A battle between spouses is playing out along the manicured fairways and greens of the St. Louis Country Club as a wealthy family fights among themselves over a sizable inheritance. The trouble stems from a dispute over the use of separate funds brought into the marriage, along with children from previous marriages, with both families disputing how to allocate years of growth to each spouse. In addition, the step-siblings have fought among themselves as some worry that shares will be diluted by improperly assigning marital assets to each spouse. Furthermore, the grandchildren of one of the spouses has become an issue as the children of the wife worry that she will leave her estate to grandchildren instead.While reports state that the couple remain in love, the wife has threatened to file a divorce suit in order to get an estate accounting. No word on when a trial date will be set.
See Sarah Fenske, In Probate Court, a Wealthy St. Louis Family Becomes Bitterly Divided, River Front Times, February 8, 2016.
Special thanks to Jim Hartnett for bringing this article to my attention.
