Last month I blogged about famed tax evader Leona Helmsley's will, which left nothing to some of her grandkids and $12 million to her dog, Trouble. As Joanna Grossman explains over at FindLaw, it may not be that easy for Trouble to collect. If I ever leave the criminal defense field, I want to go work in will and estate law. It must be so fun for parties to argue over who gets money that neither one of them have ever actually possessed and some other dead person never wanted them to have.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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It's always the cats or the dogs who inherit the millions. But the chinchillas? Fuhgeddaboudit.
Actually (as the Findlaw piece points out), critters - dog, chinchilla, or otherwise - can't actually inherit anything, as they are property themselves. The money for Trouble is actually a trust set up for her benefit.
On the other hand, Mr. C, since you are nobody's critter (assuming Ms. Alba isn't returning your calls), you might be in a better legal position.
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