refusing to hand over will

RAS

Ok

This is a very very different problem.

You need to get hold of Age UK and speak to them about elder abuse.

Also go over to the Public Guardian's web-site as your brother needs power of attorney if mum is suffering from demantia and you should be able to challenge that.

If he has not already got that, then the big issue will be whether the medics think that she is capable.

if she is incapable, she cannot make a new will or make him attorney.

troubleinparadise

RAS wrote: »

Ok

This is a very very different problem.

You need to get hold of Age UK and speak to them about elder abuse.

Also go over to the Public Guardian's web-site as your brother needs power of attorney if mum is suffering from demantia and you should be able to challenge that.

If he has not already got that, then the big issue will be whether the medics think that she is capable.

if she is incapable, she cannot make a new will or make him attorney.

Thanks for expanding on the problem, New Life.

RAS has given you good advice.

Hopefully no new wills have been made already, although it is perfectly possible to make DIY wills; getting them right so that they are legally correct and cannot be challenged is not so easy.

Any solicitor should ensure that a testator has full capacity to make a will, and is not being coerced in any way.

If your mother has a diagnosis of dementia, whilst that doesn't mean that the person lacks capacity to understand what they are doing, especially in the early stages, it does raise an element of doubt, especially if there is an element of non-disclosure involved.

I hope for your parents' sake that this can be resolved so they can get the appropriate care and support as they sound very vulnerable.

New_life_3

Thanks trouble in paradise yes would not have thought this could happen but social services are blinded by the big house etc they don't see the theft of mum and dads assets and the huge debts they have its a case of not seen them for years and now take advantage. I do believe what goes around comes around and I will leave no stone unturned to get the appropriate action taken against them.