Last Will And Testament
Jennifer Rozelle said it breaks her heart to see families fighting over inheritance.
  • Jennifer Rozelle has been working in estate law for over a decade. 
  • She's witnessed some heartbreaking fights between families over inheritance. 
  • One pair of siblings even argued until they lost their inheritance to legal fees. 

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Jennifer Rozelle, 36, an attorney at the firm Indiana Estate & Elder Law, about seeing families receive inheritances in her line of work. The following has been edited for length and clarity.