Legal issues are supposed to be resolved by cold-blooded logic, by rational analysis—in theory, emotions such as sympathy for a family, sorrow for the loss of a life, are legally "irrelevant.
Families today face time pressures from all angles. Some, though, can be calm even when schedules get stormy. The key for at least three families is an open secret—the family that leans on God together can work out the kinks together.