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 Susan Schneider Williams seeks items like the tuxedo her
husband wore to their 2011 wedding and art and furniture from
their home in Tiburon, California, where Williams committed
suicide in August 2014. There is also a dispute over allowances
to maintain that home, where she still lives.
Her attorney, James Wagstaffe, asked Judge Andrew Y.S. Cheng in
San Francisco Superior Court to postpone the disposition of
Williams's will for at least two more months, while a trustee
for his estate and an attorney for his children lamented the
will had gone to probate court.
"We're amicable and no one is raising their voices. Wagstaffe
told the judge. "It's just that there are 1,200 items on a long
spreadsheet which we saw in final form only last week."
The hearing dealt with a petition that Schneider Williams, the
comedian's third wife, filed in December saying some property
was removed from the house without her permission.
"Robin Williams didn't mean for the house to be gutted,
furniture removed and art taken off the walls," Wagstaffe told
Reuters outside court. "This is a normal process and there's
nothing unusual about this. If the estate is a lake, what Susan
is seeking is a bucket."
Daughter Zelda Williams stressed in a Tumblr post later Monday
that she and brothers Zachary and Cody had not visited the home
since their father's death or removed anything from it.
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One of the trustees for the estate, attorney Andrew A. Bassak, told
the judge that Robin Williams made decisions to establish trusts for
his heirs and never meant for a list of possessions to be at issue
in public.
"There is no legitimate reason for the administration of this estate
to be before this court," Bassak told the judge.
The attorney for Williams's children agreed with the trustee.
"This has dragged on so long," Meredith Bushnell told the judge.
"It's been eight long months since his passing. We'd like to see
this wrapped up as soon as possible."
The probate judge called on the parties to convene to solve their
remaining issues, through a private mediator if informal talks fail,
and meet again in court on June 1.
(Editing by Mary Milliken and Cynthia Osterman)
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