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Home / Estate Planning / Incapacity Planning & the Celeste Holm Estate

Incapacity Planning & the Celeste Holm Estate

August 17, 2012 by John Kuhn, Estate Planning Attorney

The world of entertainment lost one of the greats recently when the versatile actress Celeste Holm passed away at the age of 95 in her apartment in Manhattan.

Holm’s career spanned a number of decades and she appeared on the silver screen, on the stage, and on television. She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the film Gentleman’s Agreement in 1947.

Subsequently she appeared on numerous different television shows including Cheers, Dr. Kildare, Falcon Crest, Fantasy Island, and Archie Bunker’s Place.

Holm had two sons with whom she had been involved in a legal struggle for several years prior to her passing. The legal expenses are said to have consumed virtually all of the resources that would have comprised her estate.

The acrimony between Holm and her sons appears to have started when she married a fellow named Frank Basile, who is 44 years younger than his deceased wife. This marriage took place in 2004, and Holm started undergoing treatment for memory loss two years before the nuptials.

This case raises some interesting questions and of course we have no way of knowing with certainty what type of relationship Holm had with her sons before there was any question about her cognitive abilities.

When you are planning your estate it is important to consider the possibility of incapacity if you want to be certain that your family is provided for come what may. Should you be interested in discussing the matter with an expert, simply take a moment to arrange for a consultation with a licensed and experienced South Carolina estate planning lawyer

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John Kuhn, Estate Planning Attorney
Former South Carolina State Senator, John Kuhn is a founding partner of the Kuhn & Kuhn Law Firm.The Kuhn & Kuhn Law Firm is a boutique estate planning (wills, trusts and probate) firm, which he and his wife opened in 2002.The law firm was created to serve clients who want an excellent and thorough estate plan.
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