After a few more emails to Belize Medical Associates I finally have the invoice in the mail to United Healthcare. Not expecting any reimbursement for out of network services but maybe credit towards max out of pocket.

Printed off the forms in duplicate to take to the JP for name verification. Your name is different on the death certificate (includes middle name) than on the land certificate (uses middle initial).  For fuck’s sake!

Printed off forms in triplicate to be notarized that are to remove your verified name from the land  title after collecting photos of your passport, my passport,  every beneficiary I.D. and last but not least a zero balance tax bill. Dear David, did you ever notice that it doesn’t say a zero balance on our tax bill? Every year you came home and told me that our land tax was somehow still on the registers under Consejo Shores. That might prove to be a problem.

I wrote an email to the kids asking if they will waive their inheritance. They are considered your beneficiaries under Belize law. It doesn’t include the land that was titled jointly but extends to all property titled in your name. If they inherit it will not be duty free. That’s a little nightmare to consider. We’ll see how they respond. The attorney assured me this in no way affects future inheritance when I die. I’ll have to figure a way to minimize the impact of duty on their future inheritance if they will agree to a waiver now. I think I could just pack up all my toys and go home. I think.

I returned from town and fell into what felt like a drugged sleep. Woke up to cloudy skies and a hint of rain in the air. Tomorrow…more paperwork.