When Gold Diggers Attack – Wives That Marry for the Money
The unavoidable probate litigation news this month was that Anna Nichole Smith (whose real name in was used in the pleadings: Vickie Lynn Marshall) lost on appeal in her claim to the J. Howard Marshall estate estimated at $1.6 billion. The litigation went all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States, [...]
When Celebrity Estate Planning (or a Lack Thereof) Leads to Probate Disaster
A young Michigan probate litigator who has shared a connection with the California Probate Center (see the Blogroll) has published a new book titled “Trial and Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights . . . And What You Can Learn from Celebrity Errors.” The book covers the estates of Michael Jackson, Ted Kennedy, Princess Di, Anna [...]


