Read post #17. This woman was intrinsic to the creation of their business and wealth. She deserves half.
You should read Robert Kiyosaki’s Cash Flow Quadrant. Most people are employees, and have the mindset of being an employee, which is why they are not rich, nor ever will be rich. You do not get rich by leaving all your assets unprotected ... the first lawsuit will wipe you out. It is obvious that these people are not E (employees), S (small business owners), or B (large business owners). These people (at least the man) are I (Investors), and as such they(he) did everything to ensure that their(his) assets were protected. Nothing illegal, nothing shady. You made a MAJOR assumption that she was intrinsic to the creation of the wealth. If so, she should have had stock in the company herself, and put it in her own Trust. They were obviously savvy enough to know about Trusts, so the fact that she was not granted shares in the business tells me that she was NOT intrinsic to creation of the wealth.