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I am extremely frustrated with all of my family at this point, and I really didn't know how much I didn't know until I have been talking with you.
Welcome to how to the show, where listeners ask us their toughest questions and we bring on the perfect expert to give them guidance.
I'm Carvel Wallace.
You know, if there's one thing people hate to think about, it's death.
But maybe even worse than that is paperwork.
So what happens when you have to deal with the two of them together?
I'm sure most of you already know that you need to have a will just in case you're struck dead.
But as unpleasant as it is to consider, sudden death isn't the only way you might go.
It's much more likely that many of us will fade slowly, losing the ability to deal with things as we age or as our health falters.
So with that in mind, we kind of have to start thinking now about who's going to step in and and manage our affairs.
Who's going to make medical and financial decisions for us when we can no longer make them for ourselves.
And if you're the family member of someone who may be preparing to enter end of life, then you may find that these duties suddenly fall on you.
And that's where we find this week's listener.
So my name is Andre.
I use they them pronouns.
I am the current executor of my parents estate.
Fortunately, they are still alive.
They are in their 80s.
I got tapped for the role because I'm the eldest child and there was nothing more logical to it than that.