Category: Celebrity Estates
Manson drafted a will while in prison leaving everything to longtime pen pal. Charles Manson’s will has been filed in court and an anonymous friend who would inherit his assets has been revealed to be Mark Channels, according to the Daily Mail in “Charles Manson’s pen pal files the infamous killer’s last will and testament […]
The will of the Duke of Windsor will be opened for copyright determination. A court in the U.K. has ruled that the will of the Duke of Windsor, who passed away in 1972, will now be unsealed for for limited purposes, according to the Daily Mail in “Duke of Windsor’s will to be unsealed at […]
Sometimes it creates problems to name a close family member executor, as seen in Jerry Garcia’s estate. A big mistake in Jerry Garcia’s estate came when third wife Debra Koons was chosen to administer the estate, according to the Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog in “The Wrong Executor Can Make Family Drama Worse, As […]
Court orders body of famous artist be exhumed. A judge has found enough basis for the claims of a Spanish woman, claiming she is the child of Salvador Dali, that the body has been ordered to be exhumed from its current resting place underneath a theater in Dali’s hometown, so DNA testing can be performed, […]
The executor of an estate must make decisions on protecting heirs. Katie May, a former Playboy model, may have suffered injuries during a photo shoot and went to a chiropractor for treatment. She later died and the coroner determined the treatment injured her artery and cut off blood flow to her brain, according to TMZ […]
It might be a good idea to take a look at the estate plan, rather than just takes someone’s word for it. Darryl White, the son of entertainer Barry White who passed away in 2003, has filed a suit against the estate and is demanding to see the will to know what it is he […]
Thicke’s sons and their stepmother square off over correct distribution of estate. It is not unusual for children and their stepmother to get into arguments when settling an estate, but it is unusual to bring the threat of revealing information to tabloids, according to TMZ in “Alan Thicke Sons Go To War With His Wife […]
The decision to seal the will of author Harper Lee continues to draw questions and speculation. Controversy surrounded author Harper Lee in the final years of her life including the contradiction of stating she did not want to publish a sequel to her novel To Kill a Mockingbird yet another of her novels was published […]
Despite a long delay, another lawsuit is cleared to move forward against Michael Jackson’s estate. Thome Thome, Michael Jackson’s former manager, has attempted for years to sue the estate for commissions he feels is due him for the sale of the Neverland Ranch and Jackson’s music. The estate has claimed that Thome was fired before […]
The tragic and untimely death of Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown holds a number of lessons in estate planning that are applicable for parents and young adults. Because of laws that control information and decisions with regard to medical treatment, it is imperative that anyone over 18 have written advance medical directives in place. […]
