There was a great deal of anger and distrust among the five adult siblings - four sisters and one brother – so much so that they felt estranged and unable to communicate with each other or with their mother about their father’s deteriorating condition and their parents’ current and future needs. After speaking with each of the siblings and the mother, we proposed…
You never thought it would happen. You’ve been together for so long. But now, living together has become intolerable. You agree to disagree and, although it's tragically sad, it's best for both of you to finalize the divorce. You don’t have kids and you don’t want a drawn-out court battle. All that being said, you just don't feel comfortable…
All of us are unique, but family ties and upbringing cause us to share a common thread with our siblings. While this is the rule, we recently worked with a family that was the exception to the rule. Three kids, born within a few years of each other and raised in the same house with the same parents, could not have been more different. The eldest was…
A strong capable mother and her four adult daughters had not all been in the same room together for five years. Half of the family lived in Hawaii, and the other half in California. The mother, we’ll call her Amelia, has epilepsy, which manifests itself in periodic grand mal seizures. She had a seizure recently while driving…
