Astor's elderly son has been indicted in New York on charges of mishandling his mother's fortune, sources told The New York Times.

Astor to give bulk of fortune to son

NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- Brooke Astor, the world-renowned philanthropist and symbol of New York high society, plans to give most of her vast fortune to her son, Anthony.

Brooke Astor marks 105th birthday

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y., March 31 (UPI) -- The family feud over the care of New York philanthropist Brooke Astor apparently took some of the cheer out of her 105th birthday party.

Lawyers in Astor case seeking payment

NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Lawyers involved in the family feud over New York socialite Brooke Astor's care and the management of her estate want to collect their fees from her.

Brooke Astor moved to NYC hospital

NEW YORK, July 27 (UPI) -- Philanthropist Brooke Astor, the 104-year-old patron of New York City society, has been moved quietly to New York's Lenox Hill Hospital, a report says. Close friends told the New York Daily News she wanted to be moved to her home in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.
1 of 27
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler