Dear Eric: My brother passed in 2023. He was not married and had no children. He left an estate of $1.5 million. My two sisters and I split his estate equally and have finally closed the estate. From ...

In a recent Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who is fed up with their brother-in-law after he ruined Thanksgiving.

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Dear Eric: My brother passed in 2023. He was not married and had no children. He left an estate of $1.5 million. My two sisters and I split his estate equally and have finally closed the estate. From ...

DEAR ERIC: My husband has just one sibling, a brother. For many years, we all invited each other to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and other holidays. A few years ago, my brother-in-law and his ...

Your brother-in-law needs a long-term solution and, if he has stolen from friends who have previously opened their doors to him, I don't see how it's your responsibility to allow him into your home.

My mother-in-law passed away earlier this year and left her California home to her two sons: my husband and his brother. The house needed extensive work and she had hoarder tendencies, so it took many ...

Dear Eric: My brother-in-law (never known for his tact or diplomacy) came to our house for Thanksgiving dinner where we had 15 people in attendance. Getting everything on the table in time is always a ...

DEAR ABBY: Once a month, my wife and I play music trivia with my brother and his wife at our local pub. We invited them, thinking it would be a great way for us to get closer. (I have an older brother ...

My husband is in his late 80s. He has a sister who is almost 80 and a brother in his early 70s. He and his sister have had very little contact with their brother in the past 35 years, and they last ...