I have been blessed enough to have had 2 amazing grandparents. They are my rolemodels and biggest supporters. As a young adult (19) I moved in with them. As my grandfather declined in health I naturally transitioned into the caregiver role, after his passing 11 years ago, I left for college as we discussed. After finishing I moved home to stay with my grandmother as planned. Mind you it was the 3 of ours' life plan. I am now 35, and my grandmother passed late October of last year. My mother is their only biological child, and is trying to remove me from my home. Is there anything I am able to do to prevent this? I have tried talking, pleading with her, but she is set that this is hers.
First question, is Grandmother's estate now in Probate? This happens whether there was a Will or not. If there was a Will and it hadn't been changed to include you, or if there was no Will, then you can plead to the Probate Judge regarding how many years you had been caregiving for your grandparents. You would need to have some type of documented proof you were their caregivers and had lived in the house all those years.
I would suggest you contact an Elder Law Attorney to see what options you have, and what past paperwork that you would need to dig up. And while there, you create a Will, Power of Attorney, Medical Directive for yourself, one is never too young to have this very important legal documents.
Of course this is hurting you terribly.
Can the house be divided in some creative way, making it partly an in-law type suite?
Are you in danger if you stay? Have you been served eviction legal papers?Can the house be sold, proceeds split? Is your Mom self-supporting, or disabled/dependent in any way?
Does your mom have some form of authority over you such as guardianship due to disability?
Is she your representative payee? Do you rent or own your home or does your mom or grandparents on it and she is to inherit it?
If I remember correctly, another posted the same issue and the problem was that her mother had lived there, dependent upon her own parents (grandparents of poster) for quite some time, and the poster inherited the house, but it came with her mother!