break an apartment lease

My senior parents (78) had to move quickly into an assisted living retirement home. They had lived in their apartment for approximately 20 years. We notified the apartment only about two weeks before we had to move them...mother is legally blind, father has alzheimers. Apartment is charging them over $4000 for breaking the lease. Do we have any recourse as it was imperitive for their health & safety to move?

ira inheritance

two children left as beneficiaries of an IRA, what is the best way to rollover this ira . Must this be placed in a trust for the kids or can this be rolled over to a guardian w/o paying taxes .

Who can see guardianship report?

I was wondering who is allowed to see the guardianship report that I have to give to the court (one in 90 days, and then annually). Will my siblings be able to get a copy of that report from the Court? I am co-guardian with a court appointed person and I was wondering who else sees the report besides the co-guardian.

Thank you for your replies.

Co-Guardian Question

I was appointed co-guardian in late March 2008. They said it will take a couple of months to get the paperwork. Do I need to keep track of every receipt now, or am I officially co-guardian before I receive the paperwork? QAlso the lady I hire to care for my mother on a part time basis gets paid in cash, will that be allowed or will she have to be paid in check from now on and will she have to pay taxes from that?

Thanks for any replies

Co-Guardians

I was appointed guardian of my mother for her person, and guardian of her estate along with a court appointed guardian (for her finances only). My question is: Do I have to get approval from the co-guardian on how much I spend for my mother's care, and do I need approval on everything I need to buy my mother for her needs? How exactly does this work with co-guardians. Thanks for any replies.

Property ownership and nursing home placement

Hello, My mom and I own a home that we are living in. I am paying the mortgage. My mom may need nursing home placement in the next several years. She currently has medicare and medicaid. Will I have to sell the house to help pay for the nursing home for her?

power of attorney

I asked the previous question about my boyfriends sister obtaining power of attorney for their mother who has cancer if she does get power of attorney would they be able to have their mother move from the bay area ca to sacramento ca with out her husbands say? what kind of decisions could they make?

Wills/trusts

Does the specifications of a trust

supersede what is said in a will?

Power of Attorney

Can the the holder of power of attorney assing the right if the grantor no longer has the capacity to execute a legal document?

garanchies of social security cheeks

if social security cheek is less then

poverity level , can this cheek be garenchied ,even if the man is over 73 years old ?

What assets can be preserved under medicaid?

My mother-in-law will be in nursing care and run out of funds qualifying her for medicaid. What can we do to preserve some funds now?

For funeral/burial?

For clothes, etc.?

power of attorney

my boyfriends mom has cancer and is very ill she is married and has a will. her husband is not supportive and does not work he is just spending her money. He does not even help her eat (she has a feeding tube) My boyfriend and his sister are going to attempted to have his sister get power of attorney over their mother. If she does obtain it, will it rule out the fact that she is married and has a will? The will states the house she ownes will be divided between both her children, her husband and his children (they do not have children together) If my boyfriends sister get power of attorney will their step father have in say in anything about their mothers well being, finances or property once it is obtained?

Agent wants to revoke Durable Power of Attorney

My elderly uncle listed me as his ''agent'' on a Durable Power Of Attorney without asking my permission. I do not wish to fulfill this duty. What do I need to do to make sure I am not required to act on his behalf???

Life Estate�Not Worth Having?

My father has a life estate in the

home that my brother and I now

own and that I continue to live in

along with my father. Is it true that if

my father should enter a health care

facility with the aid of medicare or

medicaid, because of the life estate,

our home could be financially tapped

into or even rented in-spite of the

fact that I have lived there all of my

life and am responsible for all

expenses and upkeep?

My accountant has advised me to

remove the life estate and as a result

loose my father�s tax exemptions. My

lawyer says that we are well beyond

the five year grace period and are

completely safe. My cousin just

settled a similar scenario so I know

the solution isn't so simple.

durable power of attorney

If my husband signs a durable power of attorney to take over his father's financial and medical affairs, will that make him responsible for his father's past debts? His father has a car that is behind in payments, and will most likely be repossessed, so will my husband be responcible for that debt? My husband has also recently added himself to his father's bank account, so will this repossession of the car affect my husband's credit standing?

protecting assets from a nursing home

My mom is getting ready to go into a nursing home. she has a saving account that my name is listed as JT WROS. Can the nursing home take those assets or can we not declare them on the paperwork?

Loss due to nursing home negligene?

Mom had a stroke and was taken to hospitable then two days later admitted to a skilled home. They said the stroke had brought on dimentia. She took daily meds/pills for diabetes, which she monitored, and high blood pressure prior to stroke. She had started rehab/therapy and was walking with walker and almost eating by herself and memory/speech were improving. I removed her boot/slipper to cut toenails and I noticed her foot was red and cold and big toe was blue/black in color and notified the attending nurse. I wanted to elevate it but was told nothing should be done in case that triggers something else. We were to wait for the nurse to come. This was at appx 10am after a few hrs I asked if a Dr. had been called and they said they were trying to reach one. At 8pm the ambulance came to take mom to a hospital. The Dr said surgery was most likely option. After several angiograms and medicine to unclog the veins, her foot still didn't have a pulse. Long story short... Leg amputation above the knee was the only option. She was released the following day, even though she now had a bladder infection and pneumonia.

Now the rehab program changes from being able to self sufficient to able to lift most weight up to shift to a chair

Need advise

My brother decided to pay his wife to care fior my mother with my mother's money(but he never told my mother he was doing this). He did this for one year and then got POA and continued to do it for 2 more years. When I questioned him about this, he went and filed for guardianship. He recently lost guardianship and I became the guardian of her person, and co-guardian of her property.

My question is: Can I sue my brother to get the money he took from my mother? He had no right or consent to take this money out of my mother's bank account and pay his wife. Will it be easy to recover this money? I have a letter from my mother stating that she wants an accounting of her money and she wants to be restituted for it, but my brother refuses.

Thank you for any advise you can give me on how to proceed. Will I have to proceed with the court appointed co-guardian?

PT from NY

mediation

where is the plantiffs best interest served. court, jury or mediation. which one would produce the most possible award.

thank you

untruths

how common are nursing home medical records and/or admission forms altered. is this common practice.

thank you