In my family it was not polite to talk about money. Only one family member was open with me and that was because she wanted me to pay her bills. Cousin Kathie was in her 80s when she asked for my help with her finances, and I took over completely when she turned 90 as…
By Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney Steven Covey died, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 16, 2012. His obituary observed: “Mr. Covey urged people to consider how they would like to be remembered. ‘If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience’, he said, ‘you will find…
Here are two recent headlines “Uncivil Fight Over Rosa Parks Estate”[1] and “Dispute over Thomas Kinkade’s will heads to court”[2] Rosa Parks, a civil-rights pioneer, died in 2005 leaving personal papers and effects worth potentially millions of dollars. Her Last Will and Testament left most of her estate to a friend and a charity. Two…
I walk my dogs every day. We cruise the neighborhood. Of course making it safe, but also noticing any changes or new things. For the last month I have noticed piles of dirt around the wooden telephone poles. It seemed odd to me. Yesterday, I saw a young man digging around a pole. I asked…