My mom gave my sister POA and I have power over health decisions. Mom has willed me the home and I would like to take out a mortgage to continue to pay for care in the home as mom has requested. If i pay the mortgage payments , can my sister fight me for the home. My husband and son live in the home and we have lived there for over 20 years.
Like what if something happens and you become disabled and can't make the mortgage payments? The house would be foreclosed and nowhere for you mom to live.
Also, paying the mortgage would not likely give you any property rights to the house, though you might claim an equitable interests. Still, it's too risky. I'd see an expert on how to work this out the safest way. The house may be exempt for Medicaid purposes now, but if there is cash in a bank account in her name, it could cause questions. Because things are so picky when it comes to finanical assistance, I would fully explore the implications before I did anything.
Do you mean that Mom would take out a mortgage on her house and use the money to finance her care, and then when she dies you will get the house and either pay off the mortgage or assume the payments? Or perhaps you would start making the payments now? I'm not sure that you can take out a mortgage on a home you don't own, but perhaps you can cosign the loan if Mother can't qualify for it on her own.
As POA your sister has no influence over what is left to whom in a will. But she does have responsibilities regarding Mother's financial transactions now. How does she think Mother's care should be paid for at this point? What are her suggestions for financial management and disposition of the house?