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$ 5 Million Inherited to Family Dog | Israel today

2021-02-21T09:49:21.390Z


| Animals Businessman Bill Doris made sure that his bitch Lulu would receive dedicated care even after his death and left her a respectable inheritance • Want to bequeath a sum to your pet? This is how you will do it One of the issues that troubled businessman Bill Doris, a Tennessee resident in the U.S., before his death was the treatment of his older Border Collie bitch, Lulu. He recently passed away, at


Businessman Bill Doris made sure that his bitch Lulu would receive dedicated care even after his death and left her a respectable inheritance • Want to bequeath a sum to your pet?

This is how you will do it

One of the issues that troubled businessman Bill Doris, a Tennessee resident in the U.S., before his death was the treatment of his older Border Collie bitch, Lulu. He recently passed away, at age 84, and then it turned out that Doris bequeathed to his beloved dog a $ 5 million mutual fund. To be used to fund the treatments at Lulu which is under the care of his friend, Marta Burton.

"I really do not know what to say about it, beyond the fact that he loved his dog very much. Lulu is a really good girl," Burton said in an interview with local media.

But this is not the only case where dog owners leave them a fat legacy.

American hotelier Leona Helmsley, who is also remembered for her tax frauds, left her dogs $ 12 million before she died in 2007. Also, a businessman named Muriel Seabert gave his Chihuahua bitch Girl $ 100,000, and actress Lauren Buckle dedicated $ 10,000. To care for her dog after her death.

In another case, an Indian farmer who owned about 70 acres of land and recently died, bequeathed half of his property to his wife and dedicated the other half to his dog Jackie.

"My wife and dog are the ones who took care of me and are the most precious to me," he explained before his death.

However, no such wills have been registered in Israel so far.

Advocate Daniel Friedenberg of the Hoffman & Friedenberg law firm, which specializes in family and inheritance matters, estimates that the phenomenon may not be common in Israel because allowing animals, which are not legally entities, is considered inherently problematic. Funds, and even lead to the disqualification of the will.

However, Adv. Friedenberg adds that "it can be estimated that the establishment of an orderly mechanism of an official, such as a trustee, corporation, association, estate manager or any legally recognized body in Israel, which receives clear instructions in advance regarding the financial future of beloved pets - will not be disqualified. Such will even be established. "

The law firm clarifies that "on the other hand, it is possible to estimate that opposition to such a will will be accepted with some understanding. The principle of the will of the deceased can also withdraw from rational considerations of exclusion of family members, without a proven excuse or legal arguments about lack of awareness or defect in staff." .

Another inheritance option is through a property donation.

"Every person may decide, to the extent he wishes, to bequeath all his property to an organization or body that works for a specific purpose," the ministry explains.

"Thus, for example, it happened in Israel that a woman wrote in her will that she donated her home after her death to the Animal Welfare Association in Tel Aviv. The house, valued at millions, was actually used by the association to build a veterinary clinic serving the abandoned animals in the area."

Source: israelhayom

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