My Parents Are Leaving a Mess for Me to Deal With

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🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Jennifer wishes her parents hadn't made her the executor of their will. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:23.4	Jennifer, welcome to the program.
0:26.0	Hi, thank you so much.
0:27.9	I'm finally getting off and calling.
0:31.5	Oh, thank you.
0:33.6	I'm calling to say, I was wondering if you can help me out.
0:36.8	My brain's kind of scattered a little bit, but I'll try and work through my thought process.
0:41.9	Sure.
0:42.8	So my brother and I, I'm the executor to my parents' will, and they're in their mid-80s,
0:50.1	and my father is now on the list to have heart surgery.
0:54.4	So we were sort of going over top of their will and clarifying some things because
0:58.4	their will hadn't been updated for several years.
1:01.9	And so the other background story of that is that my brother has been a chronic drug user
1:08.7	for, well, I would say close to 30 years.
1:12.7	So now he goes back and forth of being on the wagon and not on the wagon.
1:16.7	So currently he's deep in intravenous drugs, and he's no longer being a part of the family for probably about five years.
1:26.7	He's dropped off from paying child support. He's dropped off from paying child support.
1:29.6	He's dropped off from paying for his children or his child support.
1:33.7	He doesn't even see his child anymore because he's so wrapped up with drugs.
1:38.9	And so anyway, we're going through the will and I was bringing the attention to my parents,
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