These legal issues have been around for a long time and next month it appears that several members of the Wildenstein family will be going on trial for tax fraud and money-laundering. I think what this article illustrates is the need to take care of your financial matters before you lapse into a comma or pass away. There is a lot to this case and for a nice summary by Doreen Carvajal and Graham Bowley, click HERE.
Daniel & Alec Wildenstein (1965)