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Apr. 2nd, 2016 10:58 amApparently the sea levels are rising faster than expected. Hot tip: don't buy oceanfront real estate unless you want it to be under water in a few decades. I don't know why anybody has children in this day and age. It seems likely there won't be much of a world for them to live in fifty years from now when they're middle-aged. Of course, that sentiment COULD just be my anxiety disorder talking. My shrink wants to put me on something called Trintellix, which will theoretically help with the anxiety. I suppose it couldn't hurt. Better living through chemistry, and all that. Anybody heard of it?
Apparently playwright Arthur Miller had a son, Danny Miller, who has Down's Syndrome and was placed in foster care as a baby. He wasn't mentioned in his father's obituary, but was mentioned in his will. Subsequently the state sued Arthur Miller's estate because they'd put a lot of money into his son's care over the decades, and wanted to recoup some of it from Danny's inheritance.
I realize this is ancient history (the article i linked to is from 2007) but it's all new to me. I vaguely remember having known that Arthur Miller had a child with Down's Syndrome, but I hadn't realized that he was given up as a baby. Very sad.
It makes me wonder how families usually handle their estates when there is a child or adult who would normally be a beneficiary but is severely disabled to the point where they can't work and never will be able to. The Vanity Fair article suggests that many families cut the child out of their wills, to avoid a situation where the state ends up suing for the money in recompense.
And I know my godparents' daughter, who barely survived meningitis as a child, is on permanent disability, and her parents and brothers never ever give her cash, which she'd have to report and have deducted from her benefits. She gets STUFF as birthday presents and other presents, not money. But it's a delicate subject and I can hardly ask my godparents just out of curiosity (who aren't really my godparents, owing to the whole Communist, atheist Jewish thing, but my real godparents moved to Australia when I was 3 and fell out of touch, while the pair I claim as my godparents stayed in touch).
Does anyone on my f-list/dwircle know how this stuff typically works? I can ask you guys out of vulgar curiosity, and hopefully nobody's going to be offended. The beauty of the internet. In other news, I have a very long To Do list for today, but it's almost noon and i'm still in my pyjamas. I have a feeling it may be one of THOSE Saturdays. I do need to get dressed and go out eventually, as I have virtually no food in the house. Am going out to the 'burbs tomorrow to visit the family, so I won't get much rest then. Sometimes I wish they lived closer, and it didn't take 90 minutes on transit to get out there. But with Vancouver real estate prices being what they are, that's not very likely.
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Apparently playwright Arthur Miller had a son, Danny Miller, who has Down's Syndrome and was placed in foster care as a baby. He wasn't mentioned in his father's obituary, but was mentioned in his will. Subsequently the state sued Arthur Miller's estate because they'd put a lot of money into his son's care over the decades, and wanted to recoup some of it from Danny's inheritance.
I realize this is ancient history (the article i linked to is from 2007) but it's all new to me. I vaguely remember having known that Arthur Miller had a child with Down's Syndrome, but I hadn't realized that he was given up as a baby. Very sad.
It makes me wonder how families usually handle their estates when there is a child or adult who would normally be a beneficiary but is severely disabled to the point where they can't work and never will be able to. The Vanity Fair article suggests that many families cut the child out of their wills, to avoid a situation where the state ends up suing for the money in recompense.
And I know my godparents' daughter, who barely survived meningitis as a child, is on permanent disability, and her parents and brothers never ever give her cash, which she'd have to report and have deducted from her benefits. She gets STUFF as birthday presents and other presents, not money. But it's a delicate subject and I can hardly ask my godparents just out of curiosity (who aren't really my godparents, owing to the whole Communist, atheist Jewish thing, but my real godparents moved to Australia when I was 3 and fell out of touch, while the pair I claim as my godparents stayed in touch).
Does anyone on my f-list/dwircle know how this stuff typically works? I can ask you guys out of vulgar curiosity, and hopefully nobody's going to be offended. The beauty of the internet. In other news, I have a very long To Do list for today, but it's almost noon and i'm still in my pyjamas. I have a feeling it may be one of THOSE Saturdays. I do need to get dressed and go out eventually, as I have virtually no food in the house. Am going out to the 'burbs tomorrow to visit the family, so I won't get much rest then. Sometimes I wish they lived closer, and it didn't take 90 minutes on transit to get out there. But with Vancouver real estate prices being what they are, that's not very likely.
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executrix answers my question. Thanks!
