Malcolm-Jamal Warner's widow, Tenisha Hancock Warner, filed a lawsuit requesting $1.2 million in debt from the late actor's estate, suing his mother Pamela Warner, on July 20, 2026.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner's widow, Tenisha Warner, appeared to hint at distance with her mother-in-law in a CBS Mornings interview filmed before her $1.2 million lawsuit became public

"He was close to finalizing a new estate plan to replace the stale plan he created in 1996 when he was 26 years old, 20 years before we met and well before we gave birth our beautiful daughter. Sadly,...