Shannen Doherty’s estate has settled its legal dispute with her ex-husband, the photographer Kurt Iswarienko, who agreed to give the estate half the equity in the couple’s $1.5 million home in Dripping Springs, Texas. The agreement, outlined in court documents filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on 24 March 2026, came 20 months after the Beverly Hills, 90210 star died of cancer at 53 in July 2024. The deal covers a Mooney aeroplane, photographs of the actress and furniture, and ends a court battle that began in November 2025 when the estate said he had broken their divorce settlement.
Shannen Doherty’s ex-husband can keep the Texas home if he pays her estate half its equity
According to Us Weekly, Iswarienko will be awarded the Texas property on condition that he pays the estate half the equity on time and provides a complete inventory of his photographic works. If he fails to repay Doherty’s trust, both sides must sell the house.The court documents also require him to return Doherty’s coffee table and couch from the home and to wire $25,000 to the estate for her interest in a Mooney M-20 aeroplane. The inventory he must produce covers his photographs that depict Doherty.In return, the estate, represented by trustee Christopher Cortazzo, agreed to return Iswarienko’s guitars, equipment and restored Garard stereo record player. The trustees must also cooperate in signing documents covering the title and deed. The court keeps jurisdiction over the return of the items.
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How a divorce settlement signed a day before her death ended up in a Los Angeles courtroom
The couple, married from 2011 to 2023, had separated nearly a year before Doherty died. She signed the divorce settlement on 12 July 2024, and Iswarienko signed it on 13 July, the day she died, People reported.Under its terms, he was to sell the Texas home and divide the net proceeds equally with her estate. The estate’s lawyers and Cortazzo said in a November filing that he had refused to list the home. They also said he was 14 months late with copies of photographs of Doherty that were due by 1 September 2024. He was meant to buy out her share of the aeroplane for $100,000 within five business days of selling it, but allegedly withheld $50,274 after the sale in August 2024.In January, Iswarienko filed documents challenging the settlement. He argued that it had been filed in the wrong court, that the court therefore could not enforce it, and that the divorce case should have ended when Doherty died. His attorney, Ron Rale, did not comment to People.
