oddgum

We can solve that situation by putting the property in our kid's name. The child takes full possession of the deed only upon majority. In the meantime, the parents maintain and enjoy the property. One wrinkle we ran into in our expat community is the ex selling the property using a provision in the law that the family was in duress. Another situation was upon majority the young man was browbeaten by the parent into allowing the parent control. Still, a deed solely in the child's name, is one way to provide a stepping stone to the child's future.

Send the photo off to the insect identifier site in the UK. It responds fairly quickly. My then-13 year old daughter discovered an 'ant-mimic spider' that MAY have been a new species. UK asked that she send over the specimen. She chose life over killing the little green spider... and lost her chance to kill something she liked just to tag it.

You may well be covered BUT, in my case, only a 'properly' licensed car rental company merits your reimbursement. Submit your rental claim after the first week AND get the company's written assurance of reimbursement. My wife and I ended up before the province's Insurance Commissioner and had to settle on 50% due to the company not being 'properly' licensed. (Oddly, if your car is totalled some insurance companies won't allow a rental.)