In 1998, my mother signed a new lease that stipulated that she and my father were the only residents allowed to occupy their apartment. It expressly said no children can live here. They are aging and need a caregiver. How is the position of caregiver legally established?
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"agreements not reduced to writing, are NOT worth the paper they ain't written on."
Get the lease modified by an attorney in some written document
I have a lease and it also says that I can't bring anyone in to live with me. I imagine that if you moved in your mom would be in violation of her lease. When is her lease up? If you need to live with your mom to care for her you two might have to get another place to live. That's what I had to do when I realized my dad needed more care. I had to break my lease and find a whole other place to move into with him.
Your parents' lease is a contract. I doubt that you can challenge that because you have no legal right to live there and when your mom signed that lease she agreed to that.
The only legal way to be a caregiver that I can think of is to draw up a caregiving contract with your parents. It says that you will provide certain things, then they in turn will provide other things, e.g. pay with room and board. I don't know if it is what you would want to do in this instance, but it is something to consider.