Kaya Klitschko, Hayden Panettiere's 11-year-old daughter, has become the focus of an urgent legal move involving her late mother's estate, after her father and Panettiere's former fiancé, Wladimir Klitschko, asked a Los Angeles court for temporary authority to protect the child's inheritance.
Klitschko filed the petition on 24 September, seeking to be appointed temporary guardian of Kaya's estate while Panettiere's probate proceedings move forward. Court documents cited by the Associated Press and USA TODAY identify Kaya as Panettiere's sole heir, with the filing stating that she is entitled to the entirety of her mother's probate estate.
