The death of the widely renowned comedian, Robin Williams, took the world by surprise as no one suspected that anything was amiss with the seemingly happy-go-lucky star. While his suicide shocked his fans and followers, the late actor's family appears to still be reeling from the loss they suffered almost a year ago.
Apart from dealing with the loss of a father and a husband, the children and third wife of Williams are currently embroiled in a legal battle regarding the late actor's belongings and properties. However, Monday saw the possibility of a settlement between the two camps as Associated Press reported that San Francisco Superior Court Judge Andrew Cheng allowed both parties to reach an agreement with regard the terms until July 29.
Susan Schneider, the wife of the late actor, has been battling it out with Zachary, Zelda and Cody - the children of the comedian from his previous marriages - to determine who will be able to keep the personal things, which include roughly 300 items, as well as the house in San Francisco Bay. The personal items of Williams include his slippers, old shirts and boxers, according to People.
According to Los Angeles Times, court documents revealed that movers, lawyers and agents barged in the Tiburon home of Susan and the late actor to get various items. These included art pieces on display as well as the clothes of the comedian kept in the couple's closet. "It was an incredibly invasive process," said James Wagstaffe, Susan's lawyer.
Wagstaffe added that the experience was "made exponentially more difficult by the fact that so many of the items taken were intimately connected with Susan's memories of her husband, who had only recently passed away."
One of the main issues to be resolved by both parties is the fate of the Tiburon home, the place where Williams was found dead. While the late actor provided concrete terms for the trust fund of his children, the same could not be said for his third wife. According to Wagstaffe, Williams specifically pointed out in his will that sufficient funding must be provided for Susan for the latter to be able to subsist without him for the rest of her life.
While money has been set aside for Susan in accordance with Williams' will, the former wants the contents of their Tiburon home, which she shared with the actor until the day he took his own life, to be excluded from the belongings that would be given to Zachary, Zelda and Cody.
Unsurprisingly, this request was denied by Williams' children who went on to say that Susan is "adding insult to a terrible injury," according to USA Today. They claimed that their father's wife is disrespecting his wishes by attempting to alter the terms of his will and changing the details provided in the trust agreement.
