After 35 years of being a psychic reader, teacher, counselor, and therapist I think I should also add this to my resume ... lawyer.

Inheritance can be rewarding or disappointing. It can create freedom or uncertainty. Life isn't always fair.

Emotional codes rule and should be submitted into evidence. Don't count on inheritance until it happens. The vultures descend. Have a good lawyer. Know the facts.

Biological families (soul groups) are those you share a good part of your journey with and play out many of the emotional games you came here to experience. You can be close and then suddenly separate while the reverse is often true as people change through the years. The combinations are endless especially when people marry and are influenced by spouses and children.

The most popular client theme these days is money - more specifically inheritance. Nothing permanently splits a family than the battle over who gets what and why. Smart parents will create a will or joint bank accounts and property ownership to save on inheritance taxes - discussing distribution of assets long before they die. Unfortunately not all parents think that way especially the elderly who do not always trust their children or are not sure who should get what so as not to alienate their children. Often they are afraid children will keep and/or spend the money and leave them alone in a nursing home.

Wills and the financial caretaking of the elderly should be done years before parents get sick so nursing homes, assisted living, and the government do not get all of the assets. I am shocked when I hear what it cost for someone to live in any of these facilities today or to have a home care attendant.

Next ... let's say there are several children in a family - one being the caretaker of the elderly parents who returns home to care for them and in return no longer has to go to work. At the end of the day this person may not be the one who winds up with the house and the assets because the parents refused to leave a will. In a world of burn-out ... what does that person do? Refuse to leave? If they're lucky they're already at Social Security and are able to get benefits enough to support themselves. If not - then what? Can siblings force the sale of the house?

Then we have a scenario where one of the children was unable to care for themselves due to emotional and/or physical challenges. They may never have left home but the parents have not provided a trust fund for them. Then what? Some people are able to care for a disabled sibling but not everyone is emotionally and physically equipped to do that.

Next we come to second and third marriages later in life. Often the couple live in a home paid for by the husband the wife now legally inheriting the right to stay until she dies then the home reverts to his children who can sell it. This can also be true in the case of the woman who owns the home.

Emotionally the death of parents brings everybody full circle to childhood issues and who rightfully deserves more based on how they were treated in the past. Some children just walk away and tell siblings they don't want anything or perhaps they take a little token piece of jewelry but that's it. Heirlooms matter.

Others have already burned through their inheritance or cheated parents out of money so there is little left.

Contesting a will takes time and money and is often not worth it but where large amounts of assets are involved people will go after what they believe is rightfully theirs. At the end of the day it's always what's written but not always fair.

Family dramas seem to override everything because they are the soul group someone was born into - coming to closure. With so many seniors dying due to Covid - the inheritance issue is definitely on the court dockets and in the hearts of many Americans.

I rest my case.