When my dad died a couple of years ago at 93, he left the home and bank accounts to my sister; she was the one who cared for him in his last years and all the remaining family, including I as the executor of his will, thought it was the right thing to do. My brother who lives next-door to her in Florida, knowing that she trusts me and not-so-much him, recently asked me to talk to her because he was worried about her financial situation.
After examining her banking records, it became apparent that she has been giving a lot of money to religious charities, to the tune of nearly $60,000.00 in the last year alone. She is Catholic and apparently, they have been sharing her name and donation information among themselves for some time. Her only income is less than $600.00 a month in SS and a small amount of savings interest on what is left in the bank. If this situation continues, I fear that she will lose the house and be on welfare in less than a year.
She believes that God will provide and that as long as she has means, she must share what she has. I am not a stupid man but my pleading and sense fall on deaf ears. What am I to do?
