Wow, do I ever have a different take on this compared to others on this board.

I am EXTREMELY troubled by the bold moves by the judge in question, moves I would call inappropriate social engineering. Who on Earth is this judge to demand what he has demanded?

Look, it is not that I object to the end result, what I object to is the matter of the process.

Was there a family member who was humiliated by a speech at a funeral? If so, and if that is all there was, well, boo-hoo on you, tough cookies and please do not ask our courts to sniff around to try to determine how humiliating was the speech and how much money should you somehow get therefore.

HOWEVER, was a law broken, were illegally taped videos shown to an audience? If yes, first mete out CRIMINAL CHARGES and then subsequently, sue for CIVIL damages. That I would be okay with.

As for the will? Wrong on that one. At most, the ruling should have been money to trust for daughters. Giving it to wife violated the man's own wishes.