CELEBRITY FOOTAGE
Beverly Hills, California - July 29, 2013
1. Robin Williams at CBS party
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San Francisco - March 30, 2015
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Wagstaffe, Attorney:
"This is a normal process. This is nothing at all unusual about it. It happens. Probate courts across the country every day. There's nothing unusual about this. It's simply asking the court for guidance on items that are going to be worked out amicably."
CELEBRITY FOOTAGE
Los Angeles - November 13, 2011
3. Wide of Robin Williams, Susan Schneider and Williams' daughter Zelda Williams
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San Francisco - March 30, 2015
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Wagstaffe, Attorney:
"The court recognized that this is an amicable matter that can probably be resolved by people getting in a room and talking it through. This is a case in which we're trying to honor Robin Williams' wishes. That his wife and her two sons with whom he lived for many years can stay in the home and not have the home striped of the normal things that are in a home like art and furniture and that she can keep her wedding presents and I think as you can see form today's court hearing the judge has continued this matter so we can go work it out."
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New York - November 8, 2012
5. Various of Robin Williams at event
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San Francisco - March 30, 2015
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Bassak, Attorney:
"Well the trustees role is set out in the trust document and they are wanting to discharge their duties as Mr. Williams laid out. His intention was to not have this in the courts and so they are disturbed that a petition has been filed and that we're here, because as an intensely private person Mr. William's wouldn't have wanted this so that's troubling to the trustees as close confidants of Mr. Williams."
The wife and adult children of Robin Williams agreed Monday to meet outside court to try to resolve their dispute over a tuxedo he was married in, photographs taken on his 60th birthday and other items belonging to the late actor.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Andrew Cheng told lawyers for both sides during a hearing to meet before April 10 and enlist the help of a mediator if necessary before returning to court.
In papers filed in December, Susan Williams said the contents of the home she shared with Robin Williams should be excluded from the things the actor left his children from previous marriages.
She also claimed some of her husband's personal items were taken without her permission.
Williams' children countered that Susan Williams was "adding insult to a terrible injury" by trying to change the trust agreement and rob them of items that their father clearly intended them to have.
They said the belongings include clothing, watches, photos taken prior to his marriage to Susan Williams, and entertainment awards.
Attorney Jim Wagstaffe told the judge that Susan Williams has agreed with how hundreds of items should be distributed and was trying to amicably resolve problems involving others. She also said she wants their wedding presents.
"I think we can work our way through this," Wagstaffe said.
Attorney Meredith Bushnell, who is representing Robin Williams' children Zachary, Zelda and Cody, said the public dispute has been excruciating for her clients.
"We would like to see this wrapped up as soon as possible, so they can move on with their lives and continue the grieving process," the attorney told Judge Cheng.
Robin Williams died in August at his home in Tiburon in the San Francisco Bay Area. The coroner ruled his death a suicide. The actor's wife has said he struggled with depression, anxiety and a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
