Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Widow Sues Mother for $1.2 Million Over Unfulfilled Prenup
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Updated · The Wealth Advisor · Aug 11
Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Widow Sues Mother for $1.2 Million Over Unfulfilled Prenup
3 articles · Updated · The Wealth Advisor · Aug 11
Summary
Dr. Tenisha Warner sued Pamela Warner, trustee of the Warner Family Trust, seeking more than $1.2 million tied to financial promises Malcolm-Jamal Warner allegedly left unfinished before his death.
The biggest disputed obligation is a $1 million life insurance policy that Tenisha says Warner agreed to buy and maintain for her benefit but never purchased.
The 2022 premarital agreement also allegedly required Roth IRA contributions, $16,000 tax-free anniversary payments and $5,000 a month for her work as his chief of staff and assistant.
Warner, who drowned in Costa Rica a year ago at 54, had not completed a new estate plan, leaving a 1996 trust document to collide with the newer prenup.
Pamela Warner's attorney disputes Tenisha's account, turning what Tenisha frames as enforcement of Warner's stated wishes for her and their 9-year-old daughter into a family trust fight.