Alan Thicke's Widow Gets Greedy; she's trying to cut out Alan Thicke's kids from the will and take it all for herself even though she signed a pre-nup and her and Alan didn't have any kids together! She's being left $16 million but whining that isn't enough! Hell, give me one of those millions and I won't complain! I'd move out of Beverly Hills and live a good life elsewhere!

Alan Thicke's Sons Claim His Wife Threatened Them With Bad Press to Get More of His Estate

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The actor's children say they have no choice but to protect their father's legacy from the "avarice and overreaching" of his third wife.

America's dearly departed favorite dad Alan Thicke is at the center of what is shaping up to be a dramatic family fight, as his two oldest sons are taking his wife to court over his estate.
Brennan and Robin Thicke are co-trustees of Thicke's living trust. They say they've been left with no choice but to file a petition in order to "honor the memory of their father, protect his legacy, and prevent his testamentary intentions from being undermined by avarice and overreaching of his third wife, Tanya Callau."
Thicke died suddenly in December at age 69, after his aorta ruptured while playing hockey with his son Carter.
The older sons claim their father acquired the vast majority of his wealth long before meeting Callau, who signed a prenuptial agreement ahead of their 2005 marriage.
In the trust, Thicke left each of his three children equal shares of a Carpinteria ranch, 75 percent of his personal effects and 60 percent of his remaining estate, according to the petition. He left Callau the ranch's furnishings, 25 percent of his personal effects, a $500,000 life insurance policy, all of his death benefits from pensions and union memberships and 40 percent of his remaining estate. He also provided that she could live at the ranch, as long as she paid for its expenses and maintained the property.
Now, Thicke's sons claim Callau is insisting that the prenup she signed is invalid.
According to the petition filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Thicke updated his trust from time to time, and the most recent iteration was signed in February 2016. It designated his brother Todd as the trustee, and left the estate in the hands of his children if Todd declined the role — which he did. Brennan and Robin say Callau made no complaints about the prenuptial agreement or the estate plan at that time.
"Now that Alan is dead, Tanya claims there are numerous problems with the Trust and the Prenuptial Agreement," writes attorney Alex Weingarten in the petition. "Tanya asserts that there is no chance the 'Prenup' could withstand legal challenge and that she has very significant community rights in the Trust’s assets and rights of reimbursement with respect to improvements to the Ranch. Tanya also claims 'Marvin rights' asserting that she had to forgo opportunities to pursue and advance her own career in order to support Alan and be his companion and partner, including raising Carter."
Weingarten also claims Thicke's wife has "threatened to make her claims fodder for 'tabloid publicity' unless the Co-Trustees agreed to participate in a mediation and succumb to her demands."
The Thickes are asking the court for instructions concerning the extent to which the Trust's property is the actor's separate property and whether Callau's challenge to the prenup is barred because she waived her community property rights when signing it.
"My clients made every effort to resolve this without the need for going to court," Weingarten tells The Hollywood Reporter. "The only thing they care about is protecting the legacy of their father and honoring his intentions. That is exactly what we are going to do."
The widow's attorney Adam Streisand sent THR a statement Tuesday evening. "Tanya Thicke has never threatened to take private family matters public and she never has," he says. "It is clear that Alan’s sons have chosen this distasteful public smear tactic to bully Tanya, by stirring up the tabloid media, filing a bogus lawsuit, and refusing family mediation. Tanya is still grieving the death of her beloved husband and out of respect for Alan’s memory intends to handle his son’s false statements privately."
May 16, 6:00 p.m. Updated with a statement from Tanya Callau Thicke's attorney.