Sons- and daughters-in-laws are going after family businesses now -- and it's only going to increase.

When someone sues outside their marriage, it's sometimes a way ... to manipulate public perceptions to try to get somebody to be intimidated into a settlement that you otherwise might not have gotten.

What you're protecting yourself against is, frequently, extortion. People will try to put it to their former in-laws in any way they can, and force someone into an unfair settlement.