Elderly Parents Accuse Daughter Of POA Abuse; Suit Says Woman Pocketed Cash By Mortgaging Family Residence, Moved 90-Year Old Couple Into Nursing Home

In Chicago Illinois, the Chicago Tribune reports:

• An elderly couple are suing their daughter, accusing her of cheating them out of their South Side home and moving them to a nursing home. Overton and Bernice Williams, both born in 1917, say in their lawsuit that they are "unsophisticated in legal matters." They had lived in the home with their daughter, whom they say they trusted "implicitly as to all their financial affairs." In 2006, the daughter sought and received power of attorney for her parents, the lawsuit states. In 2008, the daughter took out a home equity loan on the house and pocketed the money, it says. The daughter then placed her parents in a nursing home, the suit states. The couple are suing their daughter, Leshia Williams, and EquiFirst Corp. The couple say their son later took them to live with him in Alaska. They want their house back and want their daughter to return the loan money.

Source: Elderly couple sue daughter, say she cheated them out of their Chicago home (Daughter moved couple in their 90s to a nursing home, lawsuit says). DeedContraTheft FinancialAbuseOfElderlyAlpha