Consider four sons living in four different states with their mother living in the same state as the eldest son. Three of the boys are attorneys and the fourth a retired successful businessman living near Mom. Mom is 89 and in good shape for her age but beginning to have some more serious health issues. The boys’ father was a successful doctor who has been deceased for over 15 years.
Problems began when one of the sons visited mom for a few days and bought her an extended premium channel package for her cable system that required additional hardware. The son who lived close to his mother called the visiting son and verbally attacked him for the premium package. “Nice…you waltz into town and buy Mom a toy that is a nightmare for me.” “She is calling me every other day to come over and show her how to work your damn toy. What were you thinking!!”