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18 April 2024

After Bobbi what happens to Whitney Houston's $20m fortune?

Singer Whitney Houston, left, and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown arrive at the Pre-Grammy Gala & Salute to Industry Icons with Clive Davis honoring David Geffen in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP)

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Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of pop legend Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, died Sunday aged 22, six months after she was found unconscious in a bathtub.

Bobbi was discovered face down and unresponsive in her bathtub in her Atlanta, Georgia home on January 31.

Her death drew eerie parallels to that of her mother, who was found face down in a bathtub in a Los Angeles hotel on February 11, 2012, on the eve of the Grammy Awards.

Earlier reports suggested that Bobbi Kristina was set to inherit at least $20 million when Whitney Houston died.

But TMZ now claims to have seen the copy of Whitney's will and reports most of that fortune will be determined by Whitney's wishes.

The will, which established a trust in which Bobbi Kristina got 1/10 of Whitney's estate when she turned 21. 

Bobbi Kristina was set to get 1/6 of the balance when she turned 25, but that will not happen since she died tragically at 22.

However, Whitney's will also provide a clause that if Bobbi Kristina died before reaching 25, all the money would go to the people Whitney designated.

According to the will Bobbi Kristina had no authority to give away 9/10 of Whitney's fortune.

As for who Whitney designated - her mother Cissy and brothers Michael and Gary.

The will also gives Bobby Brown a cut, but there's an issue with that clause.

The will is worded to "my husband, Robert B. Brown." But the will was drafted before they divorced in 2007, and the issue is whether Bobby still qualifies since he is no longer her husband.

According to the law of New Jersey, where the will was drafted, Whitney's ex-husband Bobby will not get the money.