Why don't my advisors and my family seem to be working on the same problem?

Most advisors build legal frameworks. Most families build emotional frameworks. The two operate in parallel and rarely intersect. Trusts get drafted while the family quietly fragments. Estate plans get signed while the kids still don't know what their parents actually want for them. Kris Kluver, in The Dysfunctional Family Office, frames the gap directly. One side builds legal frameworks while the other carries emotional ones, and almost nobody connects them. The advisor who sees both sides, or the firm that explicitly bridges them, is the one that actually serves the family. Most legal advisors aren't trained for this work and shouldn't be. The family needs someone whose job is the bridge itself.