Legal Question in Criminal Law in Indiana

I have a boyfriend of 10 years, 8 of which we lived together. He has a very bad heart, cancer and had a stroke in Aug. 2009. He was placed in a nursing home after the stroke. He has a daughter he had not seen in 7 years. I took him home after the nursing home, and within days, I had him back in the ER. They told me he was to be placed on "end of life" care. I felt his daughter should be contacted, even though I knew he did not want that. My mistake. The hospital called her, and she and her mother ( his ex-wife from 23 yrs ago) came from Ohio to Indiana to take me. The social worker was to have kept me informed, which he did not. The were there the next day and denied me any time with him to say good-bye. All of his posessions were in his apartment. His wallet, check book credit cards, everything.

After taking him, they must have come back to Indiana and got into his apartment ( he moved out of my condo in April, not wanting to die at my place, due to his daughter) and took his credit cards, truck and who knows what else.

I have been getting credit card protection calls on his credit cards. They have been running up his cards. I have received 5 calls in the past 5 1/2 weeks.

I told the credit card company that he did not give anyone permission to use the cards, he could hardly speak due to the stroke, and he was not in hospice. Was not capable of giving anyone permission. The man has nothing. He was living on social security, and was receiving only medicard and medicaid. There is no way they are going to collect any money from his "estate". His will states that all his personal property is to be sold and his creditors paid off. Anything remaining, is to be divided between his daughter and myself (which will be nothing)

I do not know if he is dead or alive. Is there anything I can do to have her prosecuted for what she is doing? I still feel as if I have to protect him from her and her mother. I have no idea what has happened to his apartment and belongings. I fear his daughter as she is mentally unstable, so I will not open any doors for her to locate me or say I did anything at his place.

Any information you may have will greatly be appreciated.


Asked on 10/25/09, 6:18 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jay Rigdon Rockhill Pinnick LLP

You can go to court to ask that a guardian be appointed to protect him. She has done nothing criminal as far as you know according to what you said in your question, and unless he signed a power of attorney of some kind, she would be the one doctors will talk to regarding health care right now.

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Answered on 11/02/09, 6:07 pm


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