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Kin of Heiress Lose Court Battle Over Guardian

By David LohrSep 10th 2010 – 6:59PM
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(Sept. 10) -- A judge in Manhattan, N.Y., has denied an independent guardian request filed by relatives of 104-year-old heiress Huguette Clark, saying that their petition is based on hearsay. The ruling handed down in New York County Supreme Court by Judge Laura Visitacion-Lewis on Thursday means that Clark's affairs will...

Attorney Fights Heiress's Kin Over Restraining Order

By David LohrSep 8th 2010 – 1:20PM
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(Sept. 8) -- The attorney for a reclusive 104-year-old heiress is fighting a request for a restraining order filed by her family members, who want Huguette Clark's counsel and financial adviser kept from contacting her. "There simply is no basis in fact or in law for the granting of any temporary restraining order,"...

Reclusive Heiress Does Have Will, Lawyer Says

By Deborah HastingsSep 2nd 2010 – 12:28PM
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(Sept. 2) -- Huguette Clark, the reclusive heiress to a fortune estimated at $500 million, does have a will after all, a spokesman for her attorney says. Whether she had a will and who will inherit her staggering wealth have been major questions in the saga of the 104-year-old woman who hasn't been seen in public for more...

Finances of 104-Year-Old Heiress at Center of Probe

Aug 26th 2010 – 7:35AM
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NEW YORK (Aug. 26) -- A 104-year-old heiress to a Montana copper mining fortune -- now living in a New York hospital room -- is at the center of a criminal investigation into her fortune and welfare, two people familiar with the probe told The Associated Press. The Manhattan district attorney's office is looking into how...

huguette clark News From the Web

  • 06/01/12 Sold! $25m Huguette Clark apartment goes to rich hedge... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK A U.S. finance guru who bet against JP Morgan Chase is paying $25.5million for an apartment once owned by the eccentric copper heiress Hugette Clark.
  • 05/31/12 Winning the apt. ‘chase' Source: New York Post - New York NY Raising the cash to pay for a Manhattan trophy home is easy — just bet against JPMorgan Chase.
  • 05/23/12 Huguette Clark Estate Goes After $44 Million In Gifts... Source: New York Observer - New York NY The cash has yet to come in on the sale of late copper heiress Huguette Clark's Fifth Avenue 12th-floor apartment (in contract since April), but the fight over her fortune is already underway.
  • 05/08/12 Sheik's Offer For Huguette Clark's Apartment Rejected... Source: The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ A bid by Qatar's prime minister to buy two Manhattan apartments was rejected by the building's co-op board, citing his 15 children and two wives, a report said.
  • 05/08/12 Boaz Weinstein Bought One Of Heiress Huguette Clark's... Source: The Business Insider Legendary hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein bought one of the three Upper East Side apartments owned by the late reclusive copper heiress Huguette Clark, MSNBC's Bill Dedman reports.

Background on huguette clark

Huguette Marcelle Clark (; June 9, 1906May 24, 2011) was an heiress and philanthropist.

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