Robin Williams’ widow Susan Schneider has filed a lawsuit against the late comedian’s three children in a fight over property left in his will, TMZ report.
The site reports that Schneider has filed legal documents complaining someone entered the house she shared with Williams days after his death – following his tragic suicide in August last year – and removed belongings that she felt entitled to.
The New York Times
have reported that the court documents were filed in December and January in a bitter legal dispute over his estate.
Lawsuit: Robin Williams’ widow Susan Schneider (pictured here in November 2009) is fighting his three children over personal property left in the late comedian’s will, TMZ report
According to The New York Times, Schneider complained some property was ‘unilaterally removed’ items from the home.
She is also said to have revealed that once she started legal proceedings, ‘certain home-related services were canceled’ including a newspaper delivery.
However, TMZ report that his children Zak, 31, Zelda, 25, and Cody Williams, 22, tell a different story and have accused Schneider of attempting to ‘money grab’ and ignore the ‘plain language of his will and trust’.
Sources tell the site that his children believe Schneider is trying to ‘redefine’ aspects of the will to suit her, despite Williams being clear in his will that he left behind most of his property to his children.
Some of the items left to the three children include his 1998 Oscar for the movie Good Will Hunting as well as other memorabilia from his films.
MailOnline has reached out for comment to representatives for the family who have so far been unavailable for comment.
Williams was found dead in the $7 million home in Tiburon, Marin Country, that he shared with Schneider, aged 63 following his tragic suicide in August last year.
After two failed marriages which reportedly cost him $30 million, Williams ensured that he and his third wife Schneider signed a prenup agreement, and is not certain if she will continue to reside in the home they shared together.
Sources tell TMZ that his children acknowledge Schneider has the right to keep items that she accumulated with Williams during their marriage, but believe she is trying to alter some of the terms listed in the will.
According to the site, they claim she is trying to ‘redefine the word jewlry’ to keep a watch that belonged to Williams.
The report in The New York Times revealed that Schneider’s papers assert as she lost ‘her husband through a shocking and emotionally charged event,’ she had not been ‘given time to grieve her loss free from the frenetic efforts to interfere with her domestic tranquillity.
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