One parent died, other parent needs to get name removed from mortgage to refinance Parents have a home with a small mortgage, dad died, mom is fine making payments and all. Mom decides to refinance to do some work to the home. She was approved for the refi, however is told she need to get dads name off the existing mortgage/deed through an attorney and probate. Its in both their names as an “and” instead of “or”. Is there any …

You Should Be a ‘Safety-Net Parent’ Knowing when and how to help your child is one of the toughest challenges of parenting. Stepping in too quickly means they risk losing out on the chance to learn how to do things themselves, while stepping in too late can lead them to getting so frustrated that they give up altogether. And in either scenario, kids… Read more…

Parent – No Retirement I was hoping for some advice. My father is 60 years old. He has no retirement but has historically had high paying sales jobs ($80k – $150k) so has never struggled to pay for anything until the last company he worked for closed down. This was about 2 years ago, and he avoided finding a new job for a long while and lived off his savings (yes, he …

Tranfering stocks from deceased parent Hi. Hope someone out here on Reddit could tell me how to transfer stocks that my father left. Long story short, my father left me some stocks and said to grab the paperwork from his spouse when he passes. The spouse shredded the documents and refused to give me anything. I contacted Computershare who said they didn’t have anyone on file as the…

European vacation for dying parent? Hey everyone, My father has terminal cancer, and he unfortunately does not have much time life. (We are talking months, not years.) He has expressed some interest on going back to Europe with my mom, and I am looking for ideas. However, I know he is worried about his ability to get around. While he can still walk, he tires easily. My first thoug…

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