financial

how does a person get an elder advisor when the kids are pressuring her to put everything in their names as loans and such. It's an effort for them to do any thing for her including seeing she has meals when she came home from hiospital or helpng with washing clothes or taking out her trash which is to heavy for this disabled person.

can i sue judge,gaurdian&her lawyer?

i was a friend and then a care giver to a 85 year old man,i have done everything for him.He wanted nothing to do with his family,he owned a condo a 2000 chevy caviler.He had three hundered fifty thousand dollars.He has always told me and meny other people that when he passed away he was leaveing everything to me.He put his money in cd's as pod to me.His neighbour wanted his money and called family services saying i was abuseing him by stealing his money.We went to court the judge appointed gaurdian who now between her and her lawyer aids,nurseing home they have gone through around eighty thousand dollars.He was giving me ten thousand dollars as a gift every year for the last three years and also three hundered fifty dollars a month the last year.Out of the $350.00 i bought his grocerys ,cloth and personal items he needed and gas for the car.What ever was left was mine to keepfor myself.This is why they said i was cheating him.All this came from the women down stairs.He got the gauardian 2/?/2008 and he passed away 4/6/2008 they were supposed to finish his case by june 6,2008 they didn't and the judge gave them an extra 2 months.He only owed less then $1000.00 in bills,he did owe half a year taxes for 2007 and 4 months into 2008.

attorney procedure

is it common practice for the winning attorney in mediation too hold in reserve 1,000 dollars from his client for unexpected charges

POA Abuse

What can happen to a POA who has stolen money from his principal by draining practically all monies without her knowledge. Now this principal needs to go to a nursing home, and he refuses to give the money for her care? What can I do to get this money back? What type of lawyer?

Thanks.

elder care and estate

My husband and I are divorcing. While in the process of this, it becomes necessary to place him in a nursing home, will all assets including mine be liable?

gold digger

my father has begun showing signs of dementia, which have increased exponentially after a recent infection and hospital stay. his ex-wife is using his dementia as a way to swindle more money and assets from him. i hate seeing him taken advantage of, and this woman certainly seems to know what she's doing, and lies to him about my protective intentions. what are my options in attempting to protect his and my late mother's assets?

guidienship for elderly mother

what is required to obtaine guidienship from and incapablble elderly husband to the blood relative daugther

declaration of incompetence

My dad is suffering from dementia and is becoming very verbally abusive to my mother. He refuses to go to a doctor. What steps need to be taken to have him declared imcompetent?

deeming our mother incompetent

What are the steps to take in deeming our mother incompetent in taking care of her finances. She has mild dementia, and almost lost her house. She has gotten swindled over the phone and sent 5,000.00 one time, 3,000 another and the list goes on. She can't remember what she had for dinner the night before. Mom lives on a very limited income. After her bills are paid she clears 15.00 a week. She is not doing without anything yet she thinks were stealing her money. She has 5 kids all doing well and no one needs her money. One of her kids has been doing her finances for the last 3 years, again, after she gave money away. We all agreed it was time. Now all of a sudden she got extremely angry and said she will do her finances from now on. She depleted her bank account- savings and checking. She has an annuity about 40,000 for emergency only, an also to bury herself. Were afraid she will deplete this, pay the penalty then taxes and in the end have nothing. What can we do?

I need emergency representation at 7:30 am in North Hollywood

I learned late this evening that my father has an assessment meeting taking place at 7:30 am (a few hours from now) to determine his mental state. This outcome of this meeting will generate a Springing Durable Power of Attorney into action for my Step Sister. My goal is to bring home my dad since I see he is losing the will to live. Our home will perk him up and after about 72 hours let the doctors reconvene and then make their determinations. He was fine at the beginning of the week. But now this convalescent home will not really help him as he is 96 years old and had a stroke about a week ago. Please help me. My sister is so anxious for his home that she is pushing all of this through so fast. He is lucid at this point. Can someone meet me at the North Hollywood location at 7:15am (just prior to the 7:30 am app.) to place a ''Stop'' on these findings? So he can come home to his familiar surroundings. I had no idea this will had been changed around to write me out of this home. I was to take care of him and at the end, I would be given a paid for home. I have been doing this for 5 years now. Please help.

durable power of attorney

Can principal still sign legal documents without notifying the person assigned as Durable Power of Attorney?

Will

My 94 year old uncle told me and 2 of my siblings that we were left in his will. He died last week and how would I get more information about his will? Are wills public information ?

how to change power of attorney

i have a friend whose mother, age 93, would like to change power of attorney from the oldest daughter, who now has p.o.a., to the youngest. the mother has full mental capacity and is very sharp and with it. the youngest daughter is more than willing to be her mothers p.o.a. what does the mother have to do to change her p.o.a.? i am writing for my friend who does not use a computer, and will convey to her any information you can give me. thank you.

Laid off at 61 years old...

I got laid off in April along with 3 others all over 54 years old. I was a supervisor making 62,000/yr. My job is still there with a much younger person making 1/2 of my pay. Can I find relief here under the law?

Is my dad incompetent?

My dad is remarried. He thinks that she will get a child share. He refuses to have a will made. He is a retired teacher and has SSI, yet his bills are not paid like they should be. He is home bound. She has controll over his finances. He does not get to go to the dr like he should. And sometimes runs out of medicine(he is a diabetic and has severe heart problems). At times I've have carried him food, because he didn't have any. His dr ordered for him to have 24 hr care yet he doesn't. She works as a teacher and she takes alot of weekend trips. When asked about her behavior he takes up for her and defend her. Saying that she is under a lot stress. What can we do.

Management Trust

I purchased a condo and my deed reads as of 9/05. I am not sure why my deed now as of 1.06 has me as trustee of a Management Trust. Can this have anything to do with my will? Why the date difference?

nursing

what law makes it illegal for a nurse to take money as a gift from a patient

Power of Attorney Responsibilities

My husband's grandmother signed over power of attorney to one of her sons about a year ago. Since then, he has been handling her money, but has neglected to pay her bills. Other family members have been paying the bills, buying her food, keeping up her property and keeping track of her medicines/healthcare. She receives monthy social security & veteran benefits, as well as income from rental property, and has a substantial amount of savings. No one knows exactly what stipulations were included in the power of attorney document. Doesn't her son have an obligation to take care of these things? Her health & mental capacity are fading, but she insists that she wants to remain living in her own home. The rest of the family wants to hire an in-home nurse to help care for her, but her son wants to have her put into a nursing home, against her will. The family believes he has been mishandling her money and wants to put her away so he can sell her property. There has already been one competency hearing where the judge found her competent. Is there a way for the family to fight this and make him account for where the money is going? Can they have the power of attorney recended?

estate protection

my father and mother are both in good health are 72 and 77. Their combined estate is worth in excess of 1 million dollars and they have 3 daughters so we understand their should not be tax implications but what should they do to protect their assets should they ever have to enter a nursing home. I understand the lookback period for medicaid is 5 years currently. Are they able to transfer assets into their daughters names but still have access should they need it?

elder law/estate plan

My father who is 72 and in good health is planning to buy my home for my outstanding mortgage of 240k as i am having a difficult time keeping up with mortgage on an investment property that has gone unrented and unsold for a year. He would like to somehow give it back to me or sell it back to or transfer to me as a paper transaction in a way that there would not be a gift tax for me on the 240k and allow me to take the tax deductions like condo fees, realestate taxes from my income as he take a standard deduction untill the market rebounds. Is this legal? If he purchases it in November is there anything that prevents him from selling it / transferring it back to me (or deeding it back to me) in January of 2009 so that this house worth 240k is back in my name and he is protected from a lien against going into a nursing home as i understand that there is a 5 year look back period.