Avoid Family Strife over Elder Care

One or both parents requiring care can create serious stresses and conflicts within families. Sometimes disagreements and misunderstandings over elder care or inheritance issues can lead families to break apart, affecting descendants for generations.

Families do well to work out these issues on their own, but many cannot, and the disagreements or hurts either fester or break out into open conflict and, occasionally, litigation.

To avoid this, an Elder Law Attorney can be helpful in resolving family disputes that otherwise may go unaddressed or lead to costly and traumatic litigation. A successful resolution can preserve family ties to the benefit of the entire family tree.Situations that an Elder Law Attorney can help your family avoid, can include, but is not limited to the following:

• Mom or Dad is beginning to need help and family members (as well as Mom or Dad) can't decide on the best living arrangement: stay at home with help, move in with one of the children, move to assisted living, or move to an apartment.
• One child decides to... [ READ MORE ]