The fight over Gore Vidal's estate, and how to plan for your own

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Nov 20, 2013

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The fight over Gore Vidal's estate, and how to plan for your own

Writer Gore Vidal died more than a year ago, but his family says he wrote his last will when he wasn't of sound mind. We look at the case with an estate planner to examine the law and the options when this happens in your own family.

Author Gore Vidal appears in conversation with writer Jon Wiener at the 12th Annual L.A. Times Festival of Books in Royce Hall on the U.C.L.A. campus on April 28, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.

Writer Gore Vidal died more than a year ago, but his family says he wrote his last will when he wasn't of sound mind. We look at the case with an estate planner to examine the law and the options when this happens in your own family.

Writer Gore Vidal died more than a year ago, and according to his will, he left his estate to Harvard University.

His family, however, says he was senile and in no state of mind to make legal decisions when he drafted his last will. Take Two's Alex Cohen speaks about the case with Tim Teeman, author of "In Bed With Gore Vidal."