Ted Turner walked down the aisle three times. When it came to his final will, though, his best-known ex was left out.

Jane Fonda does not appear anywhere in the document, according to reports.

Turner's five kids have gone to court asking to be put in charge of his estate. They are Laura, Robert, Rhett, Reed plus Sara. They are also the only heirs named.

Three marriages

The filing lays out the CNN founder's marriages. He divorced Judy Nye in 1964. He split from Jane Turner in 1988. His marriage to Fonda ended in 2001.

Fonda talked up her ex for years after they parted. She praised him again when he died. Even so, her name is nowhere on the list of people set to inherit.

Many rewrites

Turner created his trust back in 2003 at age 64. He kept reworking it after that.

He updated it in 2005, 2006 plus 2007. More changes came in 2009, 2011 plus every year from 2013 through 2024. The last update was made in 2025.

His instructions

Turner told his heirs to cover his debts and take care of business affairs.

"I have confidence in the investments which will be found in my estate at the time of my death," he wrote. He still gave them room to sell assets if needed.

Turner died on May 6, 2026. He was 87.