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Seems like a lot of sock-pupetting going on in this thread, in OP's favor.

It's ridiculous to think that a child caregiver should be compensated for her visits to her elderly parent.
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I strongly disagree. It sounds to me like there are a lot of good-for-nothing siblings on this thread who don’t lift a finger to help their elderly parents, but expect to inherit the same amount as the one who does all of the hard work of caregiving.

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I wrote the above and I am an only child who watched her mother, aunts and uncle tear the family apart because of an unequal inheritance. I KNOW how painful it is to lose part of your family because people fight over money and never reconcile. I have a cousin who won't speak to me because her parent and my parent were on opposite sides. I see the same fight brewing over my IL's inheritance.

Money makes people do crazy things. Take it out of the equation, everybody gets an equal share no matter what they did or did not do. Then we'll see which child takes care of their parent when there's no financial incentive to do so...

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I still disagree. By the time an elderly parent dies, the family is often torn apart already. It may seem like battles are about money, but they are often about who shouldered the burden of caregiving and who ran from it. Taking care of the elderly is not an easy task in the best of circumstances.

I’m currently doing the heavy lifting while my sibling does nothing. I know that I’m doing the right thing and acting out of love (without expectation of an inheritance). I know the will says if anything is left, it will be divided equally. It does sting, but I’m still doing what needs to be done. Karma [/quote]

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