- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
My mother passed away several years ago and my father passed away 1-1/2 years ago. Years before my mother passed after another failed marriage my adult sister moved in with them. My mother had POA ready for my dad (with dementia) so my sister and myself were co-POA but could act independently (big mistake). I live in another state and before dad passed my sister spent +$50K of my dad's money on herself and also continued to use my mother's credit card for almost a year after she passed and used my father's account to pay for it. Now both parents are passed and she and I are co-executors with 40% each in his will and our kids are 10% each. BIG problem is my sister is still living in the house rent free. Has been 1-1/2 years and she still hasn't moved and she's a major hoarder. We have already spent +$30K on attorney fees which has only netted us filing of the estate inventory and an agreement on how much my sister will pay back. We did get a limited POA that allows me to sell the house without her input BUT realtor and everyone says house has to be vacated before anything can really happen.
The estate is really not worth enough to justify the expense of trying to get her removed as co-executor and evict her but not sure what other options there are. Can we sell the house with my sister still residing in it?
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated as the entire family is trying to get closure with this. Thanks
The estate is really not worth enough to justify the expense of trying to get her removed as co-executor and evict her but not sure what other options there are. Can we sell the house with my sister still residing in it?
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated as the entire family is trying to get closure with this. Thanks