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Jun 20, 1983
Elvis Presley's estate ends a lengthy legal squabble with RCA Records and Colonel Tom Parker with an out-of-court settlement. RCA reportedly agrees to send $2 million to Parker and $1.1 million to the estate
Sep 4, 1985
Barbara Mandrell files a $10.3-million suit in Gallatin, Tennessee, against the estate of Mark White, the driver of the other car in her near-fatal 1984 accident. The move provokes a backlash, though she says it's necessary to collect insurance payments
Oct 18, 1987
An Alabama judge rules that Jett Williams is legally the daughter of Hank Williams
Oct 26, 1987
New York Judge Mark Kennedy rules that Cathy Stone--a.k.a. Jett Williams--is the biological daughter of Hank Williams
Feb 1, 1993
Lisa Marie Presley receives ownership of the Elvis Presley estate on her 25th birthday
Jun 22, 1993
Jett Williams settles out of court with Roy Acuff's estate over royalties from the songs of Hank Williams. She discovered as an adult that she was Williams' daughter and engaged in an eight-year series of court battles
Dec 28, 1993
Widow Dee Jenkins, who is receiving $19,500-a-month in support from Conway Twitty's estate, says she can't pay her bills and requests an increase to $24,400 monthly in court
Apr 5, 1994
As Conway Twitty's children feud over his estate with his wife, Dee Jenkins, daughter Kathy Jenkins displays her anger for the widow in The Tennessean: "I'm surprised the heavens don't open up and Daddy doesn't come down and knock her in the head"
Oct 14, 1994
With Conway Twitty's estate embroiled in legal bedlam, 2,000 items are auctioned off for $1 million at Twitty City in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Among them: a 1985 Pacer, for $27,500; and a script for the movie "Sex Kittens Go To College," $1,800
Feb 14, 1996
Conway Twitty's widow, Dee Jenkins, petitions a Nashville court to have Twitty's remains exhumed and cremated, so she can have her husband with her when she leaves town. Though a gag order is placed on the motion, it creates a public spat
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