Family
Mar. 11, 2026
The graying divide: How wealth concentration is rewriting family law
See more on The graying divide: How wealth concentration is rewriting family lawThe graying divorce, often involving spouses over 60, has become its own specialty, requiring family lawyers, trust and estate counsel, and accountants who can navigate private equity fund agreements.
Years ago, a grown son called my office in a panic. His elderly father--an Auschwitz survivor who had rebuilt his life in California by investing in real estate--had just attempted suicide. The reason: his new wife was fighting to take the family's beloved beach property away from his children, and he could not live with that being his legacy.
We used divorce as a tool to resolve what was, underneath everything, an estate dispute. We moved fast. Und...
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