Legal Question in Elder Law in California

My father is in a convalesent home. He was admitted 12/10/09. He was divorced from his last wife of 30 years in 2005. My father created a new will. He became ill in 2007 and the exwife remarried him while hesn't in a good mental state. My father was then living with her for about 5 months. His exwife dropped my dad off with my half sister one day and never picked him up. They drained his bank accounts and stocks. I think his new will was changed when they remarried. He is now very sick and my sister ane I are from his first marriage and we are in California. My dad is in New York in a convalesent home and there is no one there for him. We don't know what to do. We want to help him but don't know how. He received mail from exwife today regarding his 2nd divorce. She wants more money and wants money for a home that is in his name only in New Jersey. She wants 14,000 to be repaid for things she did for him during their second marriage. The woman is not okay and is out to get him. How can we get guardianship? Can his bank accounts be frozen so they can't get any more money? Please advise. It would be greatly appreciated.


Asked on 1/11/10, 4:19 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Unless you can get him to CA, you'll have to contact a NY attorney doing conservatorship and guardianship, for advice on what can be done through their legal system. You'll need court orders to deal with him and his property. The court action would include claims trying to recover assets improperly handled.

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Answered on 1/17/10, 4:52 pm


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