Posted by:
Cheryl
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Date: February 01, 2018 12:19PM
They sent official mormon estate planners to my elderly mother's home to talk about leaving her assets to the church. My mother agreed to leave everything she owned to the morg except for the costs of her funeral and burial. She signed papers and told me and my sibs not to expect an inheritance. That was fine with me because it was her estate, not mine.
My very TBM sister talked her out of that plan. Sis sat in on a follow-up meeting and insisted they draw up new paperwork to counter the agreement.
In the end the estate was divided among the children equally except that the TBM sister got a big cut for taking care of this and other paperwork for mom which was agreeable to all of us.
I suggest to all children of elderly TBMs to check into this if they're worried about it.
I've read about cases on RfM of the church draining resources before death so that the elderly suffered from lack of funds while they were still alive trying to make ends meet.
I read one story here about an exmo walking into his mother's sick room and finding the bish holding mom's purse as he opened her wallet to take out tithing money. The mom was in a comma, but the bish claimed she'd rallied and told him to take the money. That would be unethical even if the mom had mumbled something about tithes on her deathbed.
Yes, the church does go after estates belonging to the elderly and sometimes dying members.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2018 12:47PM by Cheryl.