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Jimmy Buffett’s Widow Sues Co-Trustee Over $275M Estate


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A legal fight is brewing over the $275 million estate of music legend Jimmy Buffett. His widow is suing to remove the co-trustee—an accountant—raising questions about trust administration, fiduciary duty, and what happens when massive estates are in dispute.

As trust and estate litigators, this is right in our wheelhouse. We’ll break down:

- Why a widow might sue a co-trustee

- What it means when an estate is worth hundreds of millions
- The legal standards for removing a trustee
- And what this might signal about future litigation in celebrity estates

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