Children of Hoarders: Special Report One group is trying to raise awareness about the lives of kids who have hoarders for parents. Rory Devine reports.
Category: Inheritance Issues
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Jul 11
Toronto landlords call for guidance on hoarder tenants
Move comes in wake of Wellesley Street apartment fire
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Jun 27
QA with Matt Paxton, host of TV’s ‘Hoarders’
You’re teaching a learned behavior, so a child of a hoarder, when she goes to college, she’s never learned how to put anything away, never learned how to clean her house and doesn’t know how to budget. The kids can’t handle financial responsibilities because they never learned the basic skills of putting things away. And …
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Jun 07
Child of hoarder faces quite a task after mother’s death
-Q. As the executor of my mother’s estate, I have found myself in the unenviable spot of cleaning out my mother’s home, as both of my siblings refused to help. This home was no ordinary home, as I’d liken my mother to a hoarder. What expenses, specifically labor expenses, if possible, can be deducted as …
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Apr 07
Filial Responsibility: Supporting Your Parents
=In Pennsylvania, nursing home lawyers have started using a little known statute to force adult children to pay the health care costs of their aging parents. The statute is called a filial responsibility law, and is a carryover from 17th century English law. It dates back to colonial times when children were legally required to …
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Feb 22
2/22: Combing Through The Wreckage
Some children of hoarders contract professional cleanup crews that can charge from $5,000 to $20,000 for a full clean. For others, the true treasures of a life—a special pair of ear rings, photographs from long ago—are buried between the layers of non-essential stuff a hoarder hoards.
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