Ondo Finance’s succession dispute has widened into a battle among founder Nathan Allman’s family, acting CEO Ian De Bode and investor David Chen following Allman’s sudden death without a will. Allman, 32, left an estate that included controlling equity in Ondo Finance and a very large holding of ONDO tokens, including unlocked tokens and tokens scheduled to unlock over the next three years. A probate court named his parents, Kathleen and Lawrence Allman, as inheritors, while Kathleen later obtained authority to vote the estate’s shares. Kathleen appointed herself and her daughter Tahnee Towill to Ondo’s board, became chair and interim CEO, and sought to remove De Bode, who remained acting CEO and a board member under a Sept. 3 court order. Kathleen has sued De Bode, alleging an unauthorized takeover and improper compensation arrangements worth about $11 million. Separately, Kathleen’s half-sister, Dr. Lani Clinton, and Chen petitioned a Hawaiian court for a limited conservatorship over Kathleen’s share of the estate. The proceedings leave Ondo’s corporate control, token holdings and disputed governance actions unresolved.