Q: My brother held my dad against his will for a year he got DPOnow wants to unplug my dad can we stop him doing it 4 spit
My dad would not even speak to my brother after he held him against his will for a year and kept his social security checks now he wants to unplug my dad after just 24 hours of life support other family members run me out of the hospital because I wanted them to leave so I could spend these last few hours with my dad the hospital refused to have distant family removed so that me my sister and my dad's grandchildren could spend the last few hours with my dad these people didn't come to visit him at home but they want to clear there conscience. A hospital worker informed the people in the family come to the hospital and broke the HIPAA law can we sue the hospital for giving out information that should have never been given out my brother just wants my dad to be dead because he wants to try to take the house from me can you help me save my home that I've lived in with my dad since 2004 taking care of and stop my brother from turning my dad's machine off at least for a couple days to see
A: You should call a lawyer for a thorough evaluation. Whether your father has a will, a living will, advance directives, and more will affect the outcome.
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