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My children themselves are aging and I have encouraged THEM to do their own wills and POAs. Americans in particular have a hard time with the inevitability of death and dying and all that comes before it. I have a friend home now dying of liver cancer who cannot get out of bed, who is on hospice and who did her will the week she was diagnosed four weeks ago and still has no POA, so that it is a nightmare her trying to simply get money OUT of a money market and INTO her checking to pay for her now needed 24/7 care. It is putting a tremendous added burden on herself and her close loved ones. Your advice is a good reminder to all.
If you honestly think they are not fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities as a POAs, then you can seek help through an attorney to challenge their role as POA's for your parents in court. You will have to have more than an opinion that they are evil and greedy for any action to be taken.
I am reporting my post so the mods can remove your offense word/language.
You can have siblings from the same family, one who hangs onto every dime, and another who keeps filing bankruptcy due to over spending.
There is the very older generation who will give the son Power of Attorney because he is the male, even though he is reckless when it comes to handling money, and overlook their daughter who is a CPA.
Learning about Power of Attorney, Wills, Trusts, etc. isn't easy. Some learn from friends who may or may not have the right information. Some POA's will know exact what their "job" is and when to put it into place. Others will just assume they can take over whenever they feel like it.
That is just how the world works.