My brother had my elderly sick mother make up a trust giving him 80% of her estate, even tho she had already prepared a will splitting everything equally between us...not to mention making me the executor. I lived 2 hours away and he lived 5 minutes away, so he was able to easily influence her.
The day she went into the hospital for the last time (for treatment of maggots in her toes, among other things), she signed the trust. The people who drew up the trust stated in the document that she was in her right mind when she signed the document. Of course, how in God’s name would they know that, since they only met her that day?
She passed away 3 weeks later, after which I found out what my brother had done. I tried to fight it but there was nothing I could do....I had no money for a decent attorney and my brother did....as he was able to use the money from the estate.
The trust mill that wrote the trust, the attorney hired to implement it, and my brother all stood to benefit from riding rough-shod over my mother’s wishes. My mother and me....not so much. And yet everyone turned a blind eye to it. Absolutely shameful behavior!
Mrs. Prince of Space
What happened with your mother is, unfortunately, not all uncommon and will start becoming more common as the Baby Boomers age.