Yoga teacher in 5m inheritance battle over fears she would disappear to Brazil'

"A yoga teacher and birth doula who claims she was cut out of her dying husband's fortune after fears she would "disappear to Brazil" with his children when he died is now fighting a 5m court battle with his brother. Brazil-born Gabriela Teixeira, 41, married wealthy London property investor and restaurateur Abbas Moaven in 2002 after first meeting at one of his restaurants in Notting Hill in 2000."

"But after Abbas died, aged 45, in 2012, Gabriela was shocked to learn that his estate - which she was due to split with her two now adult children - 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."

Gabriela Teixeira, a yoga teacher and birth doula, is engaged in a £5 million court battle with her late husband Abbas Moaven's brother over his estate. The couple married in 2002 and had two children while living in prestigious London neighborhoods. Abbas died in 2012 at age 45. Weeks before his death, he signed legal documents transferring four properties worth over £3 million to his mother and brother Amir, substantially diminishing the estate Gabriela and her children were entitled to inherit. Gabriela claims she was excluded due to fears she would take the children to Brazil. She now fights alongside her adult children to contest these arrangements.

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