My half brother was a very successful businessman and amassed a fortune of about 600,000. The problem is years of physical, emotional, and even sexual abuse by his mother have caught up with him. He was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder and has been for the time being been put in a psychiatric hospital for 6 weeks. Now his mother is trying to gain control of his estate even though my brother hasn't spoken to her in the past two years and by all accounts (from his friends) wanted nothing to do with her ever again. He is not married and she is claiming that even though they are estranged she has a right to draw from his bank accounts and use it for herself. My sister and I are trying to keep all of my brother's money out of her hands and keep it in the bank untill our brother gets better. My question is what rights does my brother have while he is in the institution. Can he really lose all his money? Do lawyers need to get involved? Please advise. Oh and we all live in
2007-10-25
11:55:02
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CJ
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