Kellie PicklerThe current legal battle with her late husband Kyle Jacobs“Parents could be” complicated “, according to a legal expert.
“Approval cases can be very difficult for all those involved. This should otherwise be intimate family issues are made public in court, “said lawyer and inheritance planner based in Tennessee Michael Crowderwho has no connection with the case, says exclusively US Weekly. “Conflicts can be aggravated by pain, injury and sometimes guilt or anger that family experiences the loss of a loved one.”
Jacobs died by suicide in February 2023 at the age of 49. Almost a year later, Jacobs’ parents, Reed and Sharon, would have asked Pickler, 38, for many personal effects from Jacobs. (Reed and Sharon are coadministrators of the succession of Jacobs.)
Pickler, on the other hand, said that it had none of the articles – the collection of Jacobs firearms, watches, jewelry, musical instruments and more – in her possession. She filed legal documents in 2024, saying that Reed and Sharon also withdrew certain articles from her home without his knowledge or his consent. Reed and Sharon challenged Pickler’s accusations in a legal response in November 2024, saying that they had an “express invitation” to collect the personal effects of Jacobs.
“The dispute in this case concerns the property and the division of tangible personal property,” said Crowder We. “Some of the most controversial cases I have dealt with in my career imply the division of a person’s personal effects – what we, lawyers, call” tangible personal property “, such as furniture, jewelry, firearms, musical instruments, etc. These disputes are most often fed by the monetary value of the articles, but by their sentimental value. ”
According to Crowder, such disputes can often become “proxy wars” so that family members “solve long -standing problems” that have started well before the death of an individual.
“One of the threshold problems in this case seems to be whether certain tangible personal elements belonged to Ms. Pickler or by her husband,” said Crowder. “Ms. Pickler alleged that the Jacobs had entered her and her husband’s home and took possession of certain articles. If these articles actually belonged to Ms. Pickler, the Jacobs did not have the power to take possession of them and acted incorrectly by doing so.
Crowder, however, admitted that Reed and Sharon were “authorized under the law of Tennessee” to take possession of the tangible personal property of Jacobs because they are his inheritance administrators.
“The determination of the property of these goods can be complicated. It can involve tracing the source of the funds used to buy items, ”added Crowder We. “For example, money came from the use of Ms. Pickler, or her husband?”
Pickler and Jacobs signed an employment contract when they got married in 2011, that Reed and Sharon used for which the singer’s legal request should not be granted.
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“The court will probably have to interpret this contract to determine what the parties have agreed in terms of property,” said Crowder. “Insofar as the court determines that some or all the goods belonged to the husband of Ms. Pickler, the Jacobs have the right to perceive this property as administers of the succession.
Once the debts and expenses have been paid, it is up to an administrator to distribute the remaining property to the heirs of the estate. Since Pickler and Jacobs did not have any children, the law of Tennessee generally allocates the entire succession to the spouse of the individual.
“Under the default rules, Ms. Pickler would be entitled to all the properties of her husband after the administration of the succession by the Jacobs. However, the right of a spouse to inherit can be modified by contract,” said Crowder We. “Many people believe that a prenuptial agreement only deals with the division of property in a divorce, but it can also address the rights of spouses on the other succession of the other.
Janet Mayer / Startraksphoto.com Kellie Pickler and the parents of her late husband Kyle Jacobs found themselves tangled in a legal disagreement on the property of Jacobs. The two parties head for the court after Pickler, 38, filed a petition against Reed and Sharon Jacobs, coadminister of Kyle’s succession, according to Intouch, who was the first to report the first report to […]
Many details on the legal battle have been placed under a seal for improved intimacy. Earlier this month, Reed and Sharon also placed an assignment to the Harpeth Memorial Gardens Funeral Home & Cremation Center for more details on the plans of the funeral and cremation of Jacobs. Harpeth would have refused to comply with the request, but did not file any objection.
“It is difficult to estimate the intentions of the Jacobs behind the assignment to the funeral show,” said Crowder We. “It’s a conjecture, but they can hope to discover information that helps them locate certain personal effects of their son.”
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