Judge dismisses lawsuit over slain millionaire’s residency
CONCORD, N.H. — A judge in New Hampshire dismissed a lawsuit Friday against a man relatives say killed his millionaire grandfather for inheritance money, saying the slain grandfather was not a resident of the state.
Judge David King said John Chakalos lived in Connecticut, even though he had a New Hampshire driver’s license and house, and was registered to vote there. King had earlier rejected a similar argument by 24-year-old Nathan Carman, but Carman argued that new evidence provided by Chakalos’ former estate planner shows otherwise.
“His actual residence was in Connecticut, he had a more and significant lasting connection there, and he never intended to permanently reside outside that state,” King said.
The lawsuit, brought on by Carman’s mother’s three sisters, said his aunts don’t want him to get his mother’s share of the inheritance. After the judge’s decision, they said they will consider “further actions” in Connecticut and New Hampshire. Chakalos left more than $29 million to his four daughters.