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The money is irrelevant at this point, the judgment has been made.
She shouldn’t be living alone anyway. She’ll need to be placed in a locked facility, where she should have been in the first place.
Really now? All places on earth do not have the same eviction rules. For example in my state a person can be served with eviction during the winter months but they don't have to leave until spring.
Also, eviction is a process. A person has to be served with legal eviction papers from the court and they are delivered by a sheriff. The person gets a certain amount of time (my state is 90 days sometimes more) to vacate the property. Evicted people often go to court and get extentions on the time. Then there's the folks who 'squat' and stop paying the rent entirely. They cannot be legally removed without several court orders.
The 28-48 hour timeline then the mother's stuff gets put on the curb probably isn't entirely accurate. We're not living in the 19 century anymore. Renters actually have rights today.
Next, speak to the police in your mother's area and ask them to start doing regular wellness checks on her. They will stop by a couple times a week to check on her if you ask for it.
Clearly your mother has dementia and is not in her right mind. She cannot live alone anymore or have access to money. This is what Adult Protective Services is for. It is to protect vulnerable adults by keeping them safe.
It's good that the bank traced the money orders. The homeless woman they were given to would have had to put her name on them and show proper identification at the bank for them to be cashed. So she can be arrested for theft, fraud and forgery which will likely be a prison sentence. You'd be doing her a favor. A prison cell beats sleeping on the street and if she gets in the system she will be on social services' radar and can get help. So press charges. This woman is obviously local if your mother knows her and has given her the rent money twice. Have her arrested and press charges.
You will probably have to petition the court for emergency guardianship/conservatorship if your mother has nothing in writing.
She has to either be in a care facility or living with a caregiver for her own safety.
I do agree charges should be filed and pressed, this behavior needs to be stopped before she finds another victim and she will, that's what predators do.
Is your mom's doctor aware of her dementia? Perhaps s/he can intervene with the constabulary/local council?