Can my sister legally stop me from bringing my mother to my house to visit?
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Can my sister legally stop me from bringing my mother to my house to visit?
My mother had a stroke a 3 years ago. My sister is her caregiver. The reason being she has lived with my mother for the past 15 years. My sister has poa. She controls everything from my mothers financials to who can see my mother. My mother suffers for mild dementia and diabetes. I live less than a mile away and she is not allowed to come to my house. When I try and visit my mother my sister argues with my mom and belittles everything my mom says. My sister goes on weekends trips and leaves my mom home. Using my moms money. She inform me thar she is going out of town. My sister will not let my mother visit my home and she makes my mother upset when we visit mom.
Asked on April 8, 2015 under Estate Planning, Virginia
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
I am so sorry for the situation. It sounds to me like your sister is abusing her power as a POA (which may or may not be for benefit of her care but just for her finances) and that she is disipating her assets. I think the best bet here is to go in to court and become your mother's conservator and guardian becuase she can not now revoke the POA given her mental state. She can not bar you from seeing your Mom and leaving her unattended is a disaster waiting to happen. Good luck.
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