Bethenny Frankel says she's the victim of fraud and malpractice in suit over botched trust with ex Jason Hoppy 

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 00:15 EST, 23 November 2016 | Updated: 00:15 EST, 23 November 2016

Bethenny Frankel might not be into the holiday spirit just yet.

The Real Housewives of New York City personality has filed a lawsuit against an attorney in a dispute over a trust she had for an apartment she shared with ex-husband Jason Hoppy.

The 45-year-old reality star, TMZ reports, said in court docs that the lawyer, Jamie Andrew Schreck, fumbled in allowing Hoppy's mother Carol to act as a notary public over the trust in 2011. However, Hoppy's mother was ineligible to act as a notary in New York, the one-time talk show host said.

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Headed to court: Bethenny Frankel, 44, has filed a lawsuit against an attorney linked to a trust she had for the apartment she shared with ex-husband Jason Hoppy 

City girl: The socialite said that the lawyer in the case, Jamie Andrew Schreck, should have known Hoppy's mom Carol was not an accredited notary public in New York. Here she was pictured earlier this month looking fashionable in The Big Apple 

Grandma's love: Carol A. Hoppy (right) served as notary public in a 2011 trust the couple set up, but it turned out she wasn't eligible to practice in New York, Frankel said. Here, Carol was seen with Jason (left) and a toddler Bryn in 2013 in NYC

Frankel - who shares a six-year-old daughter named Bryn with Hoppy - said in court docs that as acting attorney, Schreck's unawareness of the mistake demonstrated legal malpractice, breach of contract, fraud, notary misconduct and breach of fiduciary duties.

The trust might be legally invalid in light of Carol Hoppy's ineligibility in serving as notary public, according to the Skinnygirl proprietor.

It's the latest bitter chapter in the post-script between Frankel and Hoppy, as the outlet previously reported that Bethenny's current beau, New York banker Dennis Shields was debating seeking court intervention in the ongoing tension between Bethenny and Hoppy, who were together from 2010 until their 2012 separation.

Fightin' words: Shields' legal team said that Hoppy told the banker he was one in a 'revolving door' of men Bethenny has dated since their break-up

Via his legal team, Shields said that Hoppy has fired off 49 emails at Frankel - copying him on each one - over the last 70 days. 

Hoppy's emails came with 'increasing frequency and hostility,' Shields' attorneys said, adding that Hoppy told the moneyman he was one in a 'revolving door of men' his ex-wife had dated in the four years since they split.

Frankel and Hoppy finalized their divorce earlier this year, while Shields remains in the process of getting divorced from estranged wife Jill Schwartzberg. 

Tainted love: Bethenny and Hoppy, seen here in May of 2011, have fought for much of the four years since their separation

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