Renee Benson Seeks Remand to Probate Court

As Renee Benson seeks to remove her 87-year-old estranged father as overseer of his trust and other assets, she most recently asked a federal judge to mover her lawsuit against Tom Benson back to state probate court. 

I have previously discussed the feud over ownership succession of New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, a case landing in federal court after Bexar County Probate Judge Tom Rickhoff appointed two individuals to temporarily replace Benson as trustee.  Renee Benson’s lawyers have asked U.S. District Judge David Ezra to move her case back to Rickhoff’s courtroom, arguing that Benson did not seek to move the case to federal court at the outset of the case. 

See Katherine Sayre, Tom Benson Family Feud: Renee Benson Wants Texas Trust Battle Back in Probate Court, Nola.com, Apr. 10, 2015.