MIAMI — Conchita, Lucia and April Marie are used to a luxurious life in an island mansion. With a $3 million trust fund from the will of an heiress, they’ll never have to worry.
The three Chihuahuas are part of a bitter battle over the estate of Gail Posner, daughter of late corporate raider Victor Posner. She died March 19 at age 67.
Gail Posner’s only surviving child, 46-year- old Bret Carr, is challenging her will in Miami- Dade County Circuit Court, contending she was coerced into changing it by several employees while suffering from cancer and drug addiction.
Carr was awarded only income from a $1 million fund in his mother’s will. But employees including maids, a personal trainer and bodyguards received $27 million, according to court documents. Some of them, including a caretaker of the pampered pooches, are being allowed to live in the $8.3 million, seven-bedroom Sunset Island mansion with the Chihuahuas.
When she was alive, Gail Posner made such a fuss over her Chihuahuas that she hired a publicist for Conchita to promote her as one of the world’s most spoiled dogs.
Florida law allows estates to provide for care of animals. Frank T. Adams, an attorney and expert in Florida probate law, said the real battle won’t be over the dogs but over whether Gail Posner was fooled into rewriting her will.
