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while I understand that you may want to protect mom from family drama, "isolating" your mom makes YOU and easy target for crazy relatives via APS. Just saying.....
Get mom's attorney on board; it'll be worth every penny. And should be paid for with mom's funds, just remember.
of ugliness as my dad's POA, and that is from grifters that had strategically befriended
him.
The reality is aging is ultra expensive. Ultra ultra expensive. All these grifting types
from church "rescuers" (who show up every so often and make a big show of visiting and
then stop to chide me while I'm busy putting in long hours of actual work) to
creepy visiting "young people" who befriend the elderly hoping for favors, free cars,
free places to stay, a couple even managed loans and getting a promise of inheritance.
All resented me thinking I was going to become rich, but now years down the line, my dad keeps plugging along and he's spending down every penny.
We never know how long someone will live, and how much money they will need for
care. It's very important to preserve as much money as possible for your mother's care.
If there's any left over once she's gone, that's the time to divvy any remaining funds.
I'm editing here bc my post seems harsh. I mean to say that sometimes family may try to manipulate the POA thru suspicion, threats, and even coercing the loved one being cared for. Your job is to take care of the medical, financial, real estate or whatever issues the POA includes, and you have to be able to withstand whatever your family throws at you. In my case, it divided my siblings and me, but I protected Dad's interests and refused to share his financial information with them. Early on, everyone knew they couldn't get past my safeguarding of his funds.
Regardless, you're in a position of needing to be the stalwart protector of those aspects of her life over which you've been given authority. Unfortunately, the situation is complicated by your sister's aggressive efforts.
Step back and think about what you're suggesting, about walking away. Do you think your sister would leave any funds for your mother's care or just drain her accounts? In terminal cancer stage, do you think that your mother would be able to counteract your siblings' financial assaults?
I know this places a heavy burden on you. And believe me, I've been in a somewhat similar situation with a sibling, who can be so persistent and harassing that one does challenge the value of being a proxy/attorney-in-fact and having to "man the ramparts" to protect your parent.
You are in an unfortunate predicament, but there are some solutions.
There's a critical fact to remind you what a proxy's role is. You wrote:
"she and my brother talk and hold me under suspicion about keeping my mom's money from them. " You're NOT keeping your mother's money from them; unless your mother has made some legal arrangements to help them now, they're NOT entitled to anything until your mother passes, and then, only what's addressed in her Will. You're PROTECTING your mother's money for her use while living. Your siblings don't understand (and probably don't care).
Your sister and brother are trying to manipulate you, which is unfortunate given your mother's situation, but you don't have any obligation under the POAs to them.
I would follow Barb's advice. Talk to the attorney who prepared your mother's estate plan, and even ask her/him to send a letter notifying the siblings they're not entitled to anything, that your authority as a proxy demands confidentiality as to your mother's affairs.
Don't battle these two alone; get legal help.
Before I took over for Mom's finances and being her financial GDPOA, my niece ended up taking all of Mom's money. My Sister 2 called me breathing fire over the phone how she had discovered Mom's bank statement showing multiple withdrawals A DAY until Mom's money was gone. From that I took over Mom's finances (with concurrence from Sisters 1 and 2). Niece eventually admitted get Mom to give Niece her money because "I knew she wouldn't remember." From my mouth to Niece's ears I said, "If you try to do anything like that again, I will call the police and have you arrested."
Best wishes to you, lastwoman44.
You don't want to isolate your mom from your siblings without it having been advised by others with the authority to do so.