Campbell Estate Estimate Doubles

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

The estimated value of the estate of Glen Campbell has more than doubled but it is still well below early unofficial estimates.
In a report filed Thursday in Davidson Probate Court, Stanley B. Schneider, the interim administrator, put the new figure at $1.229 million, up from an earlier estimate of $410,221.
According to the four-page filing, the revised estimate includes a newly calculated estimate of $1.1 million in future royalty rights. Court records show that an outside expert was hired to compute that figure.
Schneider's report also includes three payments from Campbell's music interests from the time of his death on Aug. 8 of last year until April 20 of this year. Those payments from Seventh Son Music and Glen Campbell Music totaled $1,779.
In addition to the music payments, Schneider listed a $14,247 payment from an insurance claim for damage to a California property that has since been sold.
Other projected income includes $25,071 from Glen Campbell Music, $84,460 from Glen Campbell Enterprises and $9,637 from Seventh Son Music.
The estimated future value of Campbell's likeness and image is listed at $10,000.
A hearing has been scheduled for Dec. 13 on a motion to formally accept the will filed in the case by Campbell's widow, Kimberly.
A challenge to that will had been filed by three of Campbell's children, but that effort was recently dropped. The three, Kelli, Travis and Wesley Campbell, are specifically excluded from any inheritance under the 2006 will filed by Kimberly.
The $410,221 estimate of the estate's value was filed in April.

2nd Lawyer Drops Campbell Will Challenge.

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Citing unforeseen ethical concerns, the lawyer representing the three disinherited children of the late singer Glenn Campbell is asking the court to approve his withdrawal from the case.
In a motion filed today in Davidson Probate Court, David Callahan, who had signed on to represent the three after their first attorney bowed out, said an unforeseen ethical issue was forcing his withdrawal.
As Callahan's motion indicates that leaves little time for Travis, Kelli and Wesley Campbell to find another attorney before impending deadlines set by Probate Judge David "Randy" Kennedy.
Callahan did not detail the conflict but said he only recently learned of it.
The original attorney for the three, Christopher Fowler, withdrew in September for unspecified reasons.
The three Campbell children have filed notice that they intend to challenge Campbell's competency to approve the will filed last year by his widow Kimberly. They also have raised an "undue influence" challenge.
Callahan stated in his motion that he was unaware of the "present ethical conundrum" when he agreed to take the case.
While Kennedy approved Fowler's withdrawal from the case, he also has set a series of deadlines and set an April 14, 2019 trial date.
The 2006 will filed by Kimberly Campbell names her as executor and specifically bars the three from any benefit from his estate.
Campbell died in August of last year following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. The 2016 will now under challenge names Kimberly and his five other children as beneficiaries.
In an order issued in late August, Kennedy set a series of deadlines for discovery, including the taking of depositions.
In seeking to withdraw, Callahan said that even if they were to schedule depositions every day in November they could not meet the current deadlines.'
The motion states that information filed for the estate shows that some 31 witnesses must be deposed and information gathered from seven facilities where Campbell received treatment.
The health facilities, like the witnesses "are scattered across the United States from Los Angeles to Nashville," Callahan's three page motion states.
"It would work extreme hardship on them if they are required to forego key witness depositions simply due to the lack of time," the motion concludes.

$1.3 Million in Campbell Estate Claims Challenged

By Walter F. Roche Jr

A recently appointed administrator in the estate of singer Glen Campbell is disputing more than $1.3 million in claims filed by his widow Kimberly.
In a series of filings in Davidson Probate Court, Blaine H. Smith has challenged five separate claims filed by Kimberly Campbell, who is also the administrator of the estate. The items challenged include funds spent to place Campbell in an assisted living facility in the months before his Aug. 17, 2017 death.
Smith was appointed in September by Probate Court Judge David Randy Kennedy as a special administrator to review the five claims submitted by Kimberly Campbell since the estate was opened in 2017.
Among the claims Smith deemed to be defective was a $330,609.93 filing for medical expenses for Campbell who died following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. The largest single claim challenged was for $506,380.93.
A $301,408 claim, also disputed, seeks reimbursement to payoff a mortgage held on a property owned in California. The property has since been sold.
Smith said that one of the claims Kimberly filed was for a $175,771 payment made from a joint checking account with her husband. As a result Smith stated that she might be eligible for partial reimbursement, but not the entire amount.
Another claim, Smith's motion stated, appeared to be inconsistent with a spreadsheet submitted to justify the claim.
Other objections included claims for unspecified items charged to a credit card "with no particularity."
In other recent action in the estate, a new lawyer, David J. Callahan of Nashville, has entered an appearance for three of Campbell's children who are disputing the will filed by Kimberly. That will specifically excludes the three from any inheritance.
The prior attorney, Christopher Fowler, withdrew in September.
Kennedy recently approved the payment of $16,000 for an expert to estimate the future value of Campbell's royalties.
A hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 21 on the challenges filed by Smith.
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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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Trial Date Set on Campbell Will Challenge

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

A Nashville judge has set an April 14 trial date for the challenge to the will of the late singer Glen Campbell.
In a brief order issued today Judge David "Randy" Kennedy also set a strict schedule for the handling of pre-trial matters including the designation of expert witnesses and the timing of depositions.
Campbell, who died a little over a year ago, specifically excluded three of his children - William, Kelli and Wesley - from any inheritance. They are the ones challenging the will filed by Campbell's widow Kimberly.
Under Kennedy's order the three challengers must file their arguments that the will is invalid by the end of this week.
A response to those arguments from Kimberly and the five other children is due Sept. 14. Expert witnesses must be named by Sept. 28 and pre-trial motions are due Jan. 21 with a hearing on Feb. 15.
As Kennedy's order notes the challenge is based on undue influence and competency.
Campbell's Aug. 8, 2017 death followed a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
The April trial date had been urged by Kimberly Campbell's lawyers, while the three contestants argued for a later trial date.
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Campbell Estate Contest Heats Up

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

The battle over the estate of Glen Campbell has heated up again as the three children disinherited under a disputed will and the late singer's widow cannot even agree on when the case will go to trial.
The lawyer for the three Campbell barred from any inheritance is asking Davidson Probate Judge David "Randy" Kennedy to hold a hearing next month to resolve the dispute.
Campbell, 81, died on Aug. 8 of last year after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. The will filed late last year leaves his estate to his widow Kimberly and five of his eight children.
The three disinherited children, William. Kelli and Wesley Campbell want the trial on their challenge to be held in late 2019 while Kimberly Campbell, Glen Campbell's widow, wants the trial to begin seven months earlier on April 1 of next year.
In addition the two sides are arguing over whether the late singer's business manager, Stanley B. Schneider, should be required to respond promptly to a subpoena seeking detailed financial and legal records spanning decades. Among documents sought are details of Campbell's ownership stake in the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Lawyers for Schneider and Mrs. Campbell say the subpoena cannot become effective until the trial date and other deadlines are set.
Calling the objection to the subpoena baseless, Christopher Fowler, attorney for the three children, wrote that the lack of a scheduling order is no reason to halt discovery.
"Mr. Schneider should be required to answer the subpoena, as issued, in a timely manner," the filing states.
He also disputed the claim that some of the documents were too old to be immediately available.
"The fact that the documents are old does not make them undiscoverable," the five page brief states.
Fowler also argued that the three children should not be required to file a formal complaint stating the reasons for contesting the will.
"No statute requires the filing of a complaint," the motion states, noting that Kennedy already has stated that the grounds for contesting the will are "undue influence and lack of testamentary capacity."
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Judge OKs New Powers in Campbell Estate

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

A Nashville judge has expanded the powers of the administrator of Glen Campbell's estate but at the same time ordered him to provide a detailed analysis of a recently disclosed joint bank account where some of his royalties have been deposited.
In a four-page ruling issued this week Davidson Probate Judge David "Randy" Kennedy authorized Stanley B. Schneider, the interim estate administrator, to pay bills including $12,640 in funeral expenses and a $23,699 retainer for an expert to estimate the value of future royalties.
At the same time, however, Kennedy ordered Schneider to reconcile a joint bank account the late singer had with his wife Kimberly, listing all transactions since the singer's death last year.
Campbell, who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, died in early August of last year. His will is being contested by three of his children who were specifically excluded from any inheritance.
Schneider who served as Campbell's business manager, had petitioned the court for the power to pay pay taxes and other estate obligations.
Kennedy's order authorizes the payment of $1,550 in Tennessee taxes. According to the order federal taxes on the estate are estimated at $100,000.
While Schneider was authorized to pay bills, Kennedy also ordered him to provide a detailed accounting of a recently disclosed joint bank account the late singer maintained with his wife Kimberly.
Under the order Schneider is required to determine what funds in the account are considered community property with Kimberly and what funds belong to the estate.
He also was ordered to determine what expenses should be reimbursed to Campbell's widow. Schneider was also told to to determine the amount of royalties are owed "as a result of his previous marriage to his prior wife."
Schneider was also ordered to file a revised inventory of the estate "if needed."

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