Uncle Wants To Evict My Brother And I By The 31st. What Can We Do?
Location: Pennsylvania, America.
Ever since 2007, my brother (29M) and I (22F) have lived with our Grandma at her house. In March of 2025, my Grandma (86 now) had two strokes resulting in her needing to be placed in an assisted living facility. My uncles "Kent" (61M) and "Don" (52M) immediately took to managing her finances (being her sons and co-POAs). Grandma then settled into her new home pretty well, which made Don ask if she wanted to sell the house. Grandma said no, and to let my brother and I stay here.
Well, this has brought on a new obsession with his Mother's house for Don. At first, he claimed that since the house wasn't made of brick, it was susceptible to fires, and thus “too dangerous to live in”. When I told him that sounded crazy, he bought a special machine to test the house for mold/feces and claims it's "more poop than house". Therefore Don believes that “for the sake of your health” my brother and I should leave (Admittedly, there was mold in the bathroom, but I cleaned it). He also sent me several texts about how there's probably men stalking the house, waiting for an opportunity to strike once they see my brother's car is gone but mine isn't. He then always follows up with some apartment listing that is hours away from my job (I work roughly five minutes from where I live).
He also hired an appraiser to see how much the house is worth “in case we have to sell for Grandma's medical needs”. When I told Don I could match the price of the house, he turned white, then red and said that if I really had the money, I shouldn't be a “squatter” and find a new place to live. He later told Kent that he would fight me in court if I “ever tried to take the house”. He's also told all of us (Kent, Grandma, my brother and I) on several occasions now that he hopes the house burns down so nobody can ever live in it again.
This isn't even mentioning some of the other odd stuff he's done in his Mother's house since the strokes. For starters, he put a lock on the guest bedroom (that only he has a key to) so that he can use it as an office. He even put up a sign that says “THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF DON AND KENT. HOURS OF OPERATION: APPOINTMENT ONLY” on the door (he did this without asking his brother/mother if it was okay– both do not like it). He's also extremely angry that my brother and I keep all the exit doors locked because “it's preventing him from entering the office and doing his job” (which he admitted he'd never actually use since he doesn't want to be covered in poop). I did this on account that Don has come by several times to take priceless antique toy trains that used to belong to his Father since “it's not like you can actually play with these”. Grandma asked me to do this. I am unsure of their current location.
I've also seen Don park his car in our driveway, take mail from the mailbox, and drive away. A few days later, Kent called me in a panic because Grandma's medical insurance/water/heat bills were missing and extremely late (but it thankfully got worked out and we only temporarily had no hot water). I also had some issue, as I had to pay a late car insurance bill.
All of that said, on January 4th, Don texted my brother and I that “after discussing it with Kent”, ‘they’ decided we have until January 31st to move out. He claims this is due to him “needing” to sell the house to afford Grandma's medical needs. However, when I spoke to uncle Kent, he said that Don NEVER spoke to him beforehand about this, and he's pretty pissed that Don used his name in the text message. Kent also showed me some of my Grandmother's finances, and after doing some math, we realized that (unless another stroke or similar occurs) Grandma will be fine financially until about 2028/29. Therefore, there is really NO reason to sell Grandma's house. (As previously mentioned, in speaking about this subject to my Grandma, she's repeatedly said that she does NOT want my brother and I evicted).
Nonetheless, after I received the text and spoke to Kent, I texted Don back that maybe before he clicks send, he should discuss matters like this with his co-POA first. Don then promptly texted Kent (who was right next to me) that my 16 year old cat should just be euthanized so that I'd stay out of adult conversations. He then promptly ghosted everyone and doesn't even read any of Kent's texts (they just say they're delivered).
With all of this information, I just want to hear if eviction really is possible, especially as the days draw closer to the 31st. Kent claims Don is crazy enough to attempt his luck at orphans court, or something similar. We're all worried he's cooking up something dastardly behind the scenes. What can be done to stay living at my home? I also want to add that, in the eye of the law, despite what has happened to my Grandma, she hasn't actually been deemed legally incapacitated. She only put my uncles in charge because she didn't want to bothered with anything now that she officially views herself as being in her golden years.
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