You don't have to bother with the novel. Take care of your dad and the law suit first, you can always come back to this later but your family can't wait.
Hope your father will get better and better and everything will be sorted out. Don't worry about us, we will patiently wait for you here and support you as always. Your writing is something else and i'm not droping the story even if you update once in a month (i hope not Lol)