The Marbella home at the centre of journalist Mayka Vergara’s inheritance dispute was eventually recovered after the case was reopened. Her daughter Mónika said the dispute took about 15 years to resolve. During that time, she and her sister lost access to the property and other belongings. She discussed the case on the television programme Fiesta on 8 November 2026.
Mónika said her mother’s will set out how the estate should be distributed, but the widower entered the home and kept possession of it. The sisters continued paying expenses, including the water bills, and maintaining the property while the dispute was before Juzgado número 3 de Marbella. Mónika said a comparable inheritance case in Madrid would, in her view, have taken about two years.
The dispute extended beyond the house. Mónika said the widower kept Mayka’s personal belongings, including her jewellery, clothes and books, as well as the family car. She alleged that his new wife wore jewellery that had belonged to Mayka. Mónika also said the Marbella property was auctioned and awarded to the new wife, who married the widower three months after Mayka’s death. These details were part of Mónika’s account of the case, reported by 20minutos and HOLA!.
Mónika said she studied law to understand why the heirs had not been told about the auction. She identified Juzgado número 3 de Marbella as the court handling the matter and said she filed a complaint over the delay. The court process was discussed on Fiesta, where she said the dispute took around 15 years to settle.
The case was resolved after Mónika changed lawyers and said she would take the matter to court. She said the proceedings were rolled back and the family pursued an alzamiento de bienes procedure. The case was settled within a month, and the family recovered the house. The dispute is separate from the Koldo case involving former Adif president Isabel Pardo de Vera, covered in an earlier court report.
Lawyer and economist David Jiménez said a will must be followed and that a court procedure may be needed when someone occupies a home or keeps property claimed by another heir. He recommended naming a contador-partidor in a will: a person appointed to carry out the partition and distribution of an inheritance. Under Article 1057 of Spain’s Civil Code, heirs and legatees representing at least 50% of an estate may request a contador-partidor dativo if the testator has not named a partitioner or that person cannot act.
Journalist Diego Reinares recalled that the widower, Ángel Llamazares, had described himself on television as usufructuary of the assets Vergara left behind. The remarks were reported in the press. Mónika said her mother was the one who lost most, adding that the rest was money.
