I Think it's Way Too Late

[Painter]

Hi Tim,
thanks for the kind words.
I'll see what I can get done the next time I talk with the Lawyer. It might be that we need to see him in person so he can deem her competence. She does better in person than on the phone - for some reason that easily confuses her.

And no, the friends really aren't true friends. At least at this point. I'm most disappointed with the ones that seemed to facilitate the A, as the W often met the OM at their winery. Perhaps they thought it was innocent, and she's pulled the wool over their eyes but I doubt it.

Yeah, I've got to just start in some activities - find ones the W isn't at all connected with. Those seem to keep coming back to bite me.

I don't think it's solely up to the L to say whether your mother is competent to make a new will. The L can of course say he's not comfortable doing it, but a doctor is the one who could really say.

Does your mother have times of day where she's more with it? Maybe try to make an appointment at her home at a good time of day for her? She should at least be able to state clearly if she wants W out of her will entirely.

How far away did you and your mother live? Maybe it would benefit her to be back in familiar surroundings?

This kind of situation does show you what people are really like. And it's definitely a disadvantage to be the visiting team.