My elderly father is now unable to live alone and hospitalized. Since I have POA, I have been paying his bills and sifting through his finances. I am trying to make his money last as long as possible for him. However, I have found in the past few years multiple times that family members have taken large sums of cash from him. I have even found where a neighbor lady was getting money from him. This makes me so angry! I am one of three children. I have always been financially independent and never needed money from a parent. I understand people might get in a bad situation and need help, but this is just plain robbery. Taking thousands of dollars from an 80+ year old man is theft! The hard part is that now he is hospitalized and is having problems with his mind, I'm afraid they are going to try to take his every last cent. I am considering hiring an attorney, but I'm not sure if there is anything that can be done. I feel so helpless trying to protect my father from his own children. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Hope you have a durable clause because general poa is nolonger any good after mental impaired. Makesure you have durable poa and mentalhealth and healthcare surrogate with financial poa.
Going to house while hes not there is burgulary. If he is not mentally capable abuse of a vunerable person at least.
This will be the only way you will get any respect for him. Maybe a wakeup call for them too.
The police report covers you from accuzations of taking stuff you are the poa so you are despo sible now for him Nd his.
Sorry its so tough. Bless you