Heath Ledger's Family Feuds Over His Estate

People:

Heath Ledger's uncles are speaking out against his father Kim's handling of the actor's assets, saying Kim has a bad track record of estate management.

Ledger's father so mishandled the management of their grandfather's estate 15 years ago in Australia that Kim was removed as executor, the uncles claim.

"It plunged into enormous debt," Mike Ledger, one of Kim's brothers, tells PEOPLE.

Heath died in January at age 28 of an accidental mixture of prescription drugs - leaving behind a daughter, Matilda, by his ex, actress Michelle Williams. His will, written before his relationship with Williams, leaves everything to his parents and sisters.

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Comments

[GQTaste]

I told some of you that this would happen.

[tkondaks]

What does the law say about wills written before offspring were born?
I would assume there is either case law or statutues in the jurisdiction that governs Ledger's will (New York State where he died? Australia?) that address this question and that children have top priority, even over written wills.

[Wayne76]

Well OF COURSE his estate is being feuded over. Isn't that the purpose of HAVING an estate? So relatives can come out of the woodwork when you're gone and tussle over it?