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Financhu Crisis Barb was in a car accident and Chris asks for donations

Discussion in 'CWC Discussion' started by ToroidalBoat, Dec 11, 2021.

  1. ICanFeelTheCosmos0704

    ICanFeelTheCosmos0704 friend of little cat

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    Chris met his half brother who is an ophthalmologist and had an eye appointment with him once.
    His half sister has a PhD in mathematics and works for the federal government. IIRC she didn't show up for Bob's funeral.
    Chris's siblings from Bob's previous marriage are educated and have pretty nice jobs.

    Chris met Cole a few times IRL and they sent emails to each other but stopped
     
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  2. ToroidalBoat

    ToroidalBoat ¿qué?

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    Chris didn't find out that this half brother had a kid until 8 years later.

    The Chandlers really are estranged from their extended family.
     
  3. Henry Bemis

    Henry Bemis On an eight-hour tour of a graveyard

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    Money. General aversion to self-improvement. The TV-movie-of-the-week assertion that family matters above all and forgiveness is imperative.
     
  4. c-no

    c-no Dead Meme Internet Man

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    Yeah, it was either a half-sister of Chris that didn't show up.

    Chris would think living in New York has to make Cole rich despite the fact Cole being a movie critic isn't really paying bills.
     
  5. Cyan

    Cyan #00FFFF Staff Member B& AF, Fam Moderator

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    I just realized, this will probably still be Cole's problem if Barb passes soon. Chris is in jail, so Barb's debt collectors might start harassing Cole instead.
     
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  6. ICanFeelTheCosmos0704

    ICanFeelTheCosmos0704 friend of little cat

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    As far as I know, Cole isn't responsible for Barb's affairs. If Barb is gravely disabled and can't make her own decisions anymore, the court will assign a guardian to make decisions for her.
    So yeah, the court can assign a stranger to take over her affairs if there are no family members willing to step up.
    I've seen flyers for people to volunteer with the court as a guardian in my local public library.
    There's CASA too, which is for minors who legally can't make their own decisions who are represented by adult volunteers.
     
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  7. NAITCHA BAH

    NAITCHA BAH 16-time World Champion

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    God, I hope not.
     
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  8. Cyan

    Cyan #00FFFF Staff Member B& AF, Fam Moderator

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    Affairs are one thing, but debt collectors don't usually care. I'm not sure what the legalities are of this but debt collectors go after estranged family all the time. I know a few people that had to change their number because somebody they were related to went and got themselves into a lot of debt.
     
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  9. ICanFeelTheCosmos0704

    ICanFeelTheCosmos0704 friend of little cat

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    yeah, it's illegal, but that won't stop them from doing it
    it's a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
     
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  10. Henry Bemis

    Henry Bemis On an eight-hour tour of a graveyard

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    The other Westons could step in, I imagine.

    “Could” is the operative word. If Barb is a reflection of the Westons as a whole, hatchet-burying isn’t in their make-up.
     
  11. ICanFeelTheCosmos0704

    ICanFeelTheCosmos0704 friend of little cat

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    IANAL but I don't think any of Barb's relatives are legally required to do anything for her. Family usually helps family if they can because most people think that's common decency, but I don't think they have any legal duty to do anything.

    And as I've mentioned, the local courts have something set up for situations like this.
     
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  12. Ms. Mowz

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    Especially since with Cole in particular, the only things he's really famous for is causing dumb internet drama by giving a negative review to Toy Story 3 and being the half-brother of Chris Chan.
     
  13. ICanFeelTheCosmos0704

    ICanFeelTheCosmos0704 friend of little cat

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    And for auctioning off a night of drinking micro brews with him at his wife's bar and talking about movies.

    Cole was open to having a relationship with Chris at one time, when Chris was really young and wasn't in the trolling spotlight yet. Chris made a few silly autistic gifts for him too.
    Needless to say, Cole has told Barb and Chris to get lost over a decade ago.
     
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    Skeletor Skellington Justice Warrior

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    Good luck getting any money from Cole.
     
  15. c-no

    c-no Dead Meme Internet Man

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    Much as all of Cole's could sound in being a movie critic in sounding like a wannabe or sperg or all and being half-brother be Cole's known for, dumb shit internet drama in him ruining some perfect score, which in of itself honestly doesn't matter when considering it's just his own thoughts and one doesn't need IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes or whatever for Toy Story 3 or that one other film to be seen as a great film, was the "better half" of Cole would be known for. At the very least, Cole just gets a brief wave of angry emails and death threats and that's just for a brief moment. Being Chris' half-brother is just shit since he'll no doubt have a ween come in. And with the whole incest saga, Cole is no doubt downing some micro-brews to forget all this shit.

    And all that took was Chris taking Barb's word and expecting Cole to vote for Chris in some Parappa contest, all while Cole himself just wanted closure on who his dad was and getting Barb to admit it.
     
  16. NAITCHA BAH

    NAITCHA BAH 16-time World Champion

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    Family usually helps family, but IIRC the rest of the Weston family avoids Barb's branch of the family tree. Wasn't Aunt Corina the only one who got along with Barb?
     
  17. Henry Bemis

    Henry Bemis On an eight-hour tour of a graveyard

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    I've always wondered if the Westons are just not a close-knit bunch. They share the same lousy parents, after all.

    Corrina seems like she was the one relative in an estranged family that was holding everyone together, that everyone could agree on. Once she was gone...
     
  18. Pibot

    Pibot The autist formerly known as Pikonic

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    That’s unlikely, unless Cole signed on to Barbs loans, or her assets don’t cover her debt, you don’t inherit debt.
    Once Barb dies, the bank will go through all her assets. Barb owes about 130,000USD all said and done. A quick Zillow search of Ruckersville VA puts houses at about 200k, Zillow estimates 14bc to be worth about 220k. That would settle all of Barb’s debt with 90k to spare, which could go to a cleaning company to clean and renovate the house for sale, and still have some money left over which would presumably go to Chris, Cole, or split between the two depending on Barb’s will.
     
  19. ToroidalBoat

    ToroidalBoat ¿qué?

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    Any money going to Chris - assuming he's out of the "Jail of Fail" - would likely be spent fairly "CWC" on daily fast food and LEGOs.
     
  20. NAITCHA BAH

    NAITCHA BAH 16-time World Champion

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    Question: when a bank sells a home, do they go through a realtor to do it? Imagine that poor real estate agent who has to sell 14 Branchland Court.
     
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