Melbourne
(ANI):
Heath
Ledger's
daughter
Matilda
Rose
could
get
his
entire
fortune
even
though
the
late
star
left
everything
to
his
parents
and
siblings
in
his
will.
Two
New
York
legal
experts
have
said
in
a
paper
published
on
respected
legal
website
Findlaw,
that
under
the
intestacy
laws
of
New
York
and
California,
Matilda
cannot
be
"accidentally
disinherited."
"In
this
case,
New
York's
intestacy
laws
lead
us
to
a
somewhat
striking
result.
Matilda,
who
was
omitted
from
her
father's
will
entirely,
would
be
entitled
to
everything," the
Daily
Telegraph
quoted
them,
as
writing
in
the
paper.
Filed
with
a
Manhattan
court,
the
will
was
written
two
years
before
the
birth
of
his
daughter
and
puts
the
major
chunk
of
Ledger's
into
a
trust.
The
beneficiaries
of
the
trust
are
his
father
Kim,
mother
Sally
Ledger-Bell,
sister
Kate
and
half-sisters
Ashleigh
and
Olivia.
According
to
the
will,
Ledger
held
145,000
dollars
of
assets
in
the
US
but
his
fortune,
estimated
to
be
worth
20
million
dollars,
is
mostly
held
in
Australia.
Shortly
after
the
will
was
made
public,
Kim
Ledger
issued
a
statement
saying
Matilda
would
not
be
left
without
an
inheritance.
However,
it
is
not
yet
known
if
her
mother,
actress
Michelle
Williams,
has
challenged
the
will
or
not.
Meanwhile,
Kim
Ledger
could
not
be
contacted
for
comments,
but
his
spokesman
said
he
was
on
a
plane
and
anything
to
do
with
the
will
was
"no
one
else's
business."