“Gene Hackman” passed away and the property dispute: His will was signed 20 years ago, making it many times more difficult to handle. Is this the reason why it happened? …see more

Gene Hackman’s late wife Betsy was named the successor trustee to his living trust, but it remains unclear whom the beneficiaries of that trust are

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy signed their wills in 2005, and any potential challenge to the contents of their wills may be difficult to dispute, a legal expert explains.

Trust and family law attorney David A. Esquibias, who is not affiliated with this matter, tells PEOPLE the fact that Gene and Betsy — who were both found dead in their home on Feb. 26 — signed their wills 20 years ago could make a contest to the will more unlikely.

“In this situation, Gene Hackman and his wife did not sign their will and trust in 2025 or 2024,” he said. “But, had that been the case, I think there was more likelihood that there’s going to be a contest. But if you look at the dates of the will, they’re 2005.” Just one year after Hackman made his final movie Welcome to Mooseport, the actor “was younger and more virile” and “presumably had his faculties,” he added.

He adds, “Contesting a 20-year-old document is exponentially harder than contesting a deathbed-signed document.”

Gene, who died at 95, and Betsy, who died at 65, named each other as the personal representatives of each others’ estates when they signed their wills in June 2005. Betsy was also named the successor trustee of the Gene Hackman Living Trust, but given Gene and Betsy’s deaths, Esquibias says it is impossible to say who the beneficiaries of Gene’s trust are because that information has not been made public.

Julia L. Peters, chief counsel at Avalon Trust Co., a Santa Fe investment firm, has been appointed as the personal representative of both Gene and Betsy’s estate moving forward; the remainder of Betsy’s estate is to go to her personal representative to hold in a charitable trust “to achieve purposes beneficial to the community, consistent with the charitable preferences and interests expressed or indicated by my spouse and me during our lifetimes,” as Betsy wrote in her individual will. 

Additionally, Betsy’s will states she may have made a statement or list separately from her will that indicates whom she would give her personal property to.

Authorities revealed March 7 that their investigation found Betsy died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which is caused by hantavirus, one full week before Gene, and that he was most likely alone in their home with his dead wife for days. Hackman died from a combination of severe heart disease, high blood pressure and advanced Alzheimer’s disease, authorities said.

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