Wynonna Judd ‘plans to contest her mother’s $25M will’ after she and sister Ashley were left out: Family friend claims she ‘blew through every dollar she made with The Judds’ and even ‘checked into rehab for money disorder in 2004’

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Country star Wynonna Judd (right) is planning to formally contest her late mother’s will which left her $25million fortune to her husband. Naomi Judd, who was a long-time singing partner of Wynonna, as The Judds, left her two daughters out of her will in a baffling move. Both Wynonna, 58, and Ashley (left) did not feature in the will, and did not get any part of her estate, with the Nashville superstar leaving everything to her widower Larry Strickland.

The couple had been married for 33 years, with Naomi making Strickland the executor of her estate in a move that was said to ‘upset’ Wynonna. The Grammy award-winning country star’s decision has reportedly sparked another bitter battle between Ashley and Wynonna.

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Ashley, 54, is reportedly siding with her late mother and Larry, after Wynona believes that they ‘conspired’ against her, according to Radar. One source said that ‘Wynonna (pictured as a young mother) was banking on getting a piece of the pie’ after her mother’s death.

A family friend claimed that Ashley believed her mother ‘knew what she was doing’ by not giving her sister (right) a lump sum. They added: ‘Wynonna has had money problems throughout her adult life. She’s blown through every dollar she made with The Judds. She even checked into a treatment facility in 2004 for a “money disorder”!’

Wynonna is rumored to be ‘upset’ by the decision because of her singing partnership with Naomi as The Judds. She ‘believes she was a major force behind her mother’s success’. The sister’s have had a very public falling out since 2012 when Wynonna did not invite Naomi or Ashley to her wedding to country music legend Cactus Moser.

Ashley (pictured) also claimed in an explosive court filing in 2013 that her sister had a tracking device planted on her car.

Naomi Judd shot herself dead in an upstairs room of her Tennessee farmhouse on April 30 after a longtime battle with her mental health. She prepared her will in November 2017, nearly five years before she died, and was of ‘sound mind and disposing memory’ when she approved the document. Pictured: Wynonna, Ashley and Naomi Judd are pictured together at an Academy Awards show.

Judd’s will states Strickland is entitled to ‘reasonable compensation’ for his services as executor, according to the document which was reviewed by Page Six. He can also be paid or reimbursed for ‘reasonable expenses, advances and disbursements, including attorney’s and accountant’s fees, made or incurred in the administration of my estate.’ Pictured: Judd’s property.

The document also states that if Strickland could not be executor of the estate due to death or any other reason, Judd’s brother-in-law, Reginald Strickland, and the president of Tennessee law firm Wiatr & Associates would serve as co-executors. Naomi Judd is pictured hugging Wynonna outside of her daughter’s home during in 2016.

The Judds were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame one day after Judd’s death was announced. The sisters have not given any indication of tensions with their mother, having praised her after her death and publicly discussed their struggles during the grieving process. Both girls also had homes on Judd’s 1,000-acre farm in the greater Nashville-area, which she had owned for nearly three decades. It is unclear if Wynonna and Ashley’s properties are considered part of Judd’s estate.

Wynonna and her mother, known as The Judds, shot to fame together as a country duo, achieving icon status in the music industry over the decades. She’s pictured with her sister Ashley at a tribute to their mother on May 15, 2022 in Nashville.