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My fiance's sister is the POA but won't show proof. She has taken all mom's forms of id. I am her caregiver through a agency but I and her son do it all. The sister has moms money moved directly to her account as soon as it hits. She is behind on bills. She has taken moms name off deeds to the estate and put her own and her daughters. She does not provide shoes or any other essentials for mom we do it. How can we have this stopped

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Yes, you must see an elder law attorney. An attorney will most likey start by sending out a letter to the sister demanding proof of PoA or else it will wind up in court. This may get her to admit there's not PoA. She'd probaby not be a good guardianship candidate in a judge's eyes based on how she managed Mom's affairs to date. This would clear the way for another to become guardian. If the current faux PoA has moved money around, there may not be any left to pay for the Mom's care, and also endanger her ability to qualify for Medicaid when she needs LTC. Definitely see an attorney and then eventually a Medicaid Planner for the Mom's state of residence.
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Her son needs legal help and stop being a doormat. Since sister self gifted, his mom becomes inelegable for Medicaid. If he chooses to do nothing to stop her, she may try to dump mom . If that is the case, let his sister deal with mom's care. Let her deal with the hole she digs.

If he truly does care then see that attorney ASAP to reverse the situation. Sissy broke 2 laws of undue influence on a vulnerable person and robbing. If you are a paid caregiver then you are next to choose to leave
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You will have to see an attorney to do this. This is sounding like there will be a fight for guardianship. If so it can be costly. The winner is usually paid out of the estate for the attorney fees but this varies state to state. What you are describing is not a simple matter of guardianship. It is a matter of filing fraud, going to court, and getting appointed guardian there. There she will have to present all these documents, as will YOU.

The quickest way to stop this is to take your Mom to the ER, call the Sister who is POA and tell her to pick her up from there with her POA papers. Why would you do this work without a cost sharing contract?

See an attorney. When you need expert advice you cannot afford to go wrong. Take any documentation, diaries, dates and diagnoses with you to your first meeting and discuss your options.

I am so sorry and wish you the best.
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