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Brother will be 80 soon. He is VA connected. I won’t allow anyone to visit our homes until we have all had two vaccines but his daughter has no shots and insists she will visit soon with five family members! Our home is in my brother's name for tax purposes but we live here! Do I have to allow her and others into my home?

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It's your home and you don't have to let anyone come in there who hasn't been vaccinated.
I understand why the home is in your brother's name because he gets a break on the taxes for being a veteran. You need to make sure that house is in a survivorship deed to you and your husband, or put into some kind of trust for you to have lifetime use of. If your brother passes away before you, the property will go to his next-of-kin which will be his daughter (and other kids if he has them) and you will be in the street unless this is done legal in writing.
You don't have to give her over care of his finances if you've been doing it for 25 years. If he's happy with you doing it, then keep on.
At some point she may have to take that responsibility over, but cross that bridge when you get to it.
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Acting on Geaton777's helpful advice, I found the earliest post:

https://www.agingcare.com/questions/i-have-taken-care-of-my-beloved-big-brother-for-25-years-but-now-his-daughter-insists-she-can-come-465800.htm

I also would raise the issue that JoAnn did:

"My brothers name is on home ownership for tax reasons."  Are you both on the deed? If so its your house, too"

I think an explanation would help as to why you and (husband?) own (??) the house, live there, but title is vested in your brother's name.    He does have rights pursuant to this arrangement, especially if he's paying the taxes but you and your husband aren't .
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BurntCaregiver Mar 2021
They get a break on the property tax because the brother is a veteran.
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Due to covid restrictions, until either the daughter or your bro are vaccinated I would say stay away is in order.
As to who handles the finances, are you the POA? Is your brother competent now to appoint a new POA? Those are the two questions that matter. If your brother wishes to change the POA he may do so. He may choose his daughter or you.
If he is incompetent he cannot appoint a POA. Then it comes down to guardianship. As the person who has cared for him all these years, and if you have kept good records of expenditures, you are likely to win even if the daughter applies to be guardian. But not necessarily, and the cost of a fight for guardianship can run to the 10s of thousands of dollars.
Why, after all this time, does the daughter wish to manage her father's care? Does her father live with YOU , or do YOU live with him?
This matters, because if the father lives with you and she wishes to take on his care, perhaps you should make clear that she takes on ALL of his care.
Do you suspect the daughter of trying to get her father's finances?
Does she suspect YOU?
Can you tell us a bit more about what's going on here.
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Sick to your plan and do not allow them to visit right now. You do not have to allow them in your home. She is not vaccinated and will put your brother at risk. I would say no and leave it at that.
Why does the daughter want to handle his finances now? It seems to me daughter wants support with 5 family members wanting to visit all at once. Something seems not right. It is ridiculous with the pandemic to visit with 6 people all at once. I would never allow my entire family visiting my 98 year old mother all at once and without being vaccinated.
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Did you lose your original post? (It's the exact same question.) That's a shame because there were many good responses to you. Maybe contact Admin and they can help you find or recover it.
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It's up to you & your brother as to whether you'll put up 6 people in your home. When my DH's children insisted on coming out here last week to visit us, all 7 of them, I told them they'd have to stay in a HOTEL, that we do not have the room in our house to put them up. Nor do we want to b/c neither of us are vaccinated and my DH has health issues that are risky right now.

If you and your brother are both on the same page about this, tell the visitors NO, in a nice way. To go stay at a hotel if they MUST come, and you'll try to go by for a short visit if you can. Once everyone is vaccinated, THEN the visits can take place.

If they don't like it, they can lump it. That's my take on things.

Good luck!
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