Wife divorces and wants husband's $3 million private island, but he tricks her into taking

the worthless island.

The brother of a good friend of mine went through a divorce last year.

The divorce was fairly messy, his soon-to-be ex-wife was trying to get as much as she could.

My friend and his siblings all jointly inherited their

grandfather's cabin a few months earlier. It is situated on a private island in Canada that has

been owned by the family for four generations. It's about 500 square feet and easily worth over

$3 million, and their grandfather had several unexpected private offers over that

value, all refused with no interest in selling. The family was notified by her lawyer that she

was requesting payment to buy out her one-sixth ownership. Each sibling owned one-third, and she was

trying to claim half of her husband's share. They tried to discuss a few

alternatives, such as giving her a one-sixth right to usage, but no ownership, and she declined,

apparently intent on forcing them to sell it, knowing that none of them could afford to front

the money to their brother to keep the cabin in their ownership. Their lawyer, a family friend, did a bunch of work to find a favourable solution for them.

In looking over the grandfather's will, he discovered that the divorcing brother did not

in fact own any part of the island with the cabin on it.

It seemed that their grandfather bought up a bunch of other islands nearby the cabin and willed

them to his grandchildren separately.

He only owned a small nearby island made up of rocks and gravel, not big enough to build on

and not worth any money at all. Not wanting to give her anything at all, they made her an offer,

attempting to look like they were giving her more than she deserved and with the appearance

of being desperate to keep ownership of the cabin. They gave her 75% usage rights of, quote, the island

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