[Dacula]

Bravo to you!

It is hard once you get involved and see the $hit that goes on. This happens every day, countless times.

I do my best, but it is hard not to get sucked into it. I am working on that now.

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In the last year, as a real estate investor, I’ve helped two families in a similar situation with estate owners having dementia and an evil stepchild taking legal control of the estate. It’s critical that, when making wills, a directive be spelled out who will be POA and what is to be done with the estate and/or trust. Ultimately, with my friends, it’s none of my business but they would rather just walk away from it all.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

Bravo to you! It is hard once you get involved and see the $hit that goes on. This happens every day, countless times. I do my best, but it is hard not to get sucked into it. I am working on that now.

Thank you, Dac... and it's so true. I just hate to see greedy family members go all out to take advantage of their own elders. Unfortunately, it's usually the boys (I refuse to call them "men"). The one I'm working on now is really tragic! I can't post about it yet because it's somewhat public and involves a murder of an estate owner. Sure enough, the black sheep loser and estranged son comes swooping in out of nowhere to claim admin rights. I'm not an attorney, so it will be one for the law books if my legal objection holds him at bay.