Is there any legal recourse if your father married a sociopath?

Question

My brother is disabled due to a brain tumor that blew up in the lower middle part of his brain. My mother was his primary care giver. She died. A few months later, my Dad married a woman who has nearly cleaned him out financially. Transferred family property out of state, converted property to cash placed in out of state banks. She has moved my Dad out of the state, away from his family and friends, he is 75+, was in good health, now in failing health due to alcoholism. She intercepts all of his phone calls, and all of his mail, pours him another drink. The one time that we visited for Christmas, she accused my sister, me, and our children of stealing a diamond ring, which turned up after we left-- in her bath robe pocket. No apology ever offered. She makes us so uncomfortable that we don't want to visit. She fights with everyone. I am willing to walk away, but I am wondering if there is anyway to protect my brother's financial future, my mom would have wanted it.

Answer 1

Most states have some sort of elder abuse program. Check the state where your father lives. You might find something online that will give you specific guidelines for that state.

Being isolated from family and the take over of the assets sure sounds like elder abuse.

Answer 2

Go see a lawyer about appointing a guardian for your brother if he is not able to take care of himself. If your father is of sound mind, ask the attorney how you can get a Power of Attorney from him and pre-empt his wife's thievery. If the property and funds were your father's before he married this woman, she is committing a crime by cashing in on them, unless she has legal permission from him to do so.