# Anna Nicoles will--where to probate?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicoles-will-where-to-probate/392233>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 14, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicoles-will-where-to-probate/392233 "2007-02-14T18:37:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicoles-will-where-to-probate/392233/21 "2007-02-18T20:13:23Z")

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Interesting.

That will is 6 years old, and several legally important events have happened since then:[ul]  
[li]she got married.[/li][li]she had another child.[/li][li]her minor child (and sole heir) reached legal age.[/li][li]her minor child (and sole heir) died.[/li][/ul]

Yet no new will was written to cover any of these events. And it wouldn’t have been hard; her lawyer (now husband) was right there with her all the time. Surely they could have written up a new will. As a lawyer, he should have been aware of the importance of this. Is there a reason this lawyer-husband didn’t make sure she had a current will?

As it is, her will is pretty much irrelevant; it leaves everything to her son, who predeceased her. She might as well not have a will at all.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicoles-will-where-to-probate/392233/22 "2007-02-18T20:27:55Z")

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Howard K. Stern was not her husband; they never legally married. They had a “commitment ceremony”.

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