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RebelOne

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11. Sounds familiar.

Reply to noiretextatique (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 03:06 PM

Sep 2014

My mother had similar problems with my brother. Drug problems, drug dealing and stealing from her. Every time he got into trouble with the law, she always bailed him out. He has been in jail most of his life off and on. After she passed away at age 78, the estate lawyer said that my mother would have been a very wealthy woman if it had not been for all the money she spend to keep him out of trouble. Now he is 53 years old and wearing an ankle monitor because of his last scrape with the law and my mother is no longer here to bail him out.

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My 80 yo mother is addicted to my drug-addicted nephew [View all] noiretextatique Sep 2014 OP

What a difficult situation. I don't have any good advice, but enough Sep 2014 #1

the sperm donor has never been in his life, and my sister died 8 years ago noiretextatique Sep 2014 #2

I suggest you get good legal advice from someone who practices in this area of the law LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #3

i agree noiretextatique Sep 2014 #4

Call the local bar association and get a referral for an elder law attorney. Hoppy Sep 2014 #5

thanks noiretextatique Sep 2014 #6

Do NOT call the local bar association. Divernan Apr 2015 #14

If you must get a conservatorship, and perhaps you must, No Vested Interest Sep 2014 #7

i do not want to take control of her life noiretextatique Sep 2014 #8

It sounds as though you are well-grounded in the legal process No Vested Interest Sep 2014 #9

thank you. he definitely has undue influence over her noiretextatique Sep 2014 #10

Sounds familiar. RebelOne Sep 2014 #11

very familiar noiretextatique Sep 2014 #12

how are things now? blackcrow Jan 2015 #13

Drug addicts SheriffBob Jun 2016 #15