Comments on: Sunday (2)…Another little indignity of age http://ilind.net/2009/08/02/sunday-2-another-little-indignity-of-age/ Ian Lind • Online daily from Kaaawa, Hawaii Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dminter http://ilind.net/2009/08/02/sunday-2-another-little-indignity-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 dminter Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:27:33 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=2921#comment-1916 Getting on an airplane can be extremely difficult with an expired drivers license, also. Getting on an airplane can be extremely difficult with an expired drivers license, also.

]]> By: Ian Lind http://ilind.net/2009/08/02/sunday-2-another-little-indignity-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1915 Ian Lind Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:03:18 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=2921#comment-1915 This comment came in an email from Maui attorney Lance Collins: <blockquote>Your description of the ID problem would result in many telephone calls to my office during the housing market binge (I have no idea why so many people's 80 and 90 something year old parents and grandparents were co-signing mortgages), but notaries needed sufficient proof of someone's identification -- which as you described does not exist for elderly signatories that do not drive and do not travel internationally -- or the notaries could lose their commissions. I stopped getting calls from worried notaries about two years ago and never thought again about it until your blog.</blockquote> This comment came in an email from Maui attorney Lance Collins:

Your description of the ID problem would result in many telephone calls to my office during the housing market binge (I have no idea why so many people’s 80 and 90 something year old parents and grandparents were co-signing mortgages), but notaries needed sufficient proof of someone’s identification — which as you described does not exist for elderly signatories that do not drive and do not travel internationally — or the notaries could lose their commissions. I stopped getting calls from worried notaries about two years ago and never thought again about it until your blog.

]]> By: Burl Burlingame http://ilind.net/2009/08/02/sunday-2-another-little-indignity-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 Burl Burlingame Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:27:23 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=2921#comment-1914 With my parents accounts, I had similar problems with BOH. My parents had joint accounts, and I had power of attorney for all financial and personal affairs for both of them. Then my dad died, and my mother was by then in terminal Alzheimers. BOH refused to recognize the power of attorney, insisting that my mother handle her affairs herself, which was impossible. They froze the money in their accounts, and it got pretty dicey, as my mother's care was paid out of there. We had to go to court. Excellent idea to have yourself listed on your parents accounts. If mine had been, we'd have not had many of these problems. With my parents accounts, I had similar problems with BOH. My parents had joint accounts, and I had power of attorney for all financial and personal affairs for both of them. Then my dad died, and my mother was by then in terminal Alzheimers. BOH refused to recognize the power of attorney, insisting that my mother handle her affairs herself, which was impossible. They froze the money in their accounts, and it got pretty dicey, as my mother’s care was paid out of there. We had to go to court.
Excellent idea to have yourself listed on your parents accounts. If mine had been, we’d have not had many of these problems.

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