Dear Ginnie -

I think I'm starting to understand, but a few things still have me confused, including this:

In order to receive my food stamps, I was required to pay my son back in the form of rent to pay him back for paying my taxes. I do not own this house. It is in the trust. So now I exist on 296 per month, and I am wondering what the heck I am going to do but go down in debt. I have to pay most of that money back to my son.

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Believe me my son who does want me to move. He is the last person in the world that wants to collect rent from a home I already paid for with my mother. We must do this to pay him back the taxes i borrowed in order to live here

What I don't understand is how it is, why set the terms of the "rent" so high that you are only left with $296 every month? Is there a specific reason he needs to be paid back so quickly?

And then, if I may, three additional questions:

I assume no conservator has been appointed for you (correct me if I'm wrong) but am less sure whether you were designated as the party to administer your SSDI when it was awarded. By that I mean, does the money go into your account or that of someone else, such as your son?

Did you get any back award when you qualified for SSDI, and if so, what happened to it?

And finally, do the trust documents say anything specific about how property taxes and/or insurance will be paid on the house and whose responsibility it is to do so?

Thanks for bearing with me.

Mike

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