Legal Question in Elder Law in Alabama

My mother remarried 20 years ago, husband has said that she would be taken care of if anything happened to him, she had a stroke and has been hospitalized off and on for 6-8 months, he was just diagnosed with inoperable cancer- 6-12 months prognosis, has put my mother in a "hospital" in Ft Payne and will not let me or my sister see or talk to her, has restricted the hospital, we live in Colorado and offered to bring her out here or care. He won't talk to us at all and continues to lie about her condition and whereabouts. What can we do?


Asked on 9/24/14, 9:05 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Ronald Holtsford Ronald A. Holtsford, LLC

You may wish to contact the Alabama State Bar and seek an attorney in DeKalb County, AL for this issue. You may recall the Casey Kasem case recently where the stepmother was keeping Casey from his children and the children had to go to Court. Ask for a family law attorney in DeKalb County (Ft. Payne). (The Judge ordered that the wife disclose where Casey was)

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Answered on 9/24/14, 6:08 pm


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