Are you the missing Hungarian heir to a fortune from Canada? Lawyers are looking for the answer

It sounds like the plot of a movie, yet it is a very real legal case touching two continents. A Canadian law firm is searching for a Hungarian woman who may be entitled to a substantial inheritance left behind by a relative who emigrated to Canada decades ago.

Somebody’s ancestor in Canada prepared a will

The story begins in Brantford, Ontario, where Helen Molnar – or in Hungarian, known as Molnár Helén – passed away on 3 February 2023. Having outlived both her husband and her only child, she had taken care to prepare a will some ten years earlier, outlining how her estate should be distributed.

However, time complicated matters. Her husband, Zsolt Molnár, named as the primary heir, died in 2020, seven years after the will was written. Their daughter, Jean Anne, had already died in 2012. While the document appointed Helen Molnar’s son-in-law as executor, with her grandchildren as backups, the will also included an unexpected fourth beneficiary: a woman living in Hungary.

Who is the heir then?

As Blikk writes, that woman is believed to be Zsolt Molnár’s sister, named Kata Kovács, who would be entitled to an equal share of the estate. According to the Canadian probate lawyer handling the case, Kimberly Gale, very little is known about her beyond her name, family connection and the assumption that she may live in Budapest. It is also believed she is older than her late brother.