by janis_fransices » Sat Aug 17, 2013 05:43:00 AM
I found out my brother still owes my mom a big sum of money for some real estate he brought from her 8 years ago She lives in Manitoba where the property was purchased and he lives in Alberta My mom is 89 and I found out he had not paid as the money was to be invested with the rest of my moms money to allow her to live in this very nice 55 plus retirement community Her investment broker called to tell her that if my brother doesn't pay my mom will not be able to afford to stay there She only gets 1400 a month the rest of her income comes from her investments to make up the difference It is a really nice place everything included and at her age plus she has some memory issues moving her wouldn't be such a good idea and I don't think she should have to be moved I called my brother and he told me will handle it when the time comes It will be 3 years before the investment income runs dry That would take my mom to 92 if she lives that long When my dad died and the investment guy planned out my mom moving into this place Taking all the money including what my brother owed she would be okay till 97 Someone told me my mom could sue buy that she would have to travel to alberta and knowing my brother he would try and tie this all up in court Also the fact that my mom is 89 and doesn't travel well doesn't help A year ago Air Canada had to pull her off a flight due to her having a major panic attack I had to fly in and get her and to get her back on the plane and home took a lot of help and patients Air Canada by the way were wonderful about the whole thing to make matters worse my brother has the power of attorney so the question is can he get away with this not paying my mom money And do I take him at his word tough one here cause my brother has in the past screwed over other family members for money