Court of protection

Cryogenic

Cryogenic

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My next door neighbour is 21 and works part-time but still lives with his parents. His younger brother died 1 yr ago in an accident, and his parents (both Christian) are in their 50s and have been affected by this but don't show it in conversation (except at the time of course). Now one parent wants to give their property etc. to charity believing god is punishing them, and the other is obessesed with a 419 lottery scam that came by post, and keeps faxing people in Spain his details believing it to be genuine. He even got a call from the scammer, and the scammer sent him to a fake website with a fake username and ID and he is absolutely convinced the money is sat there in a deposit account (bar a £1750 handling charge of course for the cheque).

My friend is absolutely distraught as he was hoping for a little inheritence when he was older, and is considering notifying the court of protection to decide if he is right regarding their mental health. But at the same time does not want to become an attorney (enduring power of) of their property as he cannot personally benefit. I was going to suggest going to a solicitor until I looked at their fees.

Anyone here had a similar experience in this situation?

Edit: Whoops! wrong forum.. can a don kindly move this to GD? Ta.
 
To be fair I'd hope your friend was slightly more distraught for reasons other than his parents simply frittering away his inheritance...:o

Or wait, is your next-door neighbour your friend, or your friend just some associate hoping for a bit of cash?
 
Speak to citizens advice. At first glance, it certainly doesn't appear that they are not of sound mind, just not making decisions the son agrees with, unless there's much more to it than he's letting on.
 
Parents in 50s, the guy clearly isn't after some quick cash. I'd say go for it.

I know someone in her 60s who is always falling for scams, her son is actually having to finance her from time to time.
 
"God" is punishing them because their son was killed in an accident, thank the lord I do not believe in any of this religious clap trap.
 
BigglesPiP said:
Parents in 50s, the guy clearly isn't after some quick cash. I'd say go for it.

I know someone in her 60s who is always falling for scams, her son is actually having to finance her from time to time.
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Agreed, you are right about these scams though, often, surprisingly intelligent people fall for them. I'm surprised the son does not catch on and try to convince her, even if it is staged with family members giving stories of wow about how they were ficticiously scammed.
 
Rich_L said:
To be fair I'd hope your friend was slightly more distraught for reasons other than his parents simply frittering away his inheritance...:o
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:confused: To be honest, something like this would kill me too inside. Most people are loyal to their parents and do expect a little nest egg to help them in life at some point especially if you are not well paid. no one likes to start at the bottom rung of the housing ladder or drive a 10 year old car, or god fordbid, live in a council house.
 
as far as I know court protection ends on death, and then all finances go to the estate and shared out from that either via a will or automatic will if one wasn't made.
and from both outcomes, the 'outcome' is virtually final - expensive to oppose

wheter or not you could impose court protection on the relative that inherited - possibly but you probably have to get them commited to a mental home first !
was that your question?

citizens advise = way forward, or possibly a free consultation at a solicitors?
 
Cryogenic said:
:confused: To be honest, something like this would kill me too inside. Most people are loyal to their parents and do expect a little nest egg to help them in life at some point especially if you are not well paid. no one likes to start at the bottom rung of the housing ladder or drive a 10 year old car, or god fordbid, live in a council house.
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The point was, in this situation I would be far more concerned about my parents well-being, than the fact they are spending my inheritance.

Besides, what right do you have to a penny of your parents money? If mine decided to spend it all having a wonderful retirement I wouldn't begrudge them a moment of it.
 
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