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annegg

Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California

My 73 year old healthy mother has recently allowed my 50 year old brother, his wife, and 14 yr old son to move in with her because they were homeless and jobless after filing bankruptcy .
Within a month this family exposed their domestic violence habits of yelling, shaming, blaming, and otherwise emotionally abusing each other 24/7 to the point that my mother has become an emotional punching bag for the two adults in her own home. She has expressed fear of being alone with her daughter in law or even to speak to her because this woman manipulates the truth just enough to send my unstable brother after my mom in a rage of intimidation with ridicule and insults . Because of this ,too, my mother is on pins and needles as the hour approaches for my brother to come home from work (yes he finally got a job) , as she never knows when he is going to flip out on her. She revealed that during two of these outbursts directed at her via the wife, she began shaking uncontrollably and my brother just told her once to stop shaking and the next time said "oh dont' start that shaking again "
They have revealed their financial disfunctionality by ,( instead of saving quickly to get back on their independent feet,) enrolling the child in private school, sending him to baseball training camps, scheduling camping vacations, borrowing my mothers credit card after months of guilt ridden tirades against her because THEY have no credit .
My mother has gotten up the courage to tell them they need to leave.
If they do not, she is NOT prepared to go thru an eviction process, sherrif etc....for fear they will attempt to destroy her relationship with the grandchild in retaliation.
I am very fearful for her early demise from so much stress.
Q 1: What can a family member do to get the ball rolling them out the door while still keeping her safe ?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
 


CdwJava

Senior Member
Within a month this family exposed their domestic violence habits of yelling, shaming, blaming, and otherwise emotionally abusing each other 24/7 to the point that my mother has become an emotional punching bag for the two adults in her own home. She has expressed fear of being alone with her daughter in law or even to speak to her because this woman manipulates the truth just enough to send my unstable brother after my mom in a rage of intimidation with ridicule and insults .
Mom can always give them the boot.

My mother has gotten up the courage to tell them they need to leave.
Yeah! Good for her!

If they do not, she is NOT prepared to go thru an eviction process, sherrif etc....for fear they will attempt to destroy her relationship with the grandchild in retaliation.
So, mom is willing to die or live in fear, instead?

I suppose she can always report the verbal abuse and such to CPS. But that could also come back to bite mom as it is her home.

If mom will not pursue legal avenues to get rid of them, then she is making her own bed.

All you can do is call the police if physical abuse is occurring, call CPS if the environment is unfit for the child, and offer mom emotional support to encourage her to get rid of the derelict relatives.

- Carl
 
Isn't this a classic case of Elderly Abuse?

Next they will gain control of her bank account and getting a second mortgage on the house!

My heaven, you'd think that they would be grateful for her assistance! No. Instead they are making her life a living hell!

If she were a member of my family I would take it on myself in getting these creatures out of the house!

Find out where you can report elderly abuse and file a complaint.
 

annegg

Member
Mom can always give them the boot.


Yeah! Good for her!


So, mom is willing to die or live in fear, instead?

I suppose she can always report the verbal abuse and such to CPS. But that could also come back to bite mom as it is her home.

If mom will not pursue legal avenues to get rid of them, then she is making her own bed.

All you can do is call the police if physical abuse is occurring, call CPS if the environment is unfit for the child, and offer mom emotional support to encourage her to get rid of the derelict relatives.

- Carl
There is not physical abuse, just what I interpreted as withholding medical treatment when she had those shaking spells during two of the fights my brother initiated, and my brother just ridiculed her rather then calling paramedics.
He could do great harm tho. She is 5'4 and he is 6'2.
At least I havn't seen any bruises on her. Wait, she told me she fell last week and injured her knee. My mom tends to be clumsy but hasn't actually "fallen" in many years, and walks every day and has for the past 30 years.
Oh gosh , could this be that textbook a case of abuse ?
She is covering up ? Or she is so stressed out she is not concentrating !!!??

Without the physical abuse proof/witnessing, will this be written off as family squabbles ??
 

annegg

Member
Isn't this a classic case of Elderly Abuse?

Next they will gain control of her bank account and getting a second mortgage on the house!

My heaven, you'd think that they would be grateful for her assistance! No. Instead they are making her life a living hell!

If she were a member of my family I would take it on myself in getting these creatures out of the house!

Find out where you can report elderly abuse and file a complaint.
Yes this is typical of them. Ingrates to the core. No one else would take them in because they know just what these people are like and wont for a minute put up with it. So they easily bully an elderly woman while dangling her grandchild in front of her.
We have expressed concerns of them attempting to "manipulate" her into altering her Will, which in CA divides everything evenly amongst the children. If they were to contest it, they lose everything as if they were dead (she put that in there as a precaution as she had an idea of what they were capable of), so we think they are going to get her to leave them, at the very least, the deed to the house. Again, they would use the grandchild as bait.
She is of sound mind but a very very very guilt-ridden mother.
She feels responsible for the way my brother turned out and he rides that to the moon !!!
Thanks for your support.
 

CdwJava

Senior Member
About all you can do since you are not a direct witness to any criminal activity is report your suspicions to the police or to Adult Protective Services.

However, as long as she is of sound mind, she can legally choose to make poor decisions. Absent clear abuse, there is really very little that the authorities will be able to do. And if you mother continues to back them to her own detriment, then the matter will likely be closed pretty fast.

- Carl
 

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