FrustratedInSF
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? California (but this will fall under Maine law)
My nana had home health care from about 1999-2006 through Interim Healthcare. This service was originally meant for my grandpa, but when he passed in 2001 my mom thought it best the care providers stay on.
Two sisters who worked for the company saw an opportunity _ my grandpa left a very sizable estate when he passed away _ and so they quit Interim, formed their own LLC, and took on my nana as their only account. They offered her a _discount_ of about $120k/yr, down from $140k/yr. Very expensive. My nana was not sick or anything, for years. The sisters begin blocking phone calls, not answering the door for visitors, not delivering mail and gifts to my nana, etc, of their own accord. Textbook abuse. My siblings and I tried to get rid of the sisters and provide a much more economical solution after my mom passed in 2002. We could not get this done because by this point nana was being turned from her family. We tried to gain Guardianship; the judge found my nana of sound mind and body and totally overlooked the reports of abuse _ unfilled prescriptions, missed doctor_s appointments, etc _ and the sisters closed in. My nana passed away about 3 weeks ago of colon cancer. The trust fund my grandpa set up, which was to passed down to each generation, is being divided four ways amongst his grandchildren (me and my siblings), but nana made out a living trust naming the sisters chief trustees (thought their was no beneficiary named). The sisters stand to gain a home & barn worth about $200k along with 35 acres of prime real estate which, if developed, could reap several hundred thousand dollars. At least we want to retain a chunk of land for building a summer home on to, in a sense, continue our grandfather_s legacy. I_m certain the sisters would sell it all.
My question is: can we contest this? What are our chances, realistically? In several of the documents, the notary public_s signature has an expiration date below it (ex: _Exp 6/10/05_). Does anyone know what this does to the validity of these documents? Does it nullify them, unless a new signature and seal are applied? Also, does anyone know anything about the breaking of non-competition clauses? The sisters, as I said, had worked for a large, nationwide home care service, but when they caught sight of the hundreds of thousands they could swindle (and did, for several years) from our nana they quit the company, created their own company, and then immediately convinced our nana to sign them on. What would YOU do to expose these sisters for the con-artists they are? They are even trying to collect three weeks _severance pay_, totaling about $8000k, which they claim _she intended for us to have_. I_m so pissed off over this I could spit. My mission is to take these sisters down to the mat and expose them for the thieves they are. It_s bad enough that they cut off most of our calls, visits, mail, etc to nana; now they_re trying to cash in on our family legacy. Thanks for any replies.
My nana had home health care from about 1999-2006 through Interim Healthcare. This service was originally meant for my grandpa, but when he passed in 2001 my mom thought it best the care providers stay on.
Two sisters who worked for the company saw an opportunity _ my grandpa left a very sizable estate when he passed away _ and so they quit Interim, formed their own LLC, and took on my nana as their only account. They offered her a _discount_ of about $120k/yr, down from $140k/yr. Very expensive. My nana was not sick or anything, for years. The sisters begin blocking phone calls, not answering the door for visitors, not delivering mail and gifts to my nana, etc, of their own accord. Textbook abuse. My siblings and I tried to get rid of the sisters and provide a much more economical solution after my mom passed in 2002. We could not get this done because by this point nana was being turned from her family. We tried to gain Guardianship; the judge found my nana of sound mind and body and totally overlooked the reports of abuse _ unfilled prescriptions, missed doctor_s appointments, etc _ and the sisters closed in. My nana passed away about 3 weeks ago of colon cancer. The trust fund my grandpa set up, which was to passed down to each generation, is being divided four ways amongst his grandchildren (me and my siblings), but nana made out a living trust naming the sisters chief trustees (thought their was no beneficiary named). The sisters stand to gain a home & barn worth about $200k along with 35 acres of prime real estate which, if developed, could reap several hundred thousand dollars. At least we want to retain a chunk of land for building a summer home on to, in a sense, continue our grandfather_s legacy. I_m certain the sisters would sell it all.
My question is: can we contest this? What are our chances, realistically? In several of the documents, the notary public_s signature has an expiration date below it (ex: _Exp 6/10/05_). Does anyone know what this does to the validity of these documents? Does it nullify them, unless a new signature and seal are applied? Also, does anyone know anything about the breaking of non-competition clauses? The sisters, as I said, had worked for a large, nationwide home care service, but when they caught sight of the hundreds of thousands they could swindle (and did, for several years) from our nana they quit the company, created their own company, and then immediately convinced our nana to sign them on. What would YOU do to expose these sisters for the con-artists they are? They are even trying to collect three weeks _severance pay_, totaling about $8000k, which they claim _she intended for us to have_. I_m so pissed off over this I could spit. My mission is to take these sisters down to the mat and expose them for the thieves they are. It_s bad enough that they cut off most of our calls, visits, mail, etc to nana; now they_re trying to cash in on our family legacy. Thanks for any replies.
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