Simon widow’s attorneys want judge to step down
Attorneys for Bren Simon turned their ire toward a Hamilton County judge on Tuesday, asking him to recuse himself from a legal battle over real estate magnate Melvin Simon's $2 billion estate.
Attorneys for Bren Simon turned their ire toward a Hamilton County judge on Tuesday, asking him to recuse himself from a legal battle over real estate magnate Melvin Simon's $2 billion estate.
A Hamilton County judge will allow Bren Simon to take about $3.3 million per year of the estimated $43 million in annual dividend and interest income from her late husband's estate.
The battle over the estate of Melvin Simon has thrown a spotlight on a New Jersey development project that, by itself, has
made many Simon family members multi-millionaires.
Hamilton County Judge William J. Hughes said it's clear that all the parties involved in a series of
disputes surrounding
late mall billionaire Melvin Simon's estate need to "sit across the table from each other and try to work things
out."
The first few months of 2009 were not an easy time to be CEO of Simon Property Group Inc. David Simon was feeling pressure
from shareholders, lenders, employees and family members.
A Hamilton County judge has ordered a halt to distributions from the estate of the late Melvin Simon to his widow Bren or
any other beneficiary without the court's approval.
Lawyers for Bren Simon’s stepchildren contend she’s incapable of serving as trustee of her late husband’s estate and should
be removed. A Hamilton Superior Court judge took the matter under advisement and will rule at a later date.
A judge is scheduled to hear final arguments Thursday over whether Bren
Simon should remain as trustee for her late husband's roughly $2 billion estate. A video deposition has provided a glimpse
into ugly family conflicts.
Attorneys for Bren Simon argued Friday she has served capably to date as executor of the estate of her late husband, Melvin
Simon, as shown in a series of moves she made to transfer his stake in the Indiana Pacers.
In a deposition aired during an estate hearing, Bren Simon described her stepchildren as spoiled, vicious and hurtful,
and
said they refused to accept her as family during 37 years of marriage to late mall billionaire Melvin Simon.
Details of years of squabbling between family members of the shopping mall magnate Mel Simon have begun to emerge in a court
battle over the late billionaire's estate.
The longtime accounting firm for Simon family interests objected to subpoenas it received from Melvin Simon’s daughter
Deborah, saying the information
requested was far too broad.
Widow alleges in a new court filing that a former nurse aide for Melvin Simon stole a confidential medical
log and unlawfully
turned it over to attorneys representing one of Simon's children from a previous marriage.
Melvin Simon’s daughter Deborah is lashing out at her stepmother Bren in a new court filing, saying she was “mentally
and verbally abusive” toward the billionaire late in his life and kept him isolated from friends and family.
The 20,000-square-foot estate is in the ritzy neighborhood’s most prestigious area,
and boasts eight bedrooms and 16 bathrooms.
Judge William J. Hughes ruled Deborah Simon failed to make her claim with “sufficient specificity.”
The protective order will allow David Simon and Cynthia Simon-Skjodt access to records, even though they aren’t plaintiffs.
A Hamilton County judge says Mel Simon’s widow can’t cash in partnership units worth more than $500 million.
Parties disagreed over public disclosure in the first major court hearing in the dispute over how to divide the billionaire's
fortune.
Billionaire mall developer Melvin Simon wanted to leave the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis $10 million, but it
could be up to his widow, Bren Simon, whether to fulfill that wish.