Thread: Anybody see this story on yahoo?

What a horrible son! If the home was in such bad condition why is he trying to sell it for $330,000? If she has life rights he doesn't have a leg to stand on.

We are in the process of turning my mom's home over to my son with her having the right to stay there the rest of her life. I really wanted her to sell her home & come live with me but in the end I knew she would be happier living in her own home. He was informed that she has the right to live in the house as long as she wants. He has been living with her for the past 15 years.

I am quite frankly surprised just how well he is taking care of her & how positive her mind set has changed.

Obviously she thought she could trust her own child. Too bad he's proven to be a real jerk! $333,000 is a lot
of money and it would appear that is more important than Mom. On the other hand she may well have been a "Mommie dearest." One never knows.

Man tries to evict 98-year-old mom from Conn. home
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Associated Press – Fri, Feb 17, 2012

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn't go; she didn't want to leave her home of nearly 60 years. Finally, Kantorowski went to court — and served his mother with an eviction notice shortly before her 98th birthday in December.

Mary Kantorowski says she won't leave the small yellow house she's been in since 1953, raising her two sons and cooking for the church she attended daily. The house her late husband wanted her to stay in until she died; the house she says is her "everything." "I don't know why he wants me to leave," she said Friday.

The epic mother-son feud is headed to court next month. Peter Kantorowski, 71, became the owner of the Fairfield home several years ago when his mother transferred ownership to him but retained the right to live there, in what's known as a quit claim, Mary Kantorowski's attorney said. The retired taxidermist said he's concerned about her well-being, that she's seemed disoriented and has been living in poor condition. "I'm not throwing her on the street," he told WTNH-TV in New Haven. "At her age, at 98, I'm sure that she should be with people of her peers. She should have her meals on time."

Peter Kantorowski and his attorney didn't return telephone messages left by The Associated Press on Friday.

Mary Kantorowski's attorney, Richard Bortolot Jr., said she can take of herself, still does some of her own cooking and is seen regularly in her home by doctors and nurses. A judge ruled she was competent and appointed Bortolot to represent her in the eviction. Her younger son, Jack Kantorowski, says his mother is in relatively good health. He's on his mother's side of the family feud. "If there is a money problem or anything else, he should have said something a long time ago instead of just trying to get rid of his own mother," Jack Kantorowski said.

Peter Kantorowski, who lives about 20 minutes away in Trumbull, hasn't seen his mother for eight months, her attorney said. "I'm appalled a son would do this," Bortolot said.

Jack Kantorowski said his father worked multiple jobs to buy the house and built additions over the years. "He was always trying to protect my mom; she'd always have a place to live," he said. "If something happens to me, there was always going to be a home for her to stay for the rest of her life."

Peter Kantorowski filed a complaint against his mother in December after she refused to follow an eviction notice filed Nov. 30 to vacate the premises by Dec. 7. A trial is set to begin March 2 in Bridgeport Superior Court.

Bortolot says a probate court stopped Peter Kantorowski from trying to sell the house, valued at $330,000, after the eviction papers were served. Asked where she might live next, Mary Kantorowski's voice catches. "I don't feel very good about it," she says. "I want to stay right here in my own home."

http://news.yahoo.com/man-tries-evic...145054023.html

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The woman has been evaluated, per court order, and found competent. Watch the video. The oldest son has had an offer for the house of $330K. She has a NURSE who comes in DAILY. Her younger son checks on her DAILY. She's able to get around independently, and still cooks for herself. The house was put into a trust fund, and her son moved it into another trust fund that HE and HIS WIFE control. Not sure how he did that legally, but bottom line, he wants his momma out of the house because he wants the $$. He will reap what he sows. Old people forced into nursing homes don't live long. Maybe that's what the slime son wants. In this real estate market, what would it hurt him to wait a few more years to sell? Honestly, he hasn't seen her in more than 8 months, and he wants the court to believe he cares about her? That doesn't fly where I come from. We don't treat our mommas like that.

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He lives 20 minutes away, but hasn't seen her for 8 months??? Let's see that includes Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years! THIS is pitiful, and then to try and evict her? He should be so ashamed of himself, there's NO, and I repeat NO excuse for this poor behavior!And you call yourself a 'son'? No way.

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If sonny boy owns the home, isn't he responsible for the "poor conditions" she's living in? Is it really necessary to evict her? Is that anyway to treat your mother?

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He's concerned about her well-being, but hasn't seen her in 8 months? He lives in a neighboring town, about 7-8 miles from his mother.