care for an elderly relative

blindman

xylophone wrote: »

Not so very vague, particularly where there seems to have been a blatant attempt at deprivation...

http://www.payingforcare.org/deprivation-of-assets

http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/practice-notes/gifts-of-assets/

The above points out that while LAs have been reluctant to push as far as insolvency, with increasing pressure on budgets this may not remain the case.

Both those web-sites do not state categorically that LA will prosecute or that it is illegal\unwise\decietful to transfer assets before death.

They both say "may"
One is a charity and the other is a law site looking after (no surprise) its members.


You seem to have a personal axe to grid here.

Care to explain?

xylophone

You seem to have a personal axe to grid here.

Care to explain?

I have absolutely no axe to grind but I think that people do well to be cautious if their actions risk legal action against them?

margaretclare

quidsy wrote: »

How old are the grandchildren? If under 18 and the money is in a ctf or isa then how would it be retrieved before they turned 18? Interesting premise.

I have to wonder at who's encouragements she gave up her home, liquified assets to cash and then handed it all over to grandchildren. Were promises made to support and fund her old age or did she really not think it through and expect the local authority to take over her health care needs when the time came. .

I am quite prepared to believe that there are some people/some families in which this can work, but what I said was that in my experience it did not work. Maybe it would have worked if my late husband and I had been more saintly, if we had been fully aware of what we were letting ourselves in for, a number of other things. Incidentally, we did not profit from MIL selling her own house. The money was in the bank, and when she eventually went into a private care home, that money was used to pay for her care.

quidsy

Is there a reason you quoted my post in response, I'm assuming, to a different poster? Your post has nothing to do with what I have written?

blindman

xylophone wrote: »

I have absolutely no axe to grind but I think that people do well to be cautious if their actions risk legal action against them?

Do you ever leave your house?

As soon as you step outside the door you are at risk.

atush

Stepping out of the house would be the least of their problems.

There is more than one poster here, who thinks the OP's family are in deprivation of assets territory here.

And deliberately IMHO.

So I hope any council with half decent employees would pick this up. If not, they dont deserve their gold plated pensions.

xylophone

As soon as you step outside the door you are at risk.

But there is no need to court disaster?