Dan Abrams: ‘You Can Treat Your Dog Like A Child And Your Child Like A Dog’

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by Frances Martel | 1:09 pm, June 19th, 2010

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Millionaire heiress Gail Posner made her dog Conchita one of the world’s wealthiest canines when she passed away, leaving millions to her beloved pet. Her son, Bret Carr– who inherited less than Conchita– is asking for more money. Here’s the problem: according to NBC Chief Legal Analyst and Mediaite founder Dan Abrams: when it comes to your will, “you can treat your dog like a child and your child like a dog.”

Abrams, who visited the set of Today this morning to analyze Carr’s chances of getting his mother’s will reevaluated, noted that wills are difficult things to change, and that he would have to somehow prova that Posner was “out of mind” when her will was reassessed in 2008. He is arguing that Posner was “drugged and brainwashed” when she had her will changed, and while Abrams notes that he’s not sure if there will be a “significant change” to the will, the fact that “the family member is getting so little and the help is getting so much and the dog is getting so much” raises some eyebrows and will probably make the courts look much more carefully at the events leading up to the final change in the will.

Video from this morning’s Today show below:

Bret Barr, Conchita the dog, Dan Abrams, Gail Posner, NBC, Today

sarainitaly

I just can’t believe anyone of sound mind would leave $10M to their dog. If she wanted to leave money to the bodyguards, she should have done so. If she didn’t want to leave the money to her son, she should have explained that in her will, in my opinion.

That is just so dumb, and a waste of money to leave it to a dog. She could have given it to charity if she didn’t want to give it to her dog. I would most definitely challenge the will, on the matter that she left it to the bodyguards by their insistence.

$10M to a dog? Please. That is just straight up crazy. Everyone knows a dog can’t spend more than $1 or $2 Million in their lifetime.
sarainitaly

She could have given it to charity if she didn’t want to give it to her dog. – I mean Son.
TylerDurden

When I hear that bodyguards were awarded 10 million and 5 million and the trainer 2 million, I have a strong felling that elder abuse was going on. I have seen this happen to friends whose elder parents had helpers who ripped them off.
msigmon

I know he founded the site, but just because Dan Abrams went on a TV show does not make it news. Seriously, cover the media and stop being trying to be so political/newsy.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Caroline-Jelavich/707179868 Caroline Jelavich

Lester said that all of the Helmsley money went to charity, but actually the judge changed the will so that two of the grandchildren (previously awarded nothing) were awarded $6 million dollars apiece. The will had also been challenged under the presumption that Helmsley was not sound of mind. While I appreciate courts looking into the matter to ensure that people are not being abused or taken advantage of, I also feel that what a person chooses to do with his or her estate should be honored provided it is legal. If someone does not wish to give money to a relative, for whatever reason, I believe that should be honored. It worries me when courts take too active a role in these affairs.
Integr8d

Judge says: “She wasn’t of sound mind. She meant to give it all to the GOP/DNC.”

Judge thinks: “Hello Supreme Court!”