Yes, she's always been on my bank accounts and credit cards. See, I
have a short-term memory problem and might forget to balance my
checkbook or pay a bill.

Actually, I think the only way to get my mother's name off of the
accounts and my brother's name on therm is for me to close the
old accounts and open new ones. I'm not positive, but I think
that's how it works. Wouldn't you love having to explain that
to Social Security, my credit card companys, etc.?

As for being "forced out", it may not be much longer-not so
much "forced" to leave, but necessity. See, it's like this:
Raven likes to prowl the neighborhood at 4:00AM. So, of
course, I'm the one she comes to, to be let out. I go out
to the living room...and immediately start having an asthma
attack. Why? Because "Mother Dearest" spent hours sitting
in the living room, reading books and smoking! Did I ever
mention that I have asthma?! We've argued about this many
times. My father and my brother have also argued with her about
it. She refuses to quit. And, my mother wonders why I keep getting
sick! My father suggested that I talk to my doctor
about her smoking and my asthma.

Bottom line: One way or another, I won't be here much longer...