Q: I have power of attorney of my grandmother. My family from MO came and took her. They got a lawyer and changed her power
Of attorney and turn her over to the state of MO. How is that right ? I have letter from DHS in AR stating that I was taking good care of her. I still do not know where she is they will not tell me!
A:
If she is in Missouri, you will likely have to file something in a Missouri court to get control of this situation. She would have had to have been competent to give them power of attorney, and if she was and did so willingly, there's not much you can do about it.
It all depends on her capacity to give someone in your MO family power of attorney.
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