A family member is stealing from your business. You know what happened. You know what needs to happen. Here's why you haven't moved yet — and exactly what comes next.
You fired them. The role doesn't disappear — it lands on you. Here's what actually happens after you fire a family member, what your team is watching for, and the one hiring mistake that puts most owners right back in the same position.
When a parent employs their own child and cannot hold them to the same standard as everyone else, the business doesn't just have a performance problem. It has a payroll problem, a management problem, and an authority problem — all running at the same time.
Your sibling is taking money out of the business through draws and trips running through as business expenses. You've said something. Nothing changed. That's not a communication problem. It's a structural one — and only an attorney can fix it.
