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David DeLeon
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Portland Oregon - My wife and I moved in with her Grandfather several months ago to assist him in taking care of his home, personal needs, and property. We help him, and he does not charge us rent. The agreement has no set time period, it states that we can leave whenever we want, and he can ask us to leave if he sees fit. There are no specific provisions to the agreement as far as how much we do, or what exact tasks we do. He is 83 years old with cancer and will probably not live past the next 12 months. His house sits on about 10 high priced acres in Portland. The grandfather has a trust and has named his son as the person to administer the trust and the estate when he dies. The trust splits the estate down the middle to be distributed equally to his son and his daughter. The grandfather has also signed a power of attorney which will become active in the case of the grandfathers incompetence. The son lives about 5 hours from Portland. The son has tried on several occasions to kick us out of the house and replace us with caregivers who have alegence to the son. We have refused to leave and the grandfather and the grandfathers attorney has intervened and settle everything down for now. We are no longer on speaking terms with the son. However, when the grandfather dies or becomes incompetent, the son will surely come back and will immediately demand that we move from the property.
My questions is: In either case where the grandfather dies or becomes incompetent, what are our rights as far as the length of time we can continue to live in the home of the grandfather? Do we have any rights to continue to live in the house in either case? Thank you for your help.
David DeLeon
My questions is: In either case where the grandfather dies or becomes incompetent, what are our rights as far as the length of time we can continue to live in the home of the grandfather? Do we have any rights to continue to live in the house in either case? Thank you for your help.
David DeLeon