Succession wars: how relatives divided the property of famous artists after their death
'28.11.2020'
Source: Culturology
When famous people pass away, they leave behind a rich artistic heritage. However, after them there are also material benefits: apartments and houses, money and jewelry. Sometimes even a will left behind cannot protect the heirs of celebrities from litigation, and even those that a famous person might not have known about during his lifetime begin to claim the inheritance. Culturology.
After the death of these beloved by millions of artists, their relatives launched real wars of succession. Thus, the benefits acquired by actors and singers could fall into the hands of people who did not even communicate with them during their lifetime.
Lyudmila Gurchenko
The relationship of the daughter of the actress, Maria Koroleva, with her mother has always been difficult, and the stumbling block was the girl's unwillingness to correspond to the status of her star mother. Mary grew up and decided to live according to her desires and principles. She married early, and after the birth of two children, she settled with her family in a small apartment that she inherited from her grandmother. However, Lyudmila Gurchenko seized part of the apartment from Maria, proving that it was she who acquired it in due time. After that, the daughter broke off any relationship with her mother, but shortly before the actress left, the mother and daughter nevertheless resumed communication.
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After the death of Lyudmila Markovna, her country house and car went to Maria Koroleva, and the last husband of Gurchenko, Sergei Senin, inherited the Moscow apartment. Maria did not agree with this and began to apply for an apartment. Her claims were not satisfied, but Maria Koroleva managed to take some of her mother's things. A few years later, Maria herself unexpectedly died, and the granddaughter of Lyudmila Gurchenko became her heir.
Nonna Mordyukova
The actress, who died more than 12 years ago, made a will in favor of her sister Natalia Kataeva. But a couple of years ago, new relatives of the popularly beloved actress began to appear, who declared their rights to the inheritance of Nonna Viktorovna. The common-law wife of the nephew of the actress and the son of Natalya Kataeva herself, the nephew of Yevgeny himself, the grand-niece of Mordyukova, together with her mother, the ex-wife of the same Yevgeny. The sister of the actress did not start litigation and simply divided a three-room apartment in Moscow, giving one part to her grandson and granddaughter. True, the grand-niece unexpectedly needed to sell her part, and now Natalya Kataeva has to fear her relatives, who may well leave her homeless.
Alexander Porohovshchikov
Alexander Porokhovshchikov and his wife Irina, who died eight years ago, left no direct heirs, and their movable and immovable property was inherited, by court order, by Alexander's half-brother on his father's side. The actor himself has never met his "heir" Shalva Barabadze Jr.
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Three sisters did not agree with the court's decision, claiming that Porokhovshchikov's real father was their father, the second husband of Alexander's mother. True, the evidence of this was very weak: they showed a photograph of his father, in which the actor's mother allegedly wrote that he was the real father of her Sasha. But the court refused to take such confirmation of kinship into account, and did not give permission to exhume the actor's body for the purpose of DNA examination.
Lyudmila Zykina
The performer was truly popular and beloved. During her long creative life, Lyudmila Zykina was able to amass a solid fortune: an apartment in a house on Kotelnicheskaya embankment, a dacha in Arkhangelskoye, stunning collections of expensive stage costumes and jewelry.
As you know, the singer had no children, and she did not leave a will. As a result, three adult children of the singer's half-brother - Georgy, Sergey and Ekaterina - became the heirs. After the appearance of other applicants for the inheritance, Sergei quickly sold the apartment and jewelry, and he disappeared, having previously announced the theft of money. But the remaining relatives intend to receive from Sergei a part of the funds due to them through the court.
Alexey Batalov
More than three years have passed since the death of Alexei Batalov, but in September 2020, the widow and daughter of a famous actor found themselves at the center of an inheritance scandal. It seemed that Aleksey Vladimirovich had provided everything so that his loved ones did not need anything after his departure, having drawn up a will in favor of his daughter, Maria Batalova, who suffers from cerebral palsy since birth. But the widow of the actor Gitan Leontenko and his daughter accuse the lawyer Mikhail Tsivin and his wife Natalia Drozhzhina of taking possession of part of the inheritance.
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Some of the real estate suddenly ended up in the hands of those whom the actor's family considered their friends. The actor's widow and daughter claim that the lawyer and his wife were deceived by the signatures on the general power of attorney from Maria and the life annuity agreement from Gitana Leontenko, taking advantage of the fact that the wife and daughter of Alexei Batalov were shocked by the loss of her husband and father. Now Maria Batalova and Gitana Leontenko are trying to restore their property rights through the courts.
Oleg Yakovlev
A scandal also erupted after the departure of the soloist of the Ivanushki International group. In the will of his heirs, the performer indicated his niece, giving her most of the real estate he had, and a friend who received the singer's Moscow apartment. However, Alexandra Kutsevol, the girl of the executor, tried to challenge the will, who presented documents on a marriage allegedly concluded in Montenegro as her right to inheritance. Oleg Yakovlev's niece and friend claimed that all the papers were forged.
The common-law wife of the performer, as she called herself, did not intend to leave the apartment for which she claimed, and settled her own relatives in it. As a result, none of the heirs got the apartment. It turned out that it was acquired with a mortgage that remained unpaid after the death of the singer. Lengthy proceedings led to the formation of a debt of five million rubles and the bank simply took its property.
