Category: Will
In the last decades of Huguette Clark’s life, much of her $300 million fortune was spent and her valuable belongings sold. The best-selling book Empty Mansions is full of intrigue, deception and, ultimately, tragedy — when she finally died at 104 years old, Clark’s end-of-life wishes were challenged by relatives, and many of Clark’s millions […]
A dispute between the family of Ernie Banks and the woman who cared for him during his final years intensified Monday with his twin sons asserting that the caretaker coerced the Chicago Cubs baseball great into signing a new will giving her all his assets. Ernie Banks, a.k.a. “Mr. Cub”, suffered a protracted illness before […]
A man accused of helping a woman ransack her father’s grave in search of his “real will” has pleaded guilty and prosecutors in New Hampshire say he should have to help out at a cemetery as part of his sentence. New Hampshire man Michael Day recently pleaded guilty to digging up the grave of business […]
An attorney testified Wednesday that he found no rules in the Oklahoma Veteran Department’s handbook to prevent seven workers from accepting bequests from the estate of a resident at the Norman Veterans Center. The longtime employees were fired in 2013, more than three years after veteran Bill Marshall died, leaving the workers some money in […]
Two real-life Lex Luthors took advantage of the elderly widow of the DC Comics publisher who brought Superman to news stands by convincing her to leave them large sums of cash from her $50 million estate, court papers charge. When Shirley Liebowitz, the late widow of Jack Liebowitz, passed away at the age of 96 it was […]
The one-month custody battle over a long-lost letter to Beat generation author Jack Kerouac from his driving character, Neal Cassady, has caused more cross-country subplots, side trips and diversions than Cassady and Kerouac took in “On the Road.” The literary letter in question is likely worth millions and is the subject of a new dispute concerning […]
From George Orwell, who insisted all his manuscripts be preserved, to Charles Dickens who wanted no memorials put up to his life, history buffs can now explore the wills of some of the most influential figures of the past 150 years at the click of a mouse. The Government today announced it had digitized its […]
Since last summer, investigators have been trying to answer a puzzling question: Who killed Sarah Long, who was found dead of a gunshot wound at her Old Meeting Way townhouse in July. At the same time, another struggle has been playing out in probate court: Who will get Long’s nearly $1 million estate? Since shortly […]
The year 2014 will be remembered for many things, to include celebrity deaths. The details of another celebrity’s estate have recently been revealed. This time it is the estate of late actor Bob Hoskins. Unlike some other celebrity estates, Hoskins’ is fairly ordinary. Actor Bob Hoskins passed away last April at the age of 71. […]
Did you know pets are property, much like your clothes, lawn mower and costume jewelry in the eyes of the law? It’s true. For many people, however, pets are more than just best friends. They are a valued member of the family. Question: Can you direct that your pets be put to sleep after you […]
