FAMILY MONEY Susan Hely
Afriend, Adele, is dealing with debt. Not her debt, her mother's. Her mum, Jackie, had been an independent, active, hard-working general practitioner. Adele assumed she was financially secure, as she owned her house. Adele respected her mum's privacy and rarely had a conversation with her about her finances.
But Jackie started to make comments about bills and appeared stressed. Adele was shocked to discover that Jackie owed $250,000 and had a stack of unpaid bills. What's more, Jackie