On 8/10/2014 5:11 PM, Cheryl wrote:
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> All of those things you helped your mom with are difficult to deal with,
> and I'm sure it helped her a lot not to have to do it on her own. My mom
> did some of that stuff on her own, but some of it was handled by a
> living will both parents decided on about 10 years ago. The Living Will
> was a challenge to execute though, even though everything was put into a
> binder by the lawyers office. We worked on trying to finalize things
> for her after my dad passed for what seemed like months. I think some of
> the extra things like Verizon, getting it in her name, and even selling
> his car were difficult to do without him.
>
Clear title of deeds for both cars and property is important. The
selling of my parents Buick (the money went to the estate) depended on
how the legal title read. Fortunately my father was cognizant enough to
know to have the title in both their names. It was an "or" clause so
she'd get automatic title to the car in the event of his death.

Jill