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The Ongoing Dispute Over Whitney Houston’s Estate

Whitney houstonI have previously discussed how Whitney Houston’s daughter is going to be given her $20 million inheritance in installments.  Bobbi Kristina Brown is currently on life support and being cared for by her father, Bobby Brown, who is her caretaker guardian.  There is currently an ongoing dispute between relatives over the estate and whether to keep Bobbi Kristina on life support.  If Bobbi Kristina dies unmarried before she turns 30 then “[t]he undistributed ­portion of the estate would go to Houston’s living relatives, which include her mother, Cissy, and two brothers.”  Currently Bobbi Kristina’s inheritance is being paid to her estate, her father would be the beneficiary of these funds if she dies.  Nick Gordon, who was Bobbi Kristina’s boyfriend, is claiming to have been married to Whitney Houston’s daughter, though his claims are being disputed. 

See Ian Halperin, Whitney Houston’s Fortune In Limbo Amid Bobbi Kristina Tragedy, Billboard, June 19, 2015.