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Conservative media titan Rupert Murdoch cannot change his family trust and give control to his son Lachlan after his death, according to a Nevada probate commissioner ruling.

The Murdoch family’s legal battle played out in probate court in Nevada, where the trust was formed.

Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to give control of his media empire to his son Lachlan was rejected by a Nevada probate commissioner this week.

But a Nevada probate commissioner rejected the request to amend the trust that had been opposed by Murdoch’s other children named in the trust — Prudence, James and Elisabeth.

Another mother whose son was infected with HIV aged eight was told she had to reapply because her name was listed as Judy on her son's probate document when it should have been Judith.