Denice Dee Denton died after plunging from a San Francisco apartment building on June 24, 2006.
Posted on 08/19/2007 11:56:25 AM PDT by SmithL
Santa Cruz, Calif. (AP) -- The partner of a former University of California chancellor who plunged 33 stories to her death last year has filed a lawsuit demanding part of her estate.
Gretchen Kalonji, Denice Dee Denton's partner of more than 10 years, sued Denton's estate for $2.25 million in Santa Cruz County Superior Court, claiming she was mistakenly left out of Denton's will. The lawsuit, which was filed in June, asserts Kalonji and the one-time UC Santa Cruz chancellor had verbally agreed to provide for each other if one partner should die.
"It's just a bunch of lies, that's all it is," Carolyn Mabee, Denton's mother and executor of her estate, told the Santa Cruz Sentinel from her home in Houston. Kalonji sued after attempts to negotiate with Denton's family broke down.
Denton died June 24, 2006, after jumping from the San Francisco high-rise where Kalonji lived.
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Banana slug jokes, anyone?
Thus, the importance of a Last Will and Testament.
“Mistakenly left out of the will”
Riiight, could be that she didn’t want to see her lesbian partner see a dime of her money.
Ehh, it’s CA, nothing really matters until the lawsuits are settled, no matter how ironclad a will is, there is a court somewhere that will stick it’s nose in so the Lawyers can suck some blood.....
I do remember reading that there were lots of "out of policy" salaries being paid, mostly to alternative lifestyle types, not because they possessed some rare, exceptional, or needed abilities.
When I was in school, I heard the business school had to pay a cost accounting professor more than the department chairman, just to get that skill.
"They should have come to LegaZoom.com" - Robert L. Shaprio
I remember before the Chancellor died it was published that her partner got a job at UC Berkley as a professor earning $200,000 or more a year. Also I believe they both came from U of W in Seattle and her title at UC did not seem to conform to what she had done in her previous job. It was they sort of like they made up a job and title to fit her. As much as I dispise the SF Chronicle they did as excellent job exposing the waste and corruption at the UC system.
She/he has a strong resemblance to Kurt Russel’s sister...no?
As much as I dispise the SF Chronicle they did as excellent job exposing the waste and corruption at the UC system.
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BumP that!
I need to leave soon and cannot look it up, but as I recall there were numerous accusations. The one I do recall specifically was a large expense for “landscaping improvements” seems that it was in excess of $100,000.
Also they paid for her house (rent) and living expenses, enough for her and her partner.
I believe the investigation into those accusations was the trigger point in her suicide.
Oops. Or it could be that Denton took a header 'cause of her.
You are aware that it's a hate crime to even think those kinds of thoughts, aren't you?
i was thinking a heavier Patrick Swayze...
Other pics of her though may her look far worse then that one.
Found this article: Lesbian Partner hired as part of recruitment.
Confirms the 'housing allowance', but not the 'Landscaping improvements.'
Oh yeah Kurt Russell...
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She’s still an ugly lesbian.
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