Campbell Children Seek Estate Delay

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Charging that the schedule set for a challenge to the late Glen Campbell's will is unattainable, Campbell's three disinherited children are seeking an emergency hearing to challenge that timetable.
In a four-page filing in Davidson Probate Court, Kelli, William and Wesley Campbell also said that one of the items mandated in the schedule is not even required under Tennessee law.
The three children are challenging the will filed last year by the late singer's widow, Kimberly. That will specifcally excludes the three from any inheritance and earmarks the estate assets to Kimberly and her five other children.
As the latest filing relates, the scheduling order issued last week by Probate Judge David "Randy" Kennedy gave the contesting children just three days to file a formal complaint detailing the basis for their challenge.
Christopher Fowler, representing the three challengers, responded by stating that he and his clients "believed in good faith," that all deadlines were halted pending the motion for a status conference scheduled for Sept. 14.
The filing asks Kennedy to provide "a minimum time" for the preparation of a formal complaint. The filing also repeats the contention that state law does not even require those contesting a will to file a formal complaint.
Kennedy has already stated that the challenge is based on the question of Campbell's competency and charges of undue influence.
The challengers also indicated that if Kennedy does not grant further time, they may pursue an immediate appeal to a higher court.
Campbell died on Aug. 8 of last year following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Under the schedule issued last week by Kennedy the trial on the will contest would be held on April 14 of next year. His order followed the recommendations of Kimberly Campbell. The contestants suggested a schedule with a trial in late 2019.
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