Presley, 54, had helped oversee her late father’s estate before she died earlier in January after a cardiac arrest.ĭespite the legal wrangling, Priscilla Presley had denied any family rift in a February statement. When she died, she owned Elvis’ iconic Memphis, Tenn., mansion, Graceland, and retained ownership of her father’s costumes, cars, awards and other possessions, according to the mansion’s website. Lisa Marie Presley is survived by her three daughters, actor Riley Keough and twins Harper and Finley Lockwood, from two different ex-husbands. According to her filing, Priscilla Presley believed Siegel would resign as co-trustee, lining up Riley Keough as co-trustee alongside her.Īttorney Benny Roshan, chair of Greenberg Glusker’s trusts and probate litigation group, who is not a party to the case, praised the outcome, saying, “This should have and certainly could have happened before the petition was even filed.” Moreover, the document was never witnessed or notarized. However, Priscilla Presley questioned the authenticity of Lisa Marie Presley’s signature on the document, noting that the document misspelled Priscilla Presley’s name and that the amendment was never delivered to her during her daughter’s lifetime “as required by the express terms of the trust.” Priscilla Presley claims that the signature on Lisa Marie Presley’s will ‘appears inconsistent with her usual and customary signature.’ In her filing, she said the amendment stipulated that she and Siegel would be replaced by Lisa Marie’s eldest children, Riley Keough, 33, and Benjamin Keough - who died in 2020 at age 27.Įntertainment & Arts Priscilla Presley files petition questioning validity of Lisa Marie Presley’s will Priscilla Presley in January asked the court to determine the validity of the amendment. 12 in Los Angeles, her mother said she discovered an amendment to the will, dated March 11, 2016, that replaced them both as trustees upon her death. However, after Lisa Marie Presley died on Jan. In 1993, Lisa Marie Presley had appointed her mother and then business manager Barry Siegel as co-trustees of her trust. The deal brings to an end uncertainty over who will control the late Lisa Marie Presley’s will, the legacy of the Graceland Mansion and many of the King of Rock ’n’ Roll’s personal possessions. The lawyers also revealed that a second trust, which is the beneficiary of a large life insurance policy, also was part of the settlement. Keough’s attorney Justin Gold said his client is “very content with the settlement.” Lawyers for her other children appeared remotely. Representatives for Lisa Marie Presley’s daughter, Riley Keough, were present at the hearing.
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