Posted on 01/06/2011 7:15:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Elizabeth Edwards left everything to her children and made not a single mention of her philandering husband John in the will she signed just days before her death.
Edwards lost her six-year battle with breast cancer on Dec. 7 and, in a last will and testament dated Dec. 1, made clear that her three children - and, by omission, not John Edwards - were to be the beneficiaries of her estate.
The former vice presidential candidate and North Carolina senator’s name appears nowhere in the will.
“All of my furniture, furnishings, household goods, jewelry, china, silverware and personal effects and any automobiles owned by me at the time of my death I give and bequeath to my children,” Edwards said in a copy of the document.
Edwards also stipulated that if she was the only surviving parent of her minor children Emma Claire and Jack at her time of death, she wanted 28-year-old Cate to be their guardian.
Elizabeth and John Edwards separated in early 2010 after he admitted to fathering a child in an extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter.
Though some reports suggested that the two became closer during Elizabeth Edwards’ final days, John was noticeably silent at Edwards’ funeral.
Agreed. And even if the facts are accurate, the gossip columnists conclusions are likely way off. There are perfectly valid reasons to omit a certain heir, and Mr. Edwards may well have agreed to this draft, and have been perfectly willing NOT to exercise his spousal election at probate.
Again, I can't believe I'm defending this family, but here I am.
This is only the beginning, Breck Girl... only the beginning.
Mr. & Mrs. Edwards were filthy rich. Mrs. Edwards died in a year when there was no federal estate tax; Mr. Edwards will die in a year with a marginal estate tax in the 35% - 55% range. Mrs. Edwards’ estate plan would has saved the children maybe $15 - $20 Million in federal estate taxes when compared to leaving everything to John.
You are not required, that I am aware of, to include a spouse in your will/final wishes.
Who in their right mind would have expected Elizabeth Edwards to leave her slimeball husband anything??? No story here, IMO.
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I have to agree. They were ‘estranged’ not yet divorced, but really, who among us would leave jack to the guy who cheated, fathered, and denied the paternity of his love child?
I think we can all agree that Edwards is a slime ball who has reaped what he sowed.
I think you nailed it, it was done with taxes in mind, John probably approved it.
Your probably the most accurate. The edwards were probably very well prepared for the taxman. With that kind of wealth, you can get really hammered.
Elizabeth should have left John a coupon for Wendy’s.
Are you suggesting, that because they were still legally married, that he can’t be cut out of the will? That he must get - something?
After reading #25, I now understand better the motivation for the will.
Thank you for the correction. Noted.
What is that? The jail on Martha's Vineyard?
I know... it was the only pic of that type I could grab while here at work. The others are on "forbidden" sites.
My thoughts exactly.
dead,
I enjoyed your about page.
No fat chicks eith cancer at the end was very good.
I also liked Aunt Ester as the every present shelf ass first lady.
Good job
Oh, you know it. But, she didn’t.
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