Legal Question in Criminal Law in Michigan

How can I get a drug addict nephew removed from his grandmothers home. The nephew is addicted to soma and is draining my mothers life savings. Is this a coersion case ? He keeps tells her the drug dealers are going to kill him and his family unless he pays for the drugs that he was fronted. She ends up paying daily and this cycle continues. She will not turn him in for the illegal drugs or the checks that he stole from her and forged. I would like to see him in jail .


Asked on 12/02/10, 8:45 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Neil O'Brien Eaton County Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney

Maybe petition in probate court to have a guardian and/or conservator appointed for the grandmother? A guardian would then have authority to take action to kick the blood-sucker out of the home ... a conservator would control the purse strings. But there are hoops to be jumped through before an order is entered, including demonstration of a factual need for these appointments. People can be sane and make bad life choices, including this grandmother. Another option is for you to make a complaint to the state office of the Department of Human Services in that county (each county has an office location for DHS). DHS has an "adult protective services" division that can investigate abuse of adults ... which may include something like this.

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Answered on 12/07/10, 9:51 am


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