So I read the entire thing, and this one is slightly more complex than βdad is abusive conservator.β So Iβm going to lay out here whatβs going on:
1) Nichelle has dementia.
2) In 2010, this guy approached her all βhey so I want to make this movie with you as a costar, very good contract, please accept.β
5) during the next several years he moved onto her property and became a squatter, billing all his utilities and expenses to Nichelle. In other words, sheβs paying for the privilege of him using her property.
6) during this time he also managed to get her to give him power of attorney over both financial AND MEDICAL decisions. Much of her savings has just kind of vanished, and it seems likely heβs been leeching it away.
Okay. So, recap: this guy is NOT a conservator. He got power of attorney, which is actually a very good and useful thing when appropriately applied. (Basically, it means if you become incapacitated youβve already selected a person to handle certain kinds of affairs for you.) In this case, however, itβs pretty clear POA is being abused and seriously misused.
7) Nichelleβs son managed to become her conservator, with the goal of kicking the deadbeat off the property and ensuring his mom has access to her hard-earned funds so she can be old with dignity. (In a perfect world, this is how conservatorship would always be used. His interest is in protecting the person, not making a profit.) He has become her primary caretaker.
I donβt know how advanced Nichelleβs dementia is, but I can tell you from experience that as the disease progresses, being a caretaker can become a full-time job, and that, yesβthis is one of those extremely limited cases where conservatorship might actually be a good idea. My grandmother had Alzheimerβs (not all dementia is caused by Alzheimerβs, but all cases of Alzheimerβs are dementia), and nearly burned down the house once because she turned on the stove, forgot sheβd turned it on, and went to take a nap. Having someone of sound mind who can make arrangements for things like appropriate in-home care so this doesnβt happen is deeply important.
8) deadbeat is fighting to get conservatorship removedβand possibly reassigned to himself. That part is a little less clear. What is clear is that he does not have Nichelleβs best interests at heart.
9) this fundraiser is to help with legal fees to get deadbeat off the property and help assist Nichelle and her son in securing whatβs left of her assets.
So just so weβre clear: in this case we are actually fighting FOR a conservatorship. However, this conservatorship is to protect someone with an actual medical diagnosis that means she has diminished mental capacity to care for herself (literally, thatβs what dementia is: loss of memory and cognition on a scale significant enough to interfere with daily life), and to ensure that what is hers, REMAINS hers.
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