by Charles Ticker | Aug 23, 2018 | dividing estate, estate administration, estate law, estate litigation, succession planning, will challenge
Aretha Franklin died without an estate plan Aretha Franklin passed away on August 16, 2018. A recent story online about her death suggests that she died without a will or a trust. This happened despite her lawyer, Don Wilson, telling her many times over the years to...
by Charles Ticker | Apr 27, 2018 | dividing estate, estate law, estate litigation, succession planning, will challenge
Estate of Johnny Hallyday ( The French Elvis) may be bogged down in a nasty dispute According to a recent online story, several of rock singer Johnny Hallyday’s family members are involved in bitter estate battle. Known as the French Elvis, Mr. Hallyday ( born...
by Charles Ticker | Apr 20, 2018 | dividing estate, estate administration, succession planning
Billionaire leaves majority of the furniture giant IKEA under the control of a company A recent story online found here reveals the estate plan of the billionaire founder of the furniture giant IKEA. Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (March 30, 1926 – January 27, 2018)...
by Charles Ticker | Apr 13, 2018 | dividing estate, estate administration, estate law, estate litigation, will challenge
Brothers involved in dispute over their late mother’s estate A recent story from England outlines some of the difficulties siblings may encounter with respect to their parents’ estates. The story is about an estate dispute between three brothers, Dominic,...
by Charles Ticker | Feb 11, 2018 | dividing estate, estate administration
Disinherited children may be entitled to share in lottery winner’s estate A recent story from New Zealand found here is a very interesting scenario involving the estate of a lottery winner and his disinherited children. David Wayde Carson died in 2015 with a...
by Charles Ticker | Nov 27, 2017 | dividing estate, estate law, estate litigation
John Steinbeck estate dispute dates back to 1983 A recent story online confirms that the decades-long battle involving the estate of the late John Steinbeck continues. The dispute was between Waverly Scott Kaffaga, and one of John’s sons, Thom, his wife Gail...
