Kevin Mazur/WireImageRobin Williams' widow, Susan Schneider, says she didn't anticipate going into legal battle with his children after his tragic death.
In the second part of her first interview since Williams' passing, the 51-year-old artist tells ABC's Amy Robach that she was "forced" to go to court with her step kids—Zachary, Zelda and Cody Williams—to battle for the estate she shared with her late husband.
"And when I say that, here's what happened: two and a half weeks after Robin had left, I was still in shock. And not back in our home," she explained. "After being in the trenches with my husband for so long and trying to solve this thing, after seven years together in love, I was told that I might not be able to be able to keep our wedding gifts."
She adds, "In fact, [they said], ‘While you're out of the house, we need to come in and take everything out. Eventually once we've gone through it all, you can decide – tell us which items are yours. And we'll decide whether or not that's true.'"
Susan says the whole experience was "incomprehensible" to her.
"I'll never forget being on the phone with one of the trustees and saying, ‘Are you kidding me? I'm not going to be able to keep our wedding gifts? What is this? I know Robin Williams is famous. He's my husband. He's my husband. If we're talking that you guys think everything is memorabilia, then take me. He's touched me. Where does this end?'"
They eventually settled things outside of court in October, and Susan said the agreement was "basically what my husband wanted, which was just that I could live in the home until I die. And that's it. That it would be taken care of."
Susan—who was married to Williams for 3 years—is now living back in their California home and says she takes everything one day at a time, living by his golden rule, "Treat others as you wish to be treated."
Meanwhile, in the first part of the interview Susan revealed that her husband did not commit suicide due to depression. Rather, his death was the result of his secret battle against Lewy Body Dementia (LBD).
She nor the doctors could pinpoint the disease until after his death. In fact, on the Saturday before his passing, they spent a beautiful day together and she even had a slight bit of hope that he was getting better.
"It was the perfect day," Susan said. "We just did what we loved to do together. And I know now that he gave me that perfect day. He gave us that perfect day."
He ended up taking his life just a few days later on Aug. 11, 2014, unable to deal with the symptoms of mental disarray and anxiety any longer.
"He was keeping it together as best as he could, but the last month he could not. It was like the dam broke," she explained, adding that she believes his suicide was his way of regaining control. "I think he was just saying no and I don't blame him one bit."