The parties negotiated restitution and adjustments to ownership records, with oversight to ensure the trust’s future administration complied with its governing terms.

Allegations concerning certain transactions were also referred to appropriate authorities for separate review; those matters followed their own timetable.

Sandra, who had once told me that family loyalty mattered more than paperwork, now communicated almost exclusively through attorneys.

Gary faced his own professional and legal scrutiny.

Kyle resigned from an executive role while the company reorganized its controls and outside management assessed its obligations.

None of it happened in a single afternoon.