Clovis legend Bud Rank’s death triggers feud over family’s Friant Road ranch
When Rank died in
Now, two of his three daughters are engaged in a family feud over his and his wife's assets, according to a
In the lawsuit, Hovsepian says her mother's execution of the deed in
The lawsuit was filed about six months after
The lawsuit says
The lawsuit gives only Hovsepian's and her lawyer's account of what happened:
In
The lawsuit says
The lawsuit says the family's dynamics changed when Bud Rank died on
In
Around 2015,
Hovsepian contends in the lawsuit that her mother had told her daughters that she would not change her estate plan. But once
"Judy nurtured a special confidential role with Evelyn by claiming, among other things, that plaintiff had taken or embezzled money" from the trust, the lawsuit says.
"These claims are untrue," the lawsuit says, but Hovsepian "believes that Evelyn believed these false claims to be true."
According to the lawsuit,
On
After her mother's death, according to Fresno County property records,
Hovsepian contends in her lawsuit, filed
Hovsepian also wants a judge to rescind the deed transfers, and restore the family trust so each sister shares equal interest in ownership of the family ranch. A case management conference with Judge
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