My brother is trying to defraud our mother’s estate | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

Don’t be bullied. Any shady dealings will be revealed by the probate process, so let the solicitors get to the bottom of this difficult issue

I have had little contact with either of my siblings, particularly my brother Jon, who is quite controlling and bullied me when I was a child. But after my mother’s death a few months ago (my father died many years earlier), I am having to deal with them, because we are all executors of my mother’s estate.

Jon managed my mother’s finances for the last few years of her life and my sister and I independently suspected him of financial abuse. We have recently learned that Jon was managing my mother’s finances via a joint account, so legally Mum’s savings belong to him. There was no lasting power of attorney. My mum needed care and we suspect he fraudulently concealed her savings from the council by moving a large sum to his own account in order to gain free care for our mum.

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