Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania
divorce -mentally disabled couple
Mentally disabled couple marries but wife's mother lived in because they were unable to live unsupervised. Wife's mother also contributed $98,000.00 to down pymt on house with a verbal agreement that she would live with them until her death. Husband left without any explanation, and is now stating the money was a gift. Wife's attorney says that mother has no rights to her money. Would there be any exception due to the fact that the couple needed supervision? What about the verbal conrtact?
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Re: divorce -mentally disabled couple
The problem with verbal contracts is not what people say to make them; but what people say later when they want to deny them. Mother's course of action was very unwise. If the couple was "mentally disabled" how could they make a contract? How disabled? Are they competent? Do they have guardians? Nothing in writing when $98,000.00 changes hands? If mother didn't have an attorney she should get one immediately.
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