Glen Campbell Will Excludes Three Children

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Famed singer Glen Campbell, who died in the final stages of Alzheimer's Disease earlier this year, specifically excluded three of his children from benefiting from his estate, according to records filed in Davidson Probate Court in Nashville, Tenn.
The 13-page will, which was dated Sept. 1, 2006, excludes daughter Kelli and sons William and Wesley from any direct benefit from his estate.
Stating that he was "specifically excluding" the three children from receiving anything under the will or a related trust, the filing names his wife Kimberly as executor
Campbell died on Aug. 8 shortly after his wife disclosed he was in the final stages of Alzheimer's Disease. Campbell, who was 81 at the time of his death, was first diagnosed with Alzheimer's in August of 2011.
According to the court filings, Campbell's five other children are Debra Cloyd, Dillon, Nicklaus, Shannon and Ashley Campbell.
Campbell had three children with Kimberly and the others by prior marriages.
A hearing on the will is scheduled for Jan. 18 before Davidson Probate Judge David "Randy" Kennedy.
The filing sets the stage for what is likely to be a lengthy court battle between factions of the Campbell family over what is estimated to be a $50 million or more estate. In fact the battle already was engaged when efforts were initiated to place Campbell was placed in a conservatorship. 
Under the will one half of Kimberly's bequest will go to the family trust. The petition states that while Campbell owned no real estate in Nashville, he does have holdings elsewhere.
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Fees Charged to Woman Who Fought Conservatorship

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

A Nashville judge has ordered a woman to pay over $20,000 in legal fees from a conservatorship that she heatedly opposed.
In two separate orders Davidson Probate Judge David "Randy" Kennedy ordered Reba Sherrill of Sumner County to pay the fees requested by her court appointed conservator and another lawyer who was charged with investigating her case.
Sherrill was placed in the conservatorship on a petition originally filed by lawyers for the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she was a patient at the time.
Under Kennedy's order Sherrill or her new conservator, her brother, must pay $7,605 to Corletra Mance, who served as guardian ad litem, and $12,500 to Cathryn Armistead, who served as conservator.
Kennedy did reduce Armistead's original fee request of $13,468, but his order did not specify which items he reduced or eliminated. Her original bill included a $437.50 item for a 2.5 hour shopping trip to pick up shampoo and soap for Sherrill. She also billed $297.50 to make a trip to Regions Bank to check on an account balance and open an account for the conservatorship
Armistead billed at the rate of $175 an hour. She was eventually replaced as conservator by Sherrill's brother. Mance billed $150 an hour for her services.
In similar cases in Kennedy's court, legal fees have often been charged to the original petitioner, in this case Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt, however, was dismissed from the case several weeks ago.
Sherrill stated earlier that she did not believe she should be liable for the legal fees for a conservatorship that was unnecessary to begin with.
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