Gabriela Teixeira, a birth doula and yoga teacher, married wealthy London property investor and restaurateur Abbas Moaven in 2002 and had two children. After Abbas died in 2012, she learned his estate might be worth nothing because four properties were allegedly not entirely his. Weeks before his death, Abbas signed legal documents stating the properties were shared with his mother and brother, Amir Moaven, substantially diminishing the estate and potentially leaving it worthless due to debts. Gabriela and her children brought a High Court claim to restore the properties to the estate. She argued the documents were a sham, supported by notes suggesting concerns about her leaving for Brazil with the children. A judge ruled the story behind the documents was fiction and that the properties fall into Abbas’ estate, potentially worth up to 5m.
"Gabriela Teixeira, 51, married wealthy London property investor and restaurateur Abbas Moaven in 2002 after first meeting at one of his restaurants in Notting Hill in 2000. They had two children and lived at a series of high-end properties around some of the capital's most desirable neighbourhoods, including Holland Park and Kensington. But after Abbas died, aged 45, in 2012, Gabriela was shocked to learn that his estate - which she and her two children, who are now adults, were due to share - could be worth nothing."
"Weeks before his death, he had signed legal documents declaring that four properties - at the time worth over 3m - were not entirely his, but in fact shared with his mum and brother, Amir, "substantially diminishing" the estate she would inherit and potentially leaving it worthless due to debts. Alongside her children, Elis and Aryan, she launched a High Court battle against her husband's brother, Amir Moaven, to restore the properties to the estate - which lawyers said could then be worth as much as 5m - and allow her and her kids to inherit their full value."
"She claimed the documents her husband signed declaring the properties were not entirely his were a "sham," pointing to his lawyers' notes following a meeting with Amir, telling of concerns that she might "disappear to Brazil" with the kids after Abbas died, with Amir questioning how that could be prevented. A High Court judge, Deputy Master Timothy Bowles, has now given judgment, ruling that the story behind the documents was a "fiction" and that the properties do fall into Abbas' estate to be inherited by Gabriela and her children."
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