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Yes, requiring supervised visitation is overreaching. In fact, isolating people is often the first step to exploiting them. Rather than... Read Answer
This varies with location, lawyer and whether it will be contested.
Your father may well Will everything to him out of gratitude, not because he is subject to undue inflluence. Discuss the matter with your... Read Answer
While your father may grant you a Medical and a Durable Power of Attorney, he retains the right to decide where he lives. He can only be a... Read Answer
Estate Planning and long term care planning for a Senior is incredibly important. Chose an elder law attorney in your area and visit with them... Read Answer
While this may be a predatory marriage, what you can do turns on whether you father had legal capacity when he married, whether he has legal capacity... Read Answer
Contact your local Area Agency on Aging about low income housing, room and board homes and other options for elderly in your area.
Someone who has been declared legally incapacitated to manage his finances has no legal ability to change the DPOA. If you fear attempted elder... Read Answer
It appears that you and the lawyer will continue to see things differently, meaing that you need a new lawyer, one who sees things your way, not to... Read Answer
Very likely. The Durable Power of Attorney is not a loan agreement.
Your mother's share will pass to whomever she names in her Will or, if she dies without a Will, to her heirs at law.
While you are liable as a tenant, you may be able to prevail upon your grandsons to help.
You seem to have answered your own question.
You might want to switch caregivers. Although everyone is entitled to their own opinion, only a psychiatrist can make the diagnoses this person... Read Answer
You can find an elder law attorney near you on the website of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (www.naela.org)
Even a guardian can only restrict visitors to those who have not abused or exploited the person. In some states heirs can ask the court to look... Read Answer
Please provide more information. It is not clear what the problem is or what your questions and goals are.
Hire a local elder lawyer to file an application for a temporary restraining order and go from there. You can find one near you on the website... Read Answer
You face perhaps insuperable challenges. First, you must prove that your father intended to leave the money to you, perhaps in a Will. ... Read Answer
You must seek to have the judgment enforced in Ohio. A state court only governs people within its own state.
Everyone is free to appoint whomever they want as their agent or to not appoint anyone -- unless they lack legal capacity to make the... Read Answer
Contact a local guardianship attorney and report the scammer to adult protective services.
If your father has named you on a HIPAA Medical Information Release, you may see his chart. Sometimes this form is combined with the Medical... Read Answer
Report her to the state licensing ageny and the company through which you hired her and to Adult Protective Services. The executor may hire a... Read Answer
This is a question for your probate lawyer. That lawyer may file a Motion for a Turnover Order. The Court may then issue a Turnover Order... Read Answer