Extended Family Troubles
My evil second cousin (Susan, 64, daughter of dead-Dorothy) has removed $70K from Nana’s (94, great-aunt, not Susan’s mother) checking account. Susan put the money in a CD account with her and Nana’s name on it. Susan has power of attorney. My good uncle Michael (47?, not Nana’s son) is also on Nana’s checking account so that he can make sure nothing is done to Nana’s money behind her back. (Susan removed $40K from Nana’s account earlier this year.) Susan’s power of attorney has trumped that, as Michael is decidedly not on the CD account. Nana is being manipulated and robbed as far as I am concerned. Crap.
What do you do when a family member is an evil thieving bitch?
August 3, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Good god. I don’t know, and I wish I did. All I can think is research. Is there anyone out there you could get a legal opinion from without paying through the nose for it? It sounds like theft to me. And I’m very sorry.
August 3, 2007 at 10:19 pm
You call an amazing estate attorney that I know. Seriously, I can give you her name and number and she’s amazing. Please call her! She will know the options that are available.