In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:


> Here, when they cut off your utilities, they are supposed to
> notify the police or fire department, I forget which. I think
> it should be a law that they inform someone other than the
> homeowner what's going on. Putting a note on the door
> was a lame way to deal with this situation, that's for sure.

My MIL (mother in law) was a horribly obnoxious person. As she got
older, she just totally lost control of everything. However, she was
adamant that she wanted to stay in her house, it was her whole life.
Some government social services agency tried to help. They would get
people to take care of her. She just wasn't a nice person, though. So
they just ripped her off. They stole everything that wasn't nailed
down, and emptied out her checking account. They would go to the
grocery store to "buy food for her", using her checks, but mostly they
bought booze, and *then* they took a less cash to pay for their trips to
the bars! So the guy came to shut off her gas and electric, since after
the booze, there was no money to pay the bills. The guy could see there
was something wrong, and so he didn't shut it off, and he notified APS
(Adult Protective Services) since it was clearly elder abuse.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA