>>Everyone does die broke. I leave my money to family, I’ll be damned if I leave it to a dog.<<
Imagine you despised your family. Like I said this was big finger to the family.
And my kitty of 25 years old was in my will (sadly she passed before I did).
I wish I could tell what happened to the money the doggy no longer will get.
And the fact the granddaughters got money against Ms. Helmsley shows that our system is totally screwed up.
The owner of the money should have 100% control of its disposition post-mortem. Even if he/she is nuttier than a fruitcake. We deserve NOTHING from our relatives that created their own wealth!
I wish Mrs. Helmsley had just given it to a charity like CCF and avoided this whole mess. A few thousand would have been enough for the dog until end of life.
I can’t disagree about helmsley and her contempt for her family. I am just saying that leaving her wealth to a dog was stupid. It now goes to the lawyers and handler of that dead dog. Maybe there was a great-grandchild that could have used it well. She will never get that. She gets no remembrance at all.