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Back story, for Mom's last several years, she was on Medicaid assistance. Some at home and then in Skilled care. I helped take care of all of her bills even before she went into skilled care. At one point I had a POA for her life long bank where her account has. My name was also on her account. I took care of all of her affairs, paid her Nursing home bills, filed all of her Medicaid statements and made sure she had funds for her haircare, cloths and so forth.
She passed away 2 years last December. With all the stimulus funds she was getting from the Feds, she was acquiring too much cash in her account so I was able to purchase a $4,000 burial trust for her final expenses. She also was put on skilled care so Medicare saved us some on her Nursing home bill. When all was said and done, after I paid all of her expenses, Mom died about $1,500 in the negative. 2 of my siblings and I split that and paid ~$500 each. I filed the final report with the State of Nebraska and her case was closed with DHHS. Her bank charges were ridiculous on her checking account and in about 2 months ate the $50 or so I left in the account so I closed it. I never bank there.
Through all of that, I was never made the executor of her estate formally, or even had POA with the State. They didn't care as long as I filled out the forms.
Today, out of the blue, I got a letter addressed to mom from CVS. It seems that in 2016 they had miscalculated her co-pay. It came with a refund check in Mom's name for a bit over $1,800. A couple quick things come to my mind, the first being that without her old account, I could never deposit this check. Another is, the refund may actually belong to the State of Nebraska. I'd burn it before I gave a dime to Pillan. If it did belong to Mom's estate, I'd likely need to get it reissued to the estate of Mom, but without formally being the executor, I still couldn't deposit it. If I could somehow get it deposited, the 2 sibling that helped pay mom's expenses and I could split the money, making us whole plus $100 each. But If I have to jump through a bunch of hoops, it rally isn't worth the brain damage to me for the $600.
For those who still find the OP's mom irresistible PM me, I'll give you the plot number.
Back story, for Mom's last several years, she was on Medicaid assistance. Some at home and then in Skilled care. I helped take care of all of her bills even before she went into skilled care. At one point I had a POA for her life long bank where her account has. My name was also on her account. I took care of all of her affairs, paid her Nursing home bills, filed all of her Medicaid statements and made sure she had funds for her haircare, cloths and so forth.
She passed away 2 years last December. With all the stimulus funds she was getting from the Feds, she was acquiring too much cash in her account so I was able to purchase a $4,000 burial trust for her final expenses. She also was put on skilled care so Medicare saved us some on her Nursing home bill. When all was said and done, after I paid all of her expenses, Mom died about $1,500 in the negative. 2 of my siblings and I split that and paid ~$500 each. I filed the final report with the State of Nebraska and her case was closed with DHHS. Her bank charges were ridiculous on her checking account and in about 2 months ate the $50 or so I left in the account so I closed it. I never bank there.
Through all of that, I was never made the executor of her estate formally, or even had POA with the State. They didn't care as long as I filled out the forms.
Today, out of the blue, I got a letter addressed to mom from CVS. It seems that in 2016 they had miscalculated her co-pay. It came with a refund check in Mom's name for a bit over $1,800. A couple quick things come to my mind, the first being that without her old account, I could never deposit this check. Another is, the refund may actually belong to the State of Nebraska. I'd burn it before I gave a dime to Pillan. If it did belong to Mom's estate, I'd likely need to get it reissued to the estate of Mom, but without formally being the executor, I still couldn't deposit it. If I could somehow get it deposited, the 2 sibling that helped pay mom's expenses and I could split the money, making us whole plus $100 each. But If I have to jump through a bunch of hoops, it rally isn't worth the brain damage to me for the $600.
For those who still find the OP's mom irresistible PM me, I'll give you the plot number.