The estate has been left with the house to the sister with POA. The money and investments to myself as the other sibling.
There is no trust or communication. The sister with the POA will likely spend all the money and investments on her family under cover of best interests of father whose house she has moved into.
She has demonstrated untrustworthy behaviour previously.
What can I do to ensure honest dealing, transparency and fairness before its an estate/will situation (she is also executor) and a feast for lawyers.
I live abroad- Covid has made the distance worse so I can't get back- and my sibling arranged all this behind my back when my father was losing his capabilities. Of course she has a doctors cert to say he was of sound mind- but I could tell by phone he was rapidly degenerating. My father's first will said everything was split evenly but my sibling got him to leave house to her- and as she has moved in with family- and is spending rest- she will likely get everything .
Just checking.
Would you be happier if your father were placed in a memory care unit? A memory care unit would account for the money in full. And quickly, too, unless your father's resources are unusually extensive.
As POA your sister, too, can be required to account for how she spends your father's money and must be able to demonstrate that it has been used exclusively for his benefit. But she isn't accountable to you. To find out what the requirements are where your father lives, visit that state's own governmental website and search under "financial power of attorney."