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Things That Make Me Crazy

May 16, 2008 on 9:01 am | In Family, Some of This Some of That |

I mentioned the other day that I’d been missing my Dad. He passed away just over 2 years ago and I have to tell you, there are so many things that can occur on a daily basis that bring him to mind. One thing that drives me absolutely insane is that I still, yes still, receive mail for my dad. I have place stop mail orders through the post office for both 1st class mail and for junk mail and yet, I still receive it.

When he passed away, my sisters and I hired an attorney to handle the court paperwork for the estate. Our dad didn’t own much, but to keep from having to deal with estate probate we had papers filed that allowed creditors 90 days to make any claim, after that time, the estate was considered legally closed and no claims could be filed. Yesterday I received a bill addressed to my dad for around $500! Are they kidding me? The man died, how do they think he’s going to pay it? I wrote deceased on it and “return to sender” on the envelope and sent it back. I can guarantee you that I’ve never heard anything about this bill before and I truthfully don’t know what it was for, it was difficult to tell from the letter. I almost threw it away because I seriously thought it was junk mail.

Trust me, we didn’t inherit anything from my dad. We sold what we could in order to cover funeral and attorney costs. Don’t bother sending me a bill two years later, there is no money and it is extremely annoying.

Tags: estate probate