TommySmith
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? North Carolina
My father passed away on 01 MAY 2015. When all is said and done, my mother received $24,000 towards the middle of JUN 2015. Since then (2 months), she has spent over $18,000 on BS including thousands of dollars to friends, over $2,000 to a stranger on Facebook and over $3,000 to a "friend" in Nigeria. All of her bills are past due, she lies, she has pawned her rings and will not stop blowing money. My step-brother moved in (in the beginning of all of this) and is paying $600 a month, she gets an additional $1,600 a month for social security and has blown through ALL of it (on top of the 18k). She's convinced that all of these people are good, down on their luck people and will pay her back... She really has no business being on the internet. She lives in the 1960's and is too naive for current society, especially on the internet..
I've taken control over the last $6,400 by withdrawing it from her account. But I know her, she figures she can continue to blow money and I'll be forced to use the rest of her savings to cover her bills. But that's not going to happen...
She's 67 and "now" has a 45 year old "rich" internet guy sniffing around. Not to be mean, but she's hardly a good looking 67 year old woman either. So the 45 year old "rich" guy has intentions of playing her. She has no money, so the house is the only thing he could get.
She just doesn't comprehend money management. She WILL end up blowing everything and I will not cover her bills so that she can go blowing her own money.
What are my options? Just let her go about on this self destructive path? I'm not going to let her drag my own fiances into ruin over this either. I have a family to care for.
What are my options? I've mentioned a Power of Attorney so that I could take over her finances completely and give her what's left over after paying the bills, but she won't sign one willingly.
My father passed away on 01 MAY 2015. When all is said and done, my mother received $24,000 towards the middle of JUN 2015. Since then (2 months), she has spent over $18,000 on BS including thousands of dollars to friends, over $2,000 to a stranger on Facebook and over $3,000 to a "friend" in Nigeria. All of her bills are past due, she lies, she has pawned her rings and will not stop blowing money. My step-brother moved in (in the beginning of all of this) and is paying $600 a month, she gets an additional $1,600 a month for social security and has blown through ALL of it (on top of the 18k). She's convinced that all of these people are good, down on their luck people and will pay her back... She really has no business being on the internet. She lives in the 1960's and is too naive for current society, especially on the internet..
I've taken control over the last $6,400 by withdrawing it from her account. But I know her, she figures she can continue to blow money and I'll be forced to use the rest of her savings to cover her bills. But that's not going to happen...
She's 67 and "now" has a 45 year old "rich" internet guy sniffing around. Not to be mean, but she's hardly a good looking 67 year old woman either. So the 45 year old "rich" guy has intentions of playing her. She has no money, so the house is the only thing he could get.
She just doesn't comprehend money management. She WILL end up blowing everything and I will not cover her bills so that she can go blowing her own money.
What are my options? Just let her go about on this self destructive path? I'm not going to let her drag my own fiances into ruin over this either. I have a family to care for.
What are my options? I've mentioned a Power of Attorney so that I could take over her finances completely and give her what's left over after paying the bills, but she won't sign one willingly.
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