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When litigation threatens, what can family members do to minimize its destructive power? Karen JacMar proposed a “manifesto” to limit the...

I am not a psychologist. I am not a cultural anthropologist or neuroscientist. I am an estate planning lawyer who has mediated family disputes...

While conducting a mediation recently I was simply baffled by the position of one of the attorneys.  The position appeared to be contrary to...

The form should be for them, and the substance, for you.  What do I mean? From where I, as a mediator sit, everyone should both be focused...

Once upon a time there were three children all of whom were loved equally. One child spent his adulthood in and out of rehab all on Daddy’s...

Once upon a time there were three children all of whom were loved equally. One child spent his adulthood in and out of rehab all on Daddy’s...

If you advise business families -- or own one: read this By:  P Robert Brown (Bellevue, WA United States) Business families are...

As I have mediated thousands of cases over the last couple of decades, I have come to realize and appreciate the importance of the concepts of...