She signed it over to my name about five years ago. I'm currently in the application process for putting my mom in a nursing home. I'm the only one that has cared for her for over 25 years without any help. Now that I made this decision, I have been receiving threats from my two sisters saying that they will get a lawyer. They have never been concerned before and when I ask them to maybe give me a break and keep mom, the answer is always no.
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Your Mom signed this home over to you more than five years ago and this likely takes care of medicaid lookback if that is something Mom will need, but I would go to an Elder Care Attorney to make certain of that.
This home is yours and has been for these five years. Your siblings can sue the Mayor of New York if they want; anyone can sue anyone else if they want to pay upfront fees and your own fees if they lose. You should pass their intentions past the elder law attorney you see. Take your deed along with you.
Wishing you good luck. Whether they swoop in now, or would have waited until Mom passed they would have been swarming you at some point anyway. See your attorney; this is work that is part of Mom's estate work and care if you are the POA, so this can be paid for with your POA through Mom's funds. You will need advise now to get her settled.
I wish you the best. I cannot know if once your siblings DID know the home went to you and BELIEVED that it was for life care of your Mom. That is all well and good, but things change. Five years of care is a long time. We all have limitations. See the lawyer to get advise. Hope you'll update us.
Was mom considered competent when she signed whatever on the house to you? Or could sissies claim you coerced her?
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Your mother ‘signed it over’ can mean a lot of different things to people who don’t understand the local law on both property and Medicaid. Is the title now officially registered in your name, and your name only? Or did mother just sign some sort of paper saying that you could have it?
Secondly, is the date of all this past the local Medicaid look-back period? It could affect the money substantially.