Whitney Houston is to countersue her stepmother for $1.6m in response to a previously reported suit relating to the execution of father John Houston's will.
The dispute is over payments relating to the house where Barbara Houston now lives, which was bought with money loaned by Whitney, and whether the singer's father's life insurance money was meant to be used to pay off debts associated with the property.
Whitney claims that Barbara Houston owes her money for failing to make mortgage, tax, and condo association payments, whilst Barbara says that the singer improperly kept proceeds from John Houston's $1-million insurance policy after his death in 2003. Whitney claims the insurance money was repaying an earlier loan plus interest.
Whitney's lawyer is paraphrased all over the place as saying that Barbara is not an inform old lady, and that the 45 year old star should not have to subsidise her 47 year old stepmother's living expenses.