Q: I was given power of attorney medically for my mother. We resided in same residence as I was caregiver
Her estranged husband has been taking possessions and trying to sell properties PLEASE HELP SHE HAD NO WILL
A: You can hire a probate attorney and get yourself appointed as executor of your mother's estate. You will then have the power of the probate court behind you to demand the return of all of your mother's things so that they can be properly distributed according to the terms of her will or, if she had no will, according to the laws of intestate succession in your state.
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