From Page Six.."An insider said, "Michelle is furious with Heath's family and threatening to boycott the premiere. Matilda is supposed to be the beneficiary of the will, but Michelle has seen nothing from them. Heath didn't have much in cash, but there was a big house in LA and a back-end deal for 'Dark Knight' [that] could reap millions." Ledger's will, made out in 2003 before Matilda was born, left everything to his father, mother and sisters. But Matilda is now considered the beneficiary, and Kim is the executor. Williams fears that by the time Matilda reaches 18 and can cash in on her inheritance, nothing will be left."
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Ukkkkk, I'm closer to this story than I ever wanted to be, as you can imagine. It is MY job to protect everything Lissa has left from her father. I feel bad reading this stuff. I feel bad that Michelle is worried, I feel bad that the old man can't lay down his pride, admit he's not some big investor genius and put the money in a trust for Matilda. I feel bad for people who know such grief and then have to deal with this monetary worry. I feel bad that Heath Ledger died. I feel worse that my son died shortly after. I feel bad and stupid that I type the first things I think. Mr. Ledger, please give Matilda the money and be done with it.
Ukkkkk, I'm closer to this story than I ever wanted to be, as you can imagine. It is MY job to protect everything Lissa has left from her father. I feel bad reading this stuff. I feel bad that Michelle is worried, I feel bad that the old man can't lay down his pride, admit he's not some big investor genius and put the money in a trust for Matilda. I feel bad for people who know such grief and then have to deal with this monetary worry. I feel bad that Heath Ledger died. I feel worse that my son died shortly after. I feel bad and stupid that I type the first things I think. Mr. Ledger, please give Matilda the money and be done with it.
12 comments:
It is a shame that Leath didn't look after this while he was alive. It doesn't take much to change a will but I know not something that we think about quite often until after the fact.
It is a shame DD that they aren't thinking of Matilda in all this. They KNEW he loved his daughter and would want to care for her. I am sure he loved his parents too, but they are in a different place then Matilda is and they should do the proper thing.
Maybe there is a way all concerned will be happy - I hope so.
Crystal
I only wish people knew how important it is to have a will no matter what you have or how old you are. I only wish I could tell people to MAKE A WILL. Now.
when it comes to money and a death in the family, the knives come out and nobody's back is safe! Not even and maybe even especially a childs!
i saw this one coming!
Re: DD
"I only wish I could tell people to MAKE A WILL. Now."
DD you just did!!
No kidding, it is sooo important. My hubby and I went about 5 years ago just before we entered our 50's. Should have been done long before that though, especially as we had a child, but it's true, you hardly ever think about it when your pretty young. Though it was a very strange, surreal experience I'm so glad it's done. We not only did that but signed all the other papers if he or I should become unable to make decisions then the other takes over, if it's both, (heaven forbid) we also designated who will be in charge of us. It was a relief to get that all done and out of the way and to protect not only our child but ourselves and to make our own decisions as to what will happen when we pass. I recommend it to everybody, even if you're young and especially if you have children.
Susan
Absolutly, make a will! none of us know whats going to happen & a will is the responsible thing to do. Besides don't count on your family or bff for your wishes being carried out if your incapaciated (sp?) or die. Everybody always thinks they know what someone would want, how they would like things done or who gets what etc and the truth is no one can really know what you want if you don't tell them!
Protect yourself, your kids and lessen the greif and hassels friends and family will have to see get done and make your wishes known.
10:26 gotit right to, the nicest of families go straight to hell when money is involved even if its only a little, everyone feels entitled!
i am so sorry about your son. i did not know....keep the faith (whatever that means)
If you feel bad, then why even post this?
I must admit we didn't make a will till our son was born and we didn't so much do it for the money value, but we wanted to make sure if anything happened to us, we wanted to stipulate who raised him and he wasn't taken away by the Court system.
Maybe Leath never thought of it because Matilda was with Michelle, but it still baffles my mind it wasn't suggested to him by his agents or anyone once Matilda was born.
crystal
Crystal, who's Leath?
oh that would be Heath's twin brother lol - ok I made a mistake but I think you got the drift of it all
crystal
I'd like to add my two cents;
Please people... if you haven't already-- please take care of your financial affairs. It doesn't matter HOW old you "aren't", we never know when our time is up.
Frankly, I don't think a simple "will" is enough. It's not in California, that's for sure. Unless you want your heirs to spend about 2 years and thousands of dollars dealing with probate issues, you need a Living TRUST.
I married a man with 3 adult children 15 years ago. No children of my own, and no relatives worth a tinker's damn, but I'm fairly-close to his kids and they've given us 6 beautiful grandkids.
He's always had a "will", and after we married he had me included for a share of his assets-- we thought it was enough.
Then a few years ago his mother died leaving a simple "will". He was the only child and only "heir". Should be a cinch, right? Oh god... She left a tangled nightmare of complicated financial issues that required our immediate attention. The mess dragged on for a year and a half and cost us a small fortune to sort out. To say nothing of the fact that since we had to deal with it all right away, it interrupted the grieving process. I can't tell you how many times we wanted to just walk away from it all but didn't because we wanted to see the lion's share of her assets given to the kids/grandkids.
We wasted no time in having an attorney that specialized in "Wills and Trusts" come to our home and set everything up. (it's generally not a good idea to "DIY") Can't afford it? You can't afford *not* to do it.
We then sat the whole family down and explained everything... including the distribution of assets (even split) With a little luck, they'll avoid any nasty family squabbling over the financials.
We sleep easier in the knowledge that whenever one (or both) of us go, the "technicalities" will be taken care of... effortlessly. We love them far too much to put them through the hell we went through.
While we were at it, we decided to care of our "final arrangements"-- every aspect of them. I hated being confronted with my mortality in such a way, but it's better to make advance-need arrangements rather than have your survivors *possibly* get ripped off by unscrupulous funeral directors or be faced with difficult/painful decisions.
Well, that's about it. I hope I can help to convince just one person out there of the importance of facing up to this "necessary unpleasantness".
Best of Luck and good wishes, all.
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