Tuesday, March 27, 2012

For Better or Worse

Over the past few months, we have been writing about Ann’s recovery after her stroke and how she decided to move in with her daughter, Letty, afterwards.  Ann thinks that Letty is in part burdened by having Ann live there.  Ann’s son, Manny, thinks that Letty is getting a sweet deal with Ann contributing to household expenses and even planning a nice addition to the house. 

Whether multi-generational living is a benefit or burden is a matter of perception, and each family’s situation is different.  We think there are lots of pieces to each puzzle. 

At best, living multi-generationally can save money, open up better options, enrich family relationships, improve understanding between generations, and be more fun -- generally a “win/win” for everyone.  

But living multi-generationally can also break frayed relationships, increase generational friction, be depressing, cause resentment, and even allow abusive relationships to grow -- generally a lose/lose for everyone and unfair. 

After some hard planning work over several years, our own family is delighted that our multi-generational living arrangement has resulted in more and better benefits than our expectations.  In the next couple of weeks, we plan to share a bit of our own story when we decided to join our two families in one residence (and office).  We hope it helps show why planning helps.

Deciding on multi-generational living has both practical and legal issues.  For help considering possible multi-generational living arrangements, call our office at (815) 436-1996 to set an appointment.  ©2012 Gruber Law Office, Ltd.


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