by Michael Pagano
(Florida)
My mother-in-law died in January, 2010, she has 6 different medical bill outstanding for various providers, she live with us for the past 4 and a half years, before that she was passes around from daughter to son back to daughter then to us, my wife is her oldest daughter, she received social security of about $1,200.00 a month, for the first 3 years I would just cash he check and give her all the money from her check, and she would spend it on cigarettes lottery tickets once in a while on items around the house, I never charged her room and board, she lived her totally free, I had told my wife to take some of he money and put it aside for her funeral when her time was up. I found out that after 3 years of cashing her check and giving the money to my wife to give to her, their was nothing saved , she my mother in-law was using the money to visit her other daughter and her son in N. J. we live in Florida, and also giving them a couple of thousand of dollars each because then needed the money to help payoff bills that they have incurred, I put a stop to that, because I felt that the money was or some of the money was mine because I had never taken any money from her and if she was going to give it away then I should have charged her room and board, again once in a wailed we good food shopping and she would pick-up the bill. but that was rear, again I should have charged he rent or something had I known that she was giving he money away to her children who didn't want her in the first place, so the last year and a half before she passed away, I had my wife open a savings account and have her money put directly in a savings account, and when she needed money all she had to do was fill out a withdrawal slip and my wife would give $50.00 or so she could buy her cigarette and lottery tickets, or money when she wanted to fly to NJ to visit her son and daughter, the money started building up and she had about $6,000.00 in her account, when she passed away, she was cremated here in Florida and flown to NJ, for burial, and when all was said and done their was about $1,255.00 left in her savings account when those bills were paid., he outstanding medical bills are about $1,950.00, the account was open for her by my wife who's name is also on the account so she could withdrawal the money when needed , my mother never drove so she didn't have a driver licence or had any utilities bill under her name in fact he credit report I pulled up before her death was none existent, my question to you is, the remaining money in her account, do I have to use the remaining money to payoff as much of the bills I can with what money is left, or can I send them a copy of the death certificate, and hope they will write it off. I would like to keep the money if I could, only because I never charged or took money from her all the years she lived with us. what do you think again the account has my wife's name and my mother-in laws name on it, .
Thanks , Mike
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