Now that's an interesting term in the will. Were they afraid of foul play? I'm surprised that the same term was not in both their wills. I'm sure Hackman's three kids harbored grudges about Dad dumping Mom and marrying wife #2 who was 30 years younger than himself.
Hackman's estate could presumably go to his children, despite not being included in his will, as they are the most direct living heirs
Wow, that's surprising.
Hackman's son, Christopher, the oldest of his three adult children, reportedly hired prominent California trust and estate attorney Andrew M. Katzenstein to challenge the will
There's no way that legal challenge could be completed in that short amount of time.
Not surprising at all: that's part of the common law for centuries, and why you are usually asked to specify what happens to your estate if your primary beneficiary goes before you do.
I guess given the age difference, neither Hackman nor his wife thought he would go before she did.
No, it didn’t say the will had gone through probate, just that his son had hired a lawyer.
One of his nephews said that everyone in the family, including Gene and Betsy, assumed that because she was 30 years younger than him he would go first.
She was apparently in very good health until she got the hanta virus.
my trust and will SPECIFICALLY state the names of those shall not receive anything and the specific reasons.
They’ve spent hundreds of thousands and decades in courts after the estate of every parent and grandparent. Family completely destroyed by them.