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Legal Implications and Potential Battles
Gene Hackman’s son, Christopher, has already consulted a prominent California attorney specializing in trust and estate matters, seeking to challenge the will’s terms. The combination of the 90-day clause, the peculiar deaths, and Betsy’s questionable final phone call has fueled speculation of legal battles that the children may wage against the estate, particularly given New Mexico's community property laws.