Brother is threatening to sue. She told me I could take whatever I wanted. I didn't take much. but brother had sent me an email saying "you cannot take anything or sell or give away anything". He lives out of state and has been an absent son for 30 years. anyway.. my mom has the right to let me take what ever I want , right? She had made a list years ago of things she wanted to give us. but her verbal permission has more weight than that list since she is alive , right? My brother is POA. He doesn't communicate with me.. Does he have to share any financial reports?
Since you don't have POA, it may be best not to sell anything unless the money goes directly to your mother.
Has your mother been judged to be incompetent by a court?
It isn't enough for her to have said to you that you can take anything you like; and if you just think this through you'll see why. Anybody can say "oh but mother said I could", can't they? And who's to know whether mother did or not, and whether mother understood all the implications of what she said or not?
Your brother will be held accountable for what happens to your mother's money and property. Send him a list of every single item that you have removed from your mother's house, and if he still wants you to give them back then do so. You may find that if they genuinely have no significant monetary value he will decide not to bother.
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