Its been a few years since my mother passed away and much has happened. Despite my efforts, I received very little if anything at all from the family estate. I thought that the house was given to a supposedly benevolent gentleman to cover any costs that would be incurred if he took care of my life.
Just before he died my father wept that he was grieving he did not leave me anything after he passed away (in the form of cash or even enough money to get by). So I thought that first of all there will be two houses. And second of all, as you can see in thins blog there was a lot of expensive things that my parent collected in their older years.
Since I had no success keeping large sums of money in my possession, since they were stolen or confiscated both in and out the court system, I thought that at least I could benefit from an inheritance.
Well, it's all very fine and dandy to have two houses and a complex estate as well as a company and a building. But if you do not leave a good solid will it does your heirs no good.
When my father passed away my mother's health and sanity was gravely troubled so I thought we made a deal that she should, only in name, inherit the money and the estate. She would not have the power to do what she wanted with it but would be able to benefit from it. And in turn, through goodwill, I would be protected when she passed away.
Unfortunately, that was not the case. Suffice to say that the money I was left when my mother passed away was just above the amount I received from social security. Not only that it is not indexed so each year the sum decreases. I had the great misfortune to see everything in that house disappear: jewelry, furniture and very disturbingly all the papers that she collected official and otherwise.
I have asked repeatedly for copies of the deeds of the houses and have met with no luck either from my brother who manages the estate nor the government officials. I have not seen my brother for more than a year and only talk to him on the phone.
On paper, I have found two things. I am registered with the provincial government as part of the shareholders and board in the company that my father left me. However, I receive no salary whatsoever and I have no documentation as to how much the company makes, now much, if at all my brother gets as a salary. More disturbingly I each year declare my taxes as someone who lives below the poverty level and is completely intellectually incapacitated. I wonder if the government will accept the fact that I share my father's company with my brother taking these factors into account.
As for the will my mother left, I have absolutely no power whatsoever to use any of the money that was left to us. It is to pass directly to my brothers' children. My brother is supposed to be the one responsible to handle my needs and his reaction to this is to wash his hands off everything. I am to live on my own with the money that I inherited and the government social assistance that I merit because the sum is so meager.
The question I ask is if I declare each year by the auspic3s of a chartered accountant that all the money I have is so below the poverty line that I must resort to social assistance, then Do I have the right, according to the government, and on paper, that I own that company that my father and mother left me if I have no record of anything at all that I receive from it and have never done so. Especially since I have absolutely no power, according to my mothers will to do or learn about anything in it. Nor will I receive anything from it except this very symbolic and meager sum I now receive.
I have read that in your late middle age people have a false illusion that everything is okay if they live below the poverty line because that is relatively able-bodied and independent. But this a false paradise. You are walking a tight rope and if anything goes wrong there will be severe problems.
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