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Lover wins battle for estate

Lisa Brown — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 02:49:54 +0000

NASSAU- Two women have lost a court battle against their father’s lover who inherited all of his belongings. Reginald Major, who operated several businesses on Harbour Island, died on January 17, 2014. Schikea and Travia Major, the deceased’s only children, were shocked to learn that their father had disinherited them in a will dated May […]

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Estranged daughter loses challenge to father’s will

Lisa Brown — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 16:13:55 +0000

NASSAU-A terminally ill man who disinherited his entire family had “good reason” to cut them out of his will, a judge ruled. John McKenzie, 87, who died in July 2016, left his entire estate to his neighbour William Taylor and his daughter Nathania Taylor. His daughter, Mona McKenzie-Culmer, disputed the will on behalf of her […]

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Estranged children win fight over their mother’s estate

Muhammad Ahsan — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:32:53 +0000

NASSAU-The estranged children of a woman who died without a will have won a fight over her estate. Eltha Hall did not have a good relationship with her children when she died in 2017. However, she got along with her granddaughter. The granddaughter, Shaquille Sands, had lived with Ms. Hall in Little Blair since 2010 […]

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Daughter wins court battle for late mother’s home

David Stewart — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 07:30:02 +0000

NASSAU-An Appeal Court says there’s no evidence that Sheryl Ferguson unduly influenced her mother to sign over her home. Ferguson successfully appealed against a 2019 Supreme Court decision that declared the 2010 conveyance null and void. Ferguson is locked in a bitter court battle with her brother Roosevelt Dawkins over who’s entitled to their late […]

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Court bans widow from marital home

Lisa Brown — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:26:19 +0000

Nassau, BAHAMAS-A Supreme Court judge has temporarily blocked a widow from the home she shared with her deceased husband. Cynthia Burrows-Turnquest’s brother-in-law, Andrew Turnquest, says she has no right to the home because it belongs to him. Mrs. Burrows-Turnquest moved into the disputed home in Lower Deadman’s Cay, Long Island when she married the plaintiff’s […]

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Court rules murdered man’s will invalid

Lisa Brown — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 17:58:26 +0000

Nassau, BAHAMAS-A Supreme Court judge declared a murdered man’s sons as his heirs after finding that his will was a forgery. Justice Indra Charles determined that the signature on the will, which left all of Lester Adderley Jr’s assets to his father, Lester Adderley Sr., was forged. As a result, the judge dismissed an application […]

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