Chicago chain co-founder’s daughter sues stepmother over estate




Christi Kamberos Matthews, daughter of Treasure Island Foods co-founder Christ Kamberos, is suing her stepmother in a dispute over Kamberos’ estate,

the

Chicago Tribune

reported.

Treasure Island, founded by Kamberos and his brother in 1963, is now a seven-store chain specializing in international foods. Kamberos died in October at age 83, the

Tribune

reported.

Kamberos Matthews “claims her stepmother, Maria A. Kamberos, who now runs Treasure Island, engaged in a decades-long scheme to manipulate Christ Kamberos into eliminating Kamberos Matthews as one of the major beneficiaries of the estate,” the article said.

The suit mentions several times that Maria, married to Kamberos since 1986 as his second wife, was more than 31 years younger. He was 60 and she was 29 when they wed. The suit outlines a pattern of alleged actions by Maria to alienate Kamberos from his children.

According to the report, the suit alleges that in 1990, Kamberos changed his will, originally drafted in 1975, so that assets that were to go to his surviving children would go to Maria instead. (Source:

Chicago Tribune,

Aug. 13, 2010.)

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