Pet Trust Dispute Lands In Georgia Court Room
Very few pet trusts have found their way into the court system.
This case could proved to be an interesting test of the validity of pet trust:
A fifty -three year old, terminally ill, woman set up a $1 million trust fund to care for her cats and dogs when she was gone.
When the deceased’s will was probated, a Georgia Probate Judge held that she was "unduly influenced" by a lawyer who made his girlfriend the largest beneficiary of the estate.
The will set up the million dollar trust fund to provide for the animals, however, it also bequeathed a home and seven acres of land to the lawyer's girlfriend.
The girlfriend was also to be paid $50,000 a year, plus additional fees, for taking care of the 50 cats and six dogs that were alive at the time of the owners death.
You will not be surprised to learn that the family of the owner of the pets who set up the trust, are challenging the validity of the will.
Stay tuned.
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