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To: Tax-chick
Think of the parents of disabled children....you know they're wondering, "What will happen to my child after I pass away?" Anyone other than a parent may find that person a "burden" and may legally starve the child to death....especially someone who doesn't have experience (or the patience) tending to a physical and/or mentally disabled person. It's hard enough for these parents without having to consider this....
241 posted on 10/26/2003 12:34:03 AM PDT by stands2reason ("What you see at fight club is a generation of men raised by women." -- Chuck Palahniuk)
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To: stands2reason
Think of the parents of disabled children....you know they're wondering, "What will happen to my child after I pass away?"

Ten years ago when I worked in an estate law practice, I remember putting together a will for a wealthy couple with a retarded adult son. They were doing everything possible to ensure that he was taken care of after their death ... trusts, with strict rules and multiple potential trustees ... letters filed detailing the environment they expected for him, including his favorite music and TV shows ... purchase of property for him to live, and money set aside for caregivers ... But they still couldn't be sure it would all work. They kept asking my boss, "Is there anything else we can do?"

And that was before these more recent cases of simply killing the disabled. We definitely all need to look at our legal documents very carefully, but we also need to be aware that all our preparations can be taken down by out-of-control courts (among other possibilities ...)

Scary, less for oneself perhaps than for disabled dependents, if any.

262 posted on 10/26/2003 9:01:08 AM PST by Tax-chick (Celebrate my son's 7th birthday on October 31!)
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