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Cops not following the law is a sign of a failed state. Do not be so happy about this situation.

PockyClipsNow says

Cops not following the law is a sign of a failed state. Do not be so happy about this situation.

She's a 103 years old for crying out loud. And quite frankly, evicting a 103 year-old woman and her 83 year-old daughter strikes me as a far more obvious sign of a failed state than allowing them to stay.

I guess all forclosures are with 103 year old moms and their 83 year of daughters...

thomas.wong1986 says

I guess all forclosures are with 103 year old moms and their 83 year of daughters...

Thom you have a point here but do you not agree that the stay of eviciting was the thing to do here? all i can say for you is that you were born in 86 so I guess you still have a lot of learning to do

Bigsby says

She's a 103 years old for crying out loud. And quite frankly, evicting a 103 year-old woman and her 83 year-old daughter strikes me as a far more obvious sign of a failed state than allowing them to stay.

Completely agree with you. It would be a shame on our nation if we started kicking out old folks to the curb who fallen on hard times.

Indeed, cops should be following the law, but a truly heartwarming story would be if the 103-year-old lady's neighbord pitched in and gave her enough money to make whatever payments were due.

Does her state have reverse mortgages? The Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment infamously participated in one of these and then outlived the person who was supposed to get her house when she died; she made it all the way to 122!

PockyClipsNow says

Cops not following the law is a sign of a failed state. Do not be so happy about this situation.

Not if the state is unjust, such as a Kleptocracy.

Hmm, what if the person living in the house was merely 93 or 83 or 73 or 63 or 53?

I don't think we should be so proud of ourselves that an exception was made. It was made solely because it would be bad publicity to follow the letter of the law.

Sometimes I think the much vaunted American Exceptionalism includes the following:

We will do what is wrong, but we will make an occasional exception if good public relations dictate that we do so. You might get lucky if you are cute, very old, photogenic, have rich parents or belong to some other favored class.

Yes, I am being sarcastic.

At what age should people simply stop paying all bills because they wont be kicked out or have the gas shut off???

I would like to know for my retirement planning.

Interesting no one here is questioning why a 103 year old person would have a mortgage. From another source, it appears the property may belong to her grandson.

The linked article above is very lacking in details.

If she's a renter, do all you landlords here think free rent is appropriate for those 100+ years old?

Yes if you have older parents max out ALL thier debt, take expensive vacations, and dont worry they wont be evicted?

I smell a rat. The chances this lady got this mortgage 20 years ago (at age 90?) is zero.