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[quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry, Op. My DH and I are in the same situation. SIL moved in to MIL’s place in Canada after getting fired and/or put in inpatient a few too many times and losing her work visa in the US. DH and I know that SIL will get the condo one day and that will be good for her to not be on the street. What we really wish is that MIL would find a way to move out to her own place. She can afford it and so can we. She’s really healthy so we can’t make the excuse of needing assisted living or something like that, and I know she is reluctant to leave SIL no matter how bad it is.

I wish we had a neighbor like yours who could give us a little bit of information about what’s really going on. We get bits and pieces based on my SIL’s occasional crises that are directed at us, but since she does stuff across borders/jurisdictions, it’s really hard to take legal action. I worry so much about MIL because she is covering for SIL but so well that we don’t know the extent of it.

Unfortunately, it’s really hard to get an adult to seek treatment and it’s equally hard to find legal ways to put boundaries around their behavior unless they’ve resorted to violence. Of course by then it’s too late.[/quote]

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