Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Virginia
what are the rights of a power of attorney? For example, if my mother became my great-great aunt's power of attorney, then saw the will drafted that left large sums of money to other people rather than herself, is it legal for her to spend all of my great-great aunt's money on a new house, on her bills, etc. The great-great aunt lived with my mother for years, always funding whatever was necessary - and the end result is that the money my great-great aunt had saved up to pay for my college tuition was spent on a new house and nice deck and credit card bills. Now I am a college graduate in debt from student loans which my mother refuses to help me pay. I'm just hoping someone can help me make sense of this - especially since my great-great aunt is still living! My mother put her in a nursing home less than 10 minutes from her house and hasn't visited in at least 3 years! I drive to visit every couple weeks - and it's over an hour from where I live. I feel like my great-great aunt's wishes have not been kept and nothing was done in her best interest.
1 Answer from Attorneys
If your great great aunt is still among the living and has sufficient mental faculties to understand what your mother has been up to, then why doesn't she withdraw the POA and appoint someone else in place of your mother to act as her attorney in fact?
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