For four months my sisters have created extreme animosity over disagreement over rent one should pay to move in with my mother. I have been shut out, not allowed contact with my mother because there is no house phone and sister ignores my calls, texts to her cell. I live out of state and cannot visit. This past Saturday I was notified by the bank that I had been removed from my mother's bank account which I closely monitored for 11 years. I am upset beyond belief. I believe there is undue influence and exploitation of finances.
Im meeting with ...a mediator in the next week , God as my witness I have tried and will show the timeline and emails, Im not out to win, its about our mothers Safety health and well being
The point about DPOA is that it survives the donor's permanent loss of mental capacity, whether that's through dementia, mental illness, injury, or whatever happens. And a DPOA can be annulled by the donor only while the donor is in his/her right mind.
Plain old power of attorney can be given by anyone to anyone for any purpose that they please. Supposing, oo I don't know, I was going abroad for a couple of months and wanted someone else to pay my bills for me. I could give that person power of attorney, limit it to whatever I wanted him to do on my behalf, and end it at a particular time. It's essentially just granting someone authority to act for you.
It makes my heart sink when I hear of your sort of situation. Your brother isn't acting for your mother's benefit as such, exactly - he's trying to keep her possessions in order, perhaps with an eye to administering her estate later on; and you can see why he wouldn't want bits and pieces disappearing at random. But don't you and your brother argue about it - it's for your mother to make her wishes plain to both of you.
You and your brother should approach your mother together and ask her what she wants done. If she wishes to give items to you (or anyone else) then of course she has a perfect right to do that. But she has also made your brother responsible for protecting her welfare, which includes making sure people don't walk off with stuff (I don't mean you, I mean "people", you know the sort). It's not fair of her not to tell him if she plans to give specific items away. Tell, not ask, she doesn't need his permission; but she should do him the courtesy of not making the job she's given him more difficult by making vague promises to you without telling him.