Priscilla Presley Challenges Validity Of Late Daughter Lisa Marie’s Will
deadline.comActress Priscilla Presley has filed a petition to challenge the validity of her late daughter Lisa Marie Presley’s will. Lisa Marie died on January 12 at age 54 after suffering cardiac arrest.
Her mother’s legal action disputes a 2016 amendment to Lisa Marie’s will that excised Priscilla as trustee of the estate. However, Priscilla Presley’s lawyers argue that the document misspelled her name and bears a signature that “appears inconsistent with (Lisa Marie’s) usual and customary signature,” according to multiple media reports.
In the filing to the Los Angeles Superior Court last Thursday, Priscilla Presley’s attorneys said she only became aware of the “purported 2016 amendment” after Lisa Marie’s death.
Lawyers also contend the amendment was never delivered to their client during Lisa Marie’s lifetime, “as required by the express terms of the trust,” and that the document was neither witnessed nor notarized.
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