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How about yourself and your siblings doing the right thing for your country for a change. Yours and your brothers kids will suffer for this for their entire lives. Last chance to do something unselfish.
Legal Guide Team
Nov 12, 2025
Dealing with a parent who becomes mentally or physically unable to manage their affairs is emotionally challenging and legally complex. This article provides a clear, step‑by‑step guide for families in the United States, outlining how to recognize issues, secure immediate protections, explore guardianship and financial planning options, and access medical and community resources. It combines practical actions with legal considerations to help families navigate care, safety, and long‑term independence for the parent, while safeguarding assets and rights.
Recognizing The Signs Of Incompetence
Incompetence refers to the inability to make informed decisions or manage daily responsibilities due to cognitive decline, disability, or severe illness. Early indicators include memory lapses impacting safety, confusion about personal information, difficulty managing medications, trouble handling finances, missed appointments, and changes in behavior or judgment. Sudden changessuch as contradictory statements, withdrawal from activities, or unsafe living conditionsshould prompt a professional assessment. Distinguish temporary illness from chronic decline by seeking medical evaluation and observing patterns over several weeks.
Take Immediate Safety And Care Steps
First actions focus on safety and basic needs. If there is any risk of harm, contact emergency services or a primary care physician for urgent guidance. Arrange for a temporary caregiver, home health services, or adult day programs to ensure daily supervision. Gather essential documents, such as proof of identity, insurance, medications, and current living arrangements. Create a simple care plan that covers meals, medications, transportation, and emergencies. Consider a power of attorney for health care to allow a trusted person to make medical decisions when incapacity is anticipated or confirmed.
https://thelegalguide.org/what-do-when-parent-becomes-incompetent/
orleans
(37,439 posts)about anyone except themselves.
example -- mommy's grave
they can dump her in a hole on a fucking golf course and never deal with her again. how much compassion do you think those monsters have for the country, or even for their own kids. (sure, i know, you can hate your mother and love your kids. but i don't think *they* can.)
Fact Check: Are These Real 2023 Photos of Ivana Trump's Burial Site at Trump Golf Course?
The images stemmed from The Daily Mail, which reported on Aug. 12, 2023, that "Ivana Trump's cordoned-off grave" was "barely visible in [a] completely overgrown area of Trump's 506-acre Bedminster New Jersey golf course." According to the Mail, the photos were taken the previous weekend, when the golf course hosted The 2023 LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster. Snopes found no reason to doubt the image's authenticity.
Ivana Trump, the mother of Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka Trump, was laid to rest at a family burial plot located near the tee-off spot of the first hole at the golf course on July 28, 2022. Photos taken after her burial in 2022 appeared to show the same location as the photos published in August 2023, based on the topography and trees in both sets of photographs.
Further, the photographer who captured the August 2023 images of the gravesite, Richard Harbus, covered the Trumps at the LIV Golf Tournament, as several other Daily Mail stories about the tournament featured his photography.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivana-trump-grave-weeds/
canetoad
(21,204 posts)But do I detect a whiff of condesenscion in your ever-so-cute reply?
orleans
(37,439 posts)"better nature" of those assholes, as if they have a conscience or something akin to that.
glad you thought my reply was "ever-so-cute"
and, for the record, your reply to me was the first time in my life i have ever been called "bud"
canetoad
(21,204 posts)The irony is that not one of them has, "a better nature" to appeal to.
usonian
(27,086 posts)It's Trump's will!
It's God's will.
They're God's swill.
Laying a dollar on this.
Walleye
(45,808 posts)msongs
(74,493 posts)young_at_heart
(4,079 posts)"I really don't care, do you?"
NJCher
(43,793 posts)Is even a little mild compared to what we and the rest of the world sees.
I saw a headline for a story which I couldnt read. It was about how he was dining and there was food on his face..Subtitle said it was there for a couple minutes.
no_hypocrisy
(55,696 posts)1. You only need a minimal, a modicum of mental capacity to sign a will and/or a codicil.
2. If Ivanka takes out her father, the new document is on his desk within hours. Not only disinheritance, but the humiliation. Brothers get her share of the "pie".
3. You can be mentally incompetent and still have sufficiently legal mental acuity to sign testamentary documents. A lesser standard than for a legally enforceable contract.
4. Ivanka understands which side the bread is buttered.