Alan Thicke Estate: Battle Between Sons, Widow Tossed Out Of Court

LOS ANGELES, CA - A judge Thursday dismissed a petition by Alan Thicke's two sons asking that a prenuptial agreement between their father and the late actor's third wife be confirmed, saying there was no evidence she planned to challenge the agreement.

"I'm just saying I need more specifics," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Clifford Klein told attorney Alex Weingarten, who represents "Blurred Lines" singer Robin Thicke and his brother, Brennan. "All I want to know is what is at stake in this case."

The judge said Weingarten could file a new petition if he has information supporting his clients' assertions.

Weingarten said the prenuptial agreement, made prior to the Thickes' 2005 wedding, is not the only issue between the parties. He said other matters in dispute include how much of the five-acre ranch Thicke owned will be claimed by his 41-year-old widow, Tanya Callau Thicke.

"There are a litany of issues that need to be resolved between these parties," Weingarten said.

But Tanya Thicke's attorney, Adam Streisand, said his client never intended to challenge the prenuptial agreement and that there is nothing the Thicke sons can show is at stake with a new petition.

"We should not be wasting people's inheritances on things that are not in dispute," Streisand said.

Streisand said after the hearing that he was pleased with the ruling and contended the sons' petition, which was filed May 16, was an attempt to "use the press to smear my client."

The siblings are co-trustees of the Thicke Living Trust created in March 1998. Their court papers alleged that Tanya Thicke said she would take her claims to the news media unless her community property claims were recognized by the co-trusteees. They claimed she was seeking more than what their father left her, which consists of a $500,000 life insurance policy, 25 percent of her husband's personal effects, all the furniture at the ranch property, all death benefits from his pensions and multiple union memberships and 40 percent of the estate that remained.

Streisand says the siblings' allegations were false.

"Indeed, Tanya has no intention of filing any legal proceeding to challenge the validity of her prenup," Streisand stated in court papers filed on her behalf. "The (brothers') petition served its only purpose: it unfairly smeared Tanya because Alan had the audacity to love her."

Weingarten maintained that a letter Streisand wrote in January to one of the sons' lawyers, David Cartano, supported his clients' claims that Tanya Thicke previously challenged the estate's plan, including the prenuptial agreement and various items of the trust. But Streisand said the letter was a settlement communication that was marked as privileged and confidential.

Klein said he did not take the letter into consideration because of the privilege claim.

Thicke died Dec. 13 at age 69 of a ruptured aorta. He collapsed while playing ice hockey in Burbank.

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