I'm afraid my sister is trying to steal all of my mom’s money by being on joint accounts with her. What can I do to protect my mom?

Well first..no matter what avoid probate. A Trust is clean. Also beneficiaries on different accounts. Don't want a trust? Might as well accept the atty will probably suck money out of accts. I understand it is protected ??? By courts. Is that what you want? Or a clean Trust. I put everything I own in my Trust...car, bank accts, checking and a Will for disbursement of personal items.

FrankieS- I am in the same position. My youngest sister has mental health issues and a real problem with money. She convinced my father to disown me. I was taken out of the Will and she convinced my dad to make her POA and POM. But she was not his caregiver. His wife was his full time caregiver. I would go over when my stepmom needed assistance as my dad progressed thru dementia. Tried to call her a few times, but could never get to her as she had he son screen calls! Long story short, he is now in Long Term Care and remembers nothing. In the meantime, she is not paying his bills, instead has taken over 10 grand to spend on herself. My stepmom can not afford an attorney, so this just goes on and on. We had to set my stepmom as SS Rep Payee because sister was spending that money and committed fraud by changing his address and setting up a Myssa account. It is fraud as no one can set up that account. SSA does not recognize POA, so it was fraud. Sister has failed to make her payments (his portion out of his pension) and has changed the account his pension is deposited too. It is a sh@t show, but without an attorney, not much we can do! To top it off, she is a manager in the Fraud department, so knows the ropes! She has now overdrawn his checking account. The bank will have to go after her as her name is on that account! I am just praying that the nursing home doesn’t make him leave. So, I completely understand your concern! And for reference, even though he disowned me and pulled me out of the will, my father and I have remained in touch and I have assisted my stepmom when needed! Hang in there. We are just waiting for the bomb to fall, but she is responsible as the POA!

Why don't you see if they're keeping the books or a Excel spreadsheet that they can share with you. Are you contributing to the care of your parent? Surely the work

Why don't you see if they're keeping the books or a Excel spreadsheet that they can share with you. Are you contributing to the care of your parent? Surely, the work and stress of living with your parents and caring for them is worth something. Unless your sister is a thief and untrustworthy, give her the benefit of the doubt. Why not sit down in a neutral setting and ask her if she'd be willing to show the expenses so you can possibly help contribute. That would be an offer hard to refuse

Who has power of attorney?