The Fight of This Old Boxer’s Life Was With His Own Family
The New York Times
Marvin Stein lived an eventful and prosperous life. But a battle among his family over his fortune broke out, and he suddenly found himself powerless to fight for himself.
This much is agreed upon.
On the day after Thanksgiving 2018, Marvin Stein’s two adult sons removed him from the home he shared with his third wife and took him to three banks, where he withdrew nearly $400,000. Then they transferred the money to a trust account that they controlled.
Within days, the sons — who came from Marvin’s second marriage — helped him change his will to make them the only beneficiaries. Two months later, twin sisters from Marvin’s wife’s family, his grandnieces-in-law, petitioned the court to declare him legally incapacitated, and to appoint a guardian to manage both his person and his finances. And, they argued, they were the right people for the job. They were 23.
