Can I sue my brother for misusing his POA and stealing over $300k in checks he made out to himself the day before dad died?

My brother had poa and managed to transfer everything to his own trust prior to my dad's death. This included a forged quit claim deed. My mom said prior to her death everything would be split and let me know where the will was. After her death I decided to look for the will and it was gone. Both parents were on hospice care the last 4 years (my Dad died of end stage Alzheimers) and no telling what he got them to sign. He claims everything was left to him and one of his boyfriends. No atty seems to want to take the case.

I have poa with my sister for both parents she handles their moey I went to bank and can't get records if poa was changed would I be notified

It's disgusting that you would take your own siblings to court for money when they have been the one taking care of them. You are ALL just the same all about the $. Can't believe you will waste court time with a family feud that you knew was from child hood but waited until parents are incoherent to act as if you are oblivious to monetary actions with a sibling you know they are close to.

Sue the vulture!

My 90 year old mom lives with my brother in Florida. He is her POA. He recently sold her half million dollar property to himself for 65,000 dollars and told her just to sign the papers she didn't to read anything. He controls all of her money. This effectively leaves no inheritance for her 7 surviving children. Is this legal?

I'm not an attorney but that definitely sounds like blatant fraud and elder financial exploitation to me!! It is so common nowadays I'm beginning to think every family has one (at least) of these vultures!! My husband's mother died a few months ago and one son that sucked up to her got everything, leaving the other 4 siblings with nothing from their mother. Not even a photo! But greedy son is happy he got it all!! He wouldn't even spring for a funeral for her. That would cost money!! Now HIS money!!

who do I go to to get my sisters bank account looked into she is power of attorney of my mums estate. she has transferred all her money to her bank and is using the money for her own gains. how do I infestigate this?

My Uncle was POA over our Grandmother. She had a will and in her will her last wishes was 22 acres split between Grandchild and our Uncle gets the her home. My Uncle had her sign to sell property 70 present below value, that was in will to grand children one month prior to her death. Do we have a good case to take her uncle to court and win the case.

Reginaeslin - who did your uncle sell to, was it anyone he knew personally?

My mom moved out state with my brother when her mother passed away. She is mentally disabled and gave power of attorney to my brothers wife. Every month they forged her name on her disability checks and wouldnt allow her to buy or have one thing she wanted. She decided she didnt want to stay there and when told them, they locked her in a room from outside. Her room was connected to a bathroom so she could go, but they saw her looking out window and nailed over it she didnt know day or nite made her eat pb and j everyday and locked her in that room with nothing but coloring books. My uncle sent the money from grandmother will for my mom to have,well they forged her name and spent it. My mom tried running away but brother and wife physically held her down and took her shoes so couldn't run. She also wasnt allowed to call any loved ones or anybody. She got so discouraged she tried commiting suicide with knife through stomach. Thats how she got away from them and now i found her she told me everything. She wants to sue them and wondering if it can be criminal charges. I want them to pay for this

Butterfly, the police will handle this. Let them.

Butterfly, curious how did you find out about these things?

Could you fill in some blanks please? Apparently she escaped while in the hospital recovering from the self inflicted stab wound. How did she get from wherever that was to your home? Is she staying with you now?

This is quite a story. As Pam suggests, you need to contact the police, provide all the evidence to them and let them do the investigation for charges of false imprisonment, elder abuse, fraud and probably other charges.

Since these are criminal charges, they wouldn't be subject to a civil suit, but there may be some other issues that would. Ask the police when you call them or take her to the police station.

And get an injunction to keep them away from your mother.

I am dealing with the same thing. My brother and I were POA's for my father. My father just recently passed away and I discovered that my brother spent thousands of dollars on himself. He wrote checks on my dads account and signed my dads name to them. He also diverted my dad's pension checks into his own account. I'm not sure what to do!

BarbaraM, sorry for your loss!! And for the bitter realization that your brother is a thief, and you trusted him. I am assuming you are clear that the money spent was not a negotiated caregiver fee or indirectly spent for your father's care and well-being. He was supposed to sign the checks with HIS name as POA for Dad rather than forging your Dad's signature, that's for sure.

So, if you are very sure he acted with malicious and dishonest intent, you can talk to a lawyer or maybe present a settlement offer to your brother "or else" you will talk to a lawyer. Either way, any relationship you had with him is pretty much over, unless in looking into it further you see that what he did was not all that improper beyond signing the checks incorrectly. Bear in mind as co-POA (unless you were just backup or secondary POA) you were also responsible for seeing your father properly taken care of.

My boyfriend brother got a poa on him and cleanrd out bank accounts and cd that had my nsme on is there anything i can do