Bobbi Kristina Inheritance Payments Challenged By Whitney Houston's Trustees To Protect Star's Daughter

The Jacksons aren’t the only celebrity family who are taking legal action in an attempt to restructure the estate of a late icon. In recent weeks it has been reported that Whitney Houston’s family have filed a petition as executors of the Pop star’s estate against Bobbi Kristina Brown.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the singer’s mother Cissy Houston and sister-in-law/business manager, Marion Houston are seeking to revise Brown’s inheritance payments citing that she “is a highly visible target for those who would exert undue influence over her inheritance and/or seek to benefit from respondent's resources and celebrity." In addition, the petition also revealed;

the trust's "spendthrift provision" were set up to "provide for the proper maintenance and comfort of the respondent, and to prevent the wasting of trust assets."

The news comes just weeks before the premiere of the family’s new Lifetime reality show aptly titled, The Houstons, and following a string of events between Brown and her rumored boyfriend and adoptive brother, Nick Gordon, who most recently tweeted a photo of himself toting a black hand gun.

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Comments

[Rolandd]

03:30 PM on 10/05/2012

I think Whitney's Mom and daughter would be find if this so call aunt would butt out. She seems to be always in places that an in law aunt shouldn't be. It seems to me that she's trying everything she can to have some kind of control over Bobbie Kristina and her money. Look at the picture it's like she has push everyone else including the grandmother out the picture and she's posing as if she's trying to take the place of Whitney. I don't understand her trying to have so much to say about Bobbie Kristina when she has a daughter of her own around Bobbie Kristina's age. I would think she would be spending more time with her. I notice that in the interview that Kristina did with Oprah. The way she acted you would have thought she was Whitney. It seems as though she was in every interview even the interview that Kristina was suppose to be doing alone with Oprah. I could be wrong but it seems to me that she is trying everything to take the place of Whitney in everyway she make it like this is her time to shine. I also think that the only reason that Cissy is trying to get control of Kristina's money is because of the aunt-in law. Remember it's Grandmother (who is old) and aunt-in-law; not her uncles (Whitney's two brothers).There is something wrong with this picture.

[gwntray]

08:41 PM on 10/04/2012

What is there to challenge. Bobbie Kristina is her daughter now the rest of you go get some jobs and leave her money alone!

[Mumngigi]

01:21 PM on 10/04/2012

I used to wonder how Whitney's family let her do that awful and demeaning show with Bobby Brown, I no longer wonder.

[Patrice Stevens]

12:52 PM on 10/04/2012

Presently the estate is valued at 20 million dollars. She is set to recieve 10% of that at age 21. So she will get 2 million Dollars when she turns 21. At the end of the day, that is not a lot of money. If managed well she can turn it into a lot of money but only if she hooks up with a good financial advisor and business manager. Someone outside of the family. When she turns 25 I think she gets another 10% and the remainder at age 30. I understand what they are trying to do, but I think they should back off and let her find her own way. If she is going to go down the wrong path, she is going to go down that path with or without the money.

[KeepNIt2Real]

12:43 PM on 10/04/2012

You all had better open up your eyes and realize there are mechanics behind this machine. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with Whitney's mom as much as it does those who wanted Whitney out of the way. Trust me, the highers in all this would love to see another disaster come their way at the expense of making money of this girl. Just like mother, just like daughter. Oh, it makes for a great VH1 story. And there is going to be someone right there to capture it all. Grandma, protect your grandbaby form the wolves.

[proudlyliberal23]

10:11 AM on 10/04/2012

The family is not trying to get her money. They have their own. they are trying to save Bobbi Christina from herself. They lost Whitney and im sure it breaks the grandmothers heart to see Bobbi Christina go down the same path.

this is sad.

[CLDebeers]

08:45 PM on 10/03/2012

As usual..its all about the money.

[DiamondInTheRaw2]

12:27 PM on 10/03/2012

My one questionis who is going to check the checker?

[AbrasivelyYours]

12:01 PM on 10/03/2012

She is heading down the wrong path and it's only going to get worst.

[AJCAVReport]

11:30 AM on 10/03/2012

Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble. Food4Thought!
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[SOHOROCKS66]

10:56 AM on 10/03/2012

Okay, anyone who paid even half attention to Whitney Houston knows did NOT want her mother or any of her relatives interferring in her personal or professional business and that includes even AFTER she had passed on.

But, as in the case of Michael Jackson, intrusive jealous hearted relatives will try and meddle in their highly and far more successful deceased relatives affairs with the tenacity of a raging bull in a china shop.

We now have a good idea that despite her long ability to project a glamorous and well mannered exterior that behind the scenes Whitney was a out of control party girl driven by personal insecurities and demons. In other words, she was a normal human being but more stressed because of her superstar status and unrelenting media attention.

So, as I see it, and has Whitney's last will and testament attests, she wanted her daughter to be the captain of her inherited ship and all the $$$ that comes with it. Whitney was too close to Bobbi Kristina not to know her daughter, like many teens her age, thrive on bad behavior and making wrong decisions. However, it seems Whitney did not give a damn about that and wanted Bobbi Kristina to live life on her own terms. That said, Cissy and the rest of the Houston and in-law clan need to step off and sit their a**es down somewhere.

[daniele7ster]

02:51 PM on 10/03/2012

They just don't want her to snort it away. She'll thank them later when she never has to work a day in her life, take the bus or shop at the 99-cents store. TRUST.

[SOHOROCKS66]

11:03 PM on 10/03/2012

Sorry daniel7ster, I DON"T TRUST...I say honor the prior expressed wishes of the dead and lecture the living hard heads once, maybe twice but then let 'em learn the hard way. 'Nuff said!

[jumbo247]

02:52 PM on 10/03/2012

No! They are doing the right thing to protect her and the assets she is poised to inherit. That said, at her age she has no clue. Hopefully they will be able to be successful in this aspect of her life. She is young and easily influenced by all that is wrong in this world. Grandma is doing what is right...in the best interest of Bobbi Kristina. GO GRANDMA!

[SOHOROCKS66]

11:21 PM on 10/03/2012

Grandma is NOT abiding by Whitney's wishes. Grandma and Whitney were not on the best of terms for quite a few years before Whitney died. Whitney probably never forgave them for trying to stage that intervention. Whitney and her father were a lot closer personally and financially. If you ask me Granmdma Cissy and the gang is got an axe to grind. Yeah GO GRANDMA...and sit yo behind DOWN!

[MsDixon]

09:31 AM on 10/03/2012

This seems like a good idea, and while they are at it, the executors should place Bobbi Kristina under the conservatorship of her grandmother Cissy Houston for a long time, as is the case with Britney Spears. Pat and Gary Houston obviously are not the best guardians, despite the rationalizations they offered on the Oprah show shortly after Whitney Houston's death; look at what happened to Whitney under their management. If Cissy Houston had taken control of her daughter's affairs, as Jamie Spears has done, when Whitney started to spiral out of control, perhaps Whitney would be alive today. Fame, wealth, immaturity, and instability or mental illness are a lethal combination; add substance abuse and poor relationship choices and wait for a tragedy. I loved Whitney Houston as if she were a family member and wanted her to get better, but she was very troubled and therefore could not provide Bobbi Kristina with a stable upbringing, it seems. And if left to her own devices, Bobbi Kristina will probably hurt herself or get hurt without such an intervention, as Mrs. Houston is trying to put in place.

[SOHOROCKS66]

11:35 PM on 10/03/2012

This seems like a good idea, and while they are at it, the executors should place Bobbi Kristina under the conservatorship of her grandmother Cissy Houston for a long time, as is the case with Britney Spears..." Ms. Dixon

Brittany Spears and Bobbi Kristina are oranges and apples. Brittany showed definite signs of mental instability and commited bad acts which got her in trouble with the civil/family court while Bobbi Kristina has yet to cross the line from rumored bad behavior to actual and documented transgressions. Until then, Grandma and Cissy ain't got a prayer of getting the judge to change the will.

[MsDixon]

07:54 AM on 10/06/2012

You're probably right about the improbability of changing the will, which is a shame. And if repeated attempts, in the past of course, to commit suicide--slitting wrists, I think--do not qualify as "bad acts," in your words, or instability, not to mention obvious substance abuse and auto accidents while fighting with the BF, then I don't know what crossing the line means anymore. I'm sure Mrs. Houston wants the best for Bobbi Kristina, but she just might need to give up hope that she can do anything about intervening in that poor kid's life. She couldn't stop Whitney from self-destructing and, sadly, she won't stop Bobbi Kristina Brown.  

[T-Sizzle]

08:59 AM on 10/03/2012

Just saw the documentary "Broke". It's about athletes who make millions at a very young age but are bankrupt by 40. A combination of extravagant spending, entourage leeches, an inability to say no to yourself and others and shady financial advisors lead most to their financial demise. Throw in addiction (drugs, alcohol, gambling) and poof, millions are squandered. If Bobbi is headed down that path someone needs to intervene for her own good. It's not like she'll ever have her mother's earning power so once it's gone, it's gone.

[wkingsolomon77]

09:41 AM on 10/03/2012

it is all in vain anyway

[anishinabe65]

08:58 AM on 10/03/2012

I have to agree with this . It would be in the best interests for BobbiK's future. She is too young to responsibly manage money especially given the fact, and to my knowledge, she has not worked or attempted to further her education. Also given her genetics substance abuse is a very real possibilty. Let Nana Crissy take care of things until she gains some maturity. She will still be well provided for.

[BiggpussJr]

08:36 AM on 10/03/2012

She will be broke in 5 years.

[wkingsolomon77]

09:38 AM on 10/03/2012

HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

[BiggpussJr]

12:48 PM on 10/03/2012

It doesnt matter. When her brother/boyfriend gets done it will be gone.

[wkingsolomon77]

09:41 AM on 10/03/2012

we might not be talking about as much money as u think

[BiggpussJr]

10:06 AM on 10/03/2012

Ok 2 years then.

[Fallconcrest]

09:07 PM on 10/03/2012

wkingsolomon77,

There is a considerable sum to deal with, of which I am not sure the Houston Clan is capable of handling Whitney's estate either.

The initial sum of the estate that is in probate is $18 million, two houses in New Jersey, a condo in Atlanta, plus whatever revenues that have come into play since her passing as a result of whatever procceeds that could be attributed to the records/cds sold. Knowing that she did not write these songs, I am told a portion of their sales will be sent to her estate. I could be wrong about the recordings.