HANDLING WHAT DEPRESSION ERA PARENTS LEAVE BEHINDThe Boomer Burden: Dealing with Your Parents' Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff
Every day approximately forty-eight hundred baby boomers become middle-aged orphans when their elderly parents pass away, leaving behind a lot more than just memories.
Now what?
You've heard the horror stories: arguments over stuff . . . an inheritance lost forever when an easily deceived parent is scammed . . . siblings estranged . . . an adult heir taken from daily responsibilities for months because of the enormous task of emptying a childhood home.
The Estate Lady, professional estate liquidator Julie Hall, knows what to do. Whether the parents are still alive or you're in the middle of a crisis, The Boomer Burden has solutions. Hall provides trustworthy counsel on how to:
- Divide parents estates with peace of mind
- Minimize fighting with siblings during the estate settlement process
- Clear out the family home in ten days or less
- Identify potential items of value in the home
- Have "that conversation" with parents
- Prepare children for the future
- Be ethical during the entire process to keep the peace
Author Julie Hall states, "The Boomer Burden offers invaluable guidance for one of life's most overwhelming challenges-the infirmity and death of a boomer's parents. Grueling as that is, they are then faced with the daunting task of dividing the estate contents and finally clearing out the family home, totally unprepared for the battles ahead. The Boomer Burden will lead the reader through heart wrenching and heartwarming scenarios that will truly touch their hearts. It offers support and guidance during these times and was specifically written to instill hope and peace where there is little or none. It will assist the reader from beginning to end; what to do, what not to do, and how to do it all in the most appropriate manner. Taking a client from a place of confusion and worry and bringing them back to a place of peace and comfort is the goal of this book."
About the book:
The Boomer Burden by Julie Hall
ISBN: 978-0785228257
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Date of publish: June 2008
Pages: 208
S.R.P.: $14.99
About the author:
Julie Hall, known as The Estate Lady®, is a professional estate liquidator and certified personal property appraiser. With more than seventeen years experience, she has assisted thousands of individuals in the daunting and often painful process of managing their deceased parents' affairs. In addition to her hands-on experience with clients, she is a speaker to civic groups, businesses, churches, and professional organizations. Julie is also a consultant for those in need of advice in the midst of crisis. She takes great pride in sharing her knowledge through education and has recently launched an online curriculum at the American Society of Estate Liquidators to train estate liquidators. Julie resides in Charlotte, NC, with her husband and daughter.
2 comments:
This sounds thought provoking. My parents are in their 80's. They are "sorting". I already know there will be issues in the family. Ugh. May have to pick this one up. ;)
It's amazing how people turn into vultures when a family member dies. It's sickening. I've lost both in-laws and my father in the last year and everyone was pretty decent but I know next time, it's all going to be ugly. It's difficult enough dealing with the grief but fending off the vultures will make it ten times worse.
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