# Judge bars two siblings from inheriting after ruling they abused billionaire father

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/succession-style-family-feud-goes-nuclear-insiders-reveal-greedy-washington-siblings-fought-over-dying-fathers-billion-dollar-fortune-before-plot-to-oust-his-heir-brutally-backfired/
- Published: 2026-11-09T20:33:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T20:47:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16250703/Succession-family-feud-billion-fortune-heir-Harlan-Douglass.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Culture, Fashion, World

## Key points

- A judge barred two siblings from inheriting.
- Harlan Douglass’s estate was valued at more than $1 billion.
- His final wills left eldest son Harley $1,000.

## Summary

Harlan Douglass built a Pacific Northwest property empire worth more than $1 billion, but disputes over his inheritance led to a prolonged feud among his children. A judge ruled that his two younger children and his girlfriend had unduly influenced his final wills and financially abused him, barring the siblings from inheriting.

A 2018 will divided the estate equally among Harlan’s three children, with each expected to receive about $330 million. Two wills signed in 2019 instead left 65 per cent to Lanzce, 35 per cent to Stacey and $1,000 to eldest son Harley; the younger siblings said this reflected their father’s wishes and accounted for about $400 million in earlier gifts to Harley. Harlan’s estate included 250 commercial buildings and about 2,000 apartments, and he died in 2023.

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