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answered on Dec 21, 2015
You have to contact an attorney in whatever state your grandfather is in and set up a consultation. Good luck.
My sister is her FT caregiver, needs access to accounts to take care of household expenses and medical bills. My mother is bedridden and is immobile. My brother and I want our sister to have control, how do we do this?
answered on Oct 1, 2015
Legal Guardianship of a Parent or Adult Family Member.
Occasionally an individual can not manage his or her life as a result of a mental or physical disability, alcohol or drug addiction. If a legally prepared power of attorney was signed, a trusted family member, friend or professional can... View More 
My sister and I have Durable Power of Attorney over my father in Trenton, NJ. She has power to perform all of his bank transactions. I found out last week that since he was place in the nursing home in December of last year, she has withdrawn cash and is using his money as her personal account. The... View More
answered on Oct 1, 2015
Legal Guardianship of a Parent or Adult Family Member.
Kenneth Vercammen’s Office represents persons seeking legal Guardianship of a Parent or Adult Family Member.
Occasionally an individual can not manage his or her life as a result of a mental or physical disability, alcohol or... View More
answered on Oct 1, 2015
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a. If you qualify for an exclusion (based on the Eligibility Test , earlier), there are fixed dollar limits on the amount of gain that can be excluded from... View More
attorney is her attorney and has power of attorney but does nothing to care for her and does not want to help with this he wants her to live in an apartment however we cannot sell her house and she would still need assistance she cannot be alone all day she doe snot eat or take her meds when I get... View More
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answered on Aug 19, 2015
You need to retain counsel and seek to be appointed as her guardian by the Court. This will not be inexpensive and your brother may fight it. Good luck.
My mother has lived in her house for over 40 years. It's in my grandmother's name. We can't put her in a home because of the asset laws, my mother would lose her house.
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answered on Aug 14, 2015
You need to consult an expert in elder law. Good luck.
What can we as a family do when an elder care lawyer who was put in charge of our mom's estate, due to us not filing an answer, said that he would inform us what has been done with our mother's estate, who and what was paid, this was two years ago, during that time I called him, and sent... View More
answered on Jul 4, 2014
Hire an attorney to act on your behalf, or file a complaint against the first attorney with State ethics board.
http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/oae/
Elderly person now in a assisted living place has a life estate in a summer home. She cannot make use of the home- Is she still responsible for the taxes and upkeep etc. Her children are on the deed and use the home.
answered on Jun 20, 2014
Before this question can be answered, we need to know how the elderly person acquired the life estate. Was it through a Will? Through a Deed? What did the document say about how long the life estate continues? Sometimes it's for life or for so lo0ng as the person wished to use it. If she no... View More
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