Entitled to grandparents home

Spinonegirl1609

My husband died when our son was 11 months old , his granny died 3 months later , my father in law lived in the family home alone, when his other sons relationship broke down he moved back home,  my father inlaw was found living in complete squalor whilst his son lived in a room with all the heating on with separate food etc , awful awful situation , I stepped in and had my lovely father inlaw admitted to a care home, he has a lot of savings and investments, and owns his own home outright,  so pays his care home with his own money, his son , lives rent free in the house not even paying council tax , or heating etc , is this right?  So basically all my sons grandpas money is been dwindled away on his uncles lifestyle.    so basically asking is this allowed to continue indefinately? 

Voyager2002

Does your FIL have capacity? If so, it is up to him what happens to his money and he is free to do whatever he wishes with his home. If not, do you know if anyone has Power of Attorney?

FlorayG

Yes it entirely depends on your FIL mental state. If he is deemed competent then the decision on what happens with his house is up to him