dudeone Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Billionaire Doesn't Want 'Holidaying' Kids to Inherit Fortune By Candace Smith | ABC News Blogs – 1 hr 23 mins ago http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/billionaire-doesnt-want-holidaying-kids-inherit-164330059--abc-news.html Gina Rinehart just ranked No. 29 on Forbes' Billionaire List but she probably will not be up for any mother-of-the-year awards. The widowed mother of four is trying to shut her three eldest children out of their inheritance, calling them slackers and "manifestly unable" to handle the money that they are due. She lost her battle earlier this week to keep their bitter feud out of the public eye after an Australian court lifted the gag order and released hundreds of pages of court documents detailing the dispute. Rinehart may best be described as a female, Australian Donald Trump and is listed as Australia's richest woman. Rinehart accrued her billions (she is said to be worth $18 billion) after inheriting her father's Hancock Prospecting iron ore business. Lang Hancock set up the Hope Margaret Hancock trust for his grandchildren, John Hancock, Bianca Rinehart and Hope Rinehart-Welker before he died in 1992. The trust is in their name. The children are suing their mother, arguing that she should be removed from the position of trustee after behaving "deceitfully" and with "gross dishonesty." According to court documents obtained by ABC News, Rinehart warned her children that, lest they make her trustee, they could face capital tax gains up to $142 million, which would lead to bankruptcy. The children's suit alleges that she gave them less than one business day to make the decision and that she threatened "not to act in the best interests of the beneficiaries (children) unless the beneficiaries signed a deed that contained such terms." In the agreement the children feel they were forced to make, Rinehart extended her control of the trust until 2068. The youngest of the three kids would be 83 at that point and Rinehart would be 114. The $2.4 billion fortune the Rinehart kids were expecting to inherit last year could have had an income of up to $250 million a year. The documents show that Rinehart lacked faith in her children's business skills, who she says lack experience to head the trust. In them, Hancock's chief financial officer valued the company at $10.3 billion; the trust represents around 23 percent of the company. Mrs. Rinehart's defense says, "None of the plaintiffs (her children) has the requisite capacity or skill, nor the knowledge, experience, judgment or responsible work ethic to administer a trust in the nature of the trust in particular as part of the growing HPPL Group," she said. In court documents, Rinehart characterized her three oldest kids as slackers "manifestly unsuitable" to manage the trust fund set up by their grandfather. In emails, she told them that it would be in their best interests "to force them to go to work and reconsider their holidaying lifestyles and attitudes." Mrs. Rinehart said that she had given the children short-term positions but that they never "occupied any long-term position of professional or occupational responsibility, either in the resources industry or elsewhere." In a letter to the children on Sept. 3, Mrs. Rinehart demanded that the children cede control of the fund to her lest their inexperience leads them all to bankruptcy. Mrs. Rinehart's youngest daughter, Ginia, agrees with her mother, saying that her siblings were "not fit and proper persons to be trustees." Rinehart has accused her children of profligacy. According to a statement released by her lawyers, "Additionally the plaintiffs have each chosen multimillion-dollar homes with water views and swimming pools to enjoy. The trust income after tax was too small to provide the luxury homes, so these were provided to the three eldest children in addition to trust dividends and other benefits." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I actually like this. Force them to work and know what real life is (to an extent) all about. Don't give them the free ride. It'll build character in those kids. If I had that much money I'd help out those that are trying hard and just need a bit of a boost. Edit: But as it stands, it isn't her decision, so they should get the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 So, she's basically stating that the kids are all irresponsible...not like the person who raised the aforementioned. The grandfather is the one who wanted them to get the money. It was never hers to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 #billionaireproblems They can all suck it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpinDrive Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Here's an idea, take the money from all of them and use it to feed children in Africa and other places where it could be better put to use. Of course, arguing over billions is cool too..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovechkinisgod Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 "Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Here's an idea, take the money from all of them and use it to feed children in Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 If it was her money she was trying to prevent them from getting I would be in favor of this. That isn't the case though. The grandfather wanted them to have it and they should get it. Something tells me if someone tried to prevent her from getting her inheritance from him that she wouldn't have taken it lying down either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpinDrive Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I thought all the starving kids in Africa already died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikiShiz Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Give your kids enough money to do something but not enough for them to do nothing. I agree with what shes doing I hate free loaders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedintron Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Well, on the one hand, I do agree her children should not get a free ride to the money, as it's evident they enjoy the luxury a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I'm betting there's a few still kicking around, and if they are well fed, then build some bloody schools or wells or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 The silver spoon kids might loose all the money to taxes? What's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likewise Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I thought all the starving kids in Africa already died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollarAndADream Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 If her kids are truly lazy bastards, then they shouldn't be able to do nothing and inherit her money. They should prove to her now that they can work hard. Then again, it isn't even her money. She inherited it herself....so the kids should get it. Nevermind lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soda Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 This reported needs her head read. Reading the article the Cashed up Gina and one daughter do think its appropriate that other siblings should MANANGE the fund. Whether they benefit from it is not in question. The headline just dosent compute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Gina Rinehart didn't just inherit the company as is, she's the one responsible for building it into what it is today. It was a debt laden mess when she took it over from her father and now it's one of the biggest of it's kind on the planet and it's privately owned. If she continues on her pace, she'll be the richest person in the world soon, she's already increased her own net worth close to 2000% in the last 6 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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