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‘I want to make her proud’: My mother, a divorcée, died and I’m her executor. Do I need to file for probate?
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“The only debts were utility and credit-card bills, which we will pay off.”
Social Security overpaid my 82-year-old mother by $20,000. What else is hiding in her finances?
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“My mother has a pension, Social Security, investments and a house probably worth over $1 million.”
“By the time my mother died, the insurance company had paid out almost $600,000.”
My mother, 91, has dementia. Every bank says I need her signature to unlock her $100,000 stock certificate. What can I do?
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“These shares are the only assets in her estate without designated beneficiaries.”
My mother regrets paying Social Security. She says she should have invested her contributions. I disagree. Who’s right?
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“There’s no way my dad and my mom paid enough into Medicare to cover my dad’s six months in long-term…
‘I am the trustee’: My mother set up a trust for my sibling who stole $100,000 from a bank. Can the trust be seized?
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“Felony charges are pending.”
‘I’d hate to turn her over to the state’: My mother, who has dementia, refuses to be put in a facility. What can we do?
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“She has never been willing to sign a power of attorney.”
“She’s a very proud woman.”
I help my elderly mother every day and drive her to appointments. Can I recoup my costs from her estate?
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“I don’t want to upset her while she’s living. Stress makes her condition worse.”