Kerri Kasem would like to see Marylanders spared the ordeal she went through during the final years of her famous father’s life.
Before nationally known radio host Casey Kasem died in 2014 at age 82, his daughter was locked in an emotional and legal battle with her stepmother over access to him. She claimed her stepmother, Jean Kasem, had barred her, other relatives and Kasem’s closest friends from seeing him as he was struggling with Lewy body dementia.
It turned out California law was on the stepmother’s side. Kerri Kasem said all the judge could do was to urge the family to go into the hallway and “figure it out.”
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I'm pretty sure I would have "figured out" how to deal with the step mother.
ReplyDeleteWho in their right mind asks a judge for permission to see one's father? Just how big was this "step mom"? Geez.
ReplyDeleteDid you want to visit your father, or not?
What (in heaven or on earth) could have prevented you?