There was a time when you couldn’t click on the news without hearing about Anna Nicole Smith. Last week, a Texas judge, Judge Mike Wood, who has had the case on his docket for nearly two decades finally had enough: he wants out.
Twenty years. That’s about how long Anna Nicole Smith (and subsequently, her estate) engaged the legal process to try and secure a portion of her husband’s estate. A federal judge has finally ruled in the matter – and the decision was not in favor of Anna Nicole and her family. As a tax and estates…
The woman who claims that she “never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back” may have to change her mind when it comes to Bernie Madoff. Zsa Zsa Gabor claims to have lost between $7-$10 million as part of Madoff’s scheme, leaving her with some substantial tax woes. The 92 year old actress…
You’d think that the rich and famous would actually put a little more thought into things like wills, taxes and probate. Or at least hire someone to think about it. But not our Anna. Let’s take her will for starters. I can’t even imagine why, when the possibility exists that Anna was worth millions, the…
The most recent news out of the Anna Nicole Smith camp is that her Will does not provide for anyone other than her now deceased son, Daniel. In fact, it specifically excludes afterborn children and future spouses. Of course, the wrench in all of this is that Daniel predeceased Anna Nicole, thus likely creating an…
Just hours after the news of Anna Nicole Smith’s suspicious death broke, there were already questions about the status of her deceased husband’s estate. The main query was whether the case could proceed. The short answer is yes, that absolutely it can proceed. In fact, the executor of her estate (who many people assume will…
In what will surely add another year of fodder to the gossip rags, the US Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Anna Nicole Smith (a/k/a Vicki Lynn Marshall) will be allowed to present her case again (and likely, again and again) in federal court in an effort to retrieve hundreds of millions of dollars from…
Oh, it’s almost too easy… There’s just so much to report about Anna Nicole and the ironies of her appearing at a Supreme Court hearing… And in front of Justice Thomas? But I digress (yes, at the start). As previously reported, Anna Nicole Smith is headed to the United States Supreme Court for a hearing…
In addition to the highly publicized case of Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy Playmate, who is battling for her late husband’s fortunes at the US Supreme Court, previously blogged about here, Texas probate courts are in the spotlight once again. This time, the case revolves around Lillian Glasser, a New Jersey socialite, and her fortune….
Apparently doesn’t stay in Texas, but clearly has Texan ties… In what can only be described as an interesting pairing, the Bush administration is backing Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy playmate, in her fight over her late husband’s assets. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court granted cert to Anna Nicole (admit it, you can’t…