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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Ind. Courts - "Simon daughter seeks e-mails for estate case"
Updating earlier ILB entries in the Melvin Simon estate dispute, Jeff Swiatek reports today in the Indianapolis Star:
Bren Simon's e-mails to her stepchildren might be used as evidence to replace her as trustee of her husband Melvin Simon's $1 billion estate.Deborah Simon, who wants to remove her stepmother as trustee because of her alleged animosity toward her stepchildren, has asked Hamilton Superior Court Judge William J. Hughes to unseal the e-mails for use as evidence in an upcoming hearing.
Bren Simon's argument that publicizing the e-mails would "embarrass" her isn't legal grounds for keeping them confidential, her stepdaughter contends in a new court filing. Bren Simon copied as many as 25 people on some of the disputed e-mails, and "every document that Bren seeks to seal was in fact drafted by Bren or sent at her direction; therefore, if she is embarrassed by her conduct, she has only herself to blame," says the request to unseal the e-mails.* * *
The hearing to remove Bren Simon as trustee is scheduled for July 15.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 25, 2010 10:32 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts