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My dad was married to my 1st stepmother for 25 years, when she passed he was very lonely and remarried just a few months later. His new wife drained everything out of him financially and then divorced him. The problem is, they divorced over 5 years ago but she still is in change of his money and he told me she is paying her bills with it as well as his. The 2nd problem is she has brain washed him into wanting to be cremated when he already bought a plot next to my 1st stepmother. The funeral home sent me a cremation authorization to sign but why should I when he already has a plot. I believe she wants to sell the plot when he passes. Why else would she want him cremated? Also, she is already remarried to another sick/old man. She tries to keep the family away and tells him she loves him not us... meanwhile she divorced him!! This lady is a criminal but how do I prove it? She's been married several times and they have all been elder wealthy men. I NEED HELP! There is so much more to this story. I just don't know what to do. I want to stop her from doing this. I am his daughter. She is the ex wife! She has convinced him that he wants to be cremated when I know for a fact he doesn't and if I don't sign it he said he won't speak to me anymore! Please someone give me advise!

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Ok, I'm going to be really blunt, here: does she also accuse you of exploiting him financially, or attempting to?

The only way in which she could have a valid POA is if your father voluntarily gave it to her. If he did that, and if he had capacity at the time of signing, and if it was either done post-divorce or done during the marriage but he has done nothing to revoke it; well, if all of those things are true then, I'm afraid, you've got problems.

However. If you have or can obtain independent witnesses to her emotional abuse of him, that is also something you could report to APS. They will take a dim view of it. When you say he is living alone, why is he living alone? How far away from him are you, for example?

Hm. There is one more point that doesn't make sense. Why is the funeral home sending you a cremation authorisation form if she has POA?
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crivas, it is very normal for someone who is cremated to also be buried in their cemetery plot. My boss's wife recently passed away, she was cremated, and places in the family plot.
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If dad has dementia, get a lawyer and get Guardianship ASAP
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Lawyer up, and do it yesterday, if APS and the police have not helped you. Sorry this is happening. It's wrong, you know it and she knows it, and she will happily wave it in your face as long as she thinks she can get away with it.

I hope you can nail this horrible gold-digger.
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Retrace his steps to the divorce. It is hard to understand how she comes still to be in control of his money, and my guess would be that that is the point where things either went wrong or were overlooked. But I believe I'm right in saying that divorce changes everything - invalidates wills, possibly could do the same to Powers of Attorney. Go to a lawyer, ideally the one who represented him during the divorce (assuming he had one, of course), and take it from there. At the very least, your father's money should not be supporting his ex-wife of five years ago.

And don't sign anything until you've taken advice. Meanwhile call the funeral home and tell them he already has arrangements in place, thank you very much. Best of luck, please update.
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Take him to the bank. Try to get her off of his accounts. Tell them again she hascdivorced, remarried and divorced again. If you know where, you can get copies of all those public records. I believe social security would be interested to know she is getting several mens checks.either she is one hot tamale or she picks mentally and physically sick men. Have you tried a fraud detective? Put your own message on his phone. You could probably change it to an unlisted number and have his mail sent to you address or post office box. Dig around, get a bank statement showing her bills being paid with her money. If all else fails, go redneck on her butt.
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You should be asking a real lawyer, not us. There is something fishy here. Why does he need your signature. Do you have Med POA and or Durable POA? Is he competent? (Doesn't sound like it) Again, Do the lawyer thing. Worth it.
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I have a similar situation, which I reported to APS in Boston. Met with them. They even saw my parent in their confused state of mind. They did NOTHING.
A social worker there told me of a similar case, which is ongoing in Boston, where a woman moved in with an elderly man with dementia and is taking advantage of him. The woman is a PROSTITUTE! APS will not do anything about it!! The man's daughter is beside herself! She can't do anything about the situation.
I am also frustrated in APS' lack of protection of the elderly. Children of the elderly report the abuses and APS does NOTHING. God help us!!
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Have you told Dad about the cremation? Can he give you POA so you can get his money away from her? Although you say she took it all.. he still must be getting something if she is paying his bills and getting his money? does he know she is remarried? What else if going on here? Good luck!
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Take the whole thing to a lawyer. A divorce is a matter of public record, no way she can conceal that from anybody. So unless they divorced because she'd dreamed up some money-making scheme (which in itself would probably be fraudulent), the courts are to say the very least going to raise an eyebrow about the mental capacity of a man of his age who apparently colludes with an abusive ex-wife. It's bonkers, frankly. You're after guardianship, and, by the way, there is no way of pursuing this without stressing him as long as he's involved. But once you achieve guardianship, he won't BE involved in the decision-making process and you can set about creating some safe boundaries for him.

I dunno. You read about black widow type evil geniuses but you never think it really happens…

Forget winning the popularity stakes and focus on his best interests. It'll help you stay the course if you know you're doing the right thing. Best of luck.
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