Daddy came to me for help, like he had thousands of times before. His memory was failing, yet he still held power-of-attorney over his mother's estate alongside his only sibling, Junie. His mother had been abruptly dumped in a nursing home - her mind gone, but her estate still worth about $200,000.
Daddy was in anguish. He told me money was disappearing and he wanted the estate audited. He needed proof. I asked him why he thought something was wrong, and he looked at me with pain in his eyes and said: "Junie on the take."

Daddy in distress about the missing money

Daddy was upset seeing the checks

Junie used her incapacitated 84-year old mothers funds to pay herself while her mother was living in a nursing home.

These checks are written to SECU or State Employees Credit Union based in North Carolina. Junie lived in North Carolina for 40 plus years.

Junie wrote a $300 check her son for his "gas" and converting 8mm movies. However, he kept the movies in Chicago for years and years and by the time they were returned to Kentucky and converted to digital, Daddy had hard time remembering the movies.

So what happened to the $300?

dozens of checks written

This is Daddy's & Junie's mother at the time the checks were written.

missing money

Daddy paid the nursing home, not himself

Daddy was honest, he paid LifeCare or the nursing home $4,588 for his mothers' care.

Junie paid herself $837.23 on Christmas Eve for "expenses".

SECU is Junie's bank in North Carolina.

Daddy was upset and I seen the pain in his eyes when seeing this check

$837.22 on Christmas Eve

Junie was made POA twice with no legitimate signature-only scribbles

By April 2008, Junie's mother was incapicated with a stroke and memory loss. She was unable to care for herself or speak much less sign her signature.

Daddy said the signature on the POA appointing Junie did not look like his fathers-- the letter "H" was different. So let's look:

On June 4, 2007, Daddy showed me the POA appointing Junie and her daughter. At that time, his mother was incapacitated, and his 86-year elderly feeble father was 305 days from Death. Daddy had been excluded from the estate. He anguished and I seen the pain in his eyes. Two witnesses signed the document whom Daddy did not personally know.

Junie wrote a check for $511.57 to her daughter from her incapacitated mother's funds, labeled as "reimbursement".
Daddy said he never agreed to this transaction.

$511.57 missing or $745.34 adjusted for inflation.

My father shared painful memories of how he was treated. He stated his father and Junie treated him like a second-class family member. June was given $9750 to pay off her ex-husband Michael Owen, whereas the $550 provided to my father was considered a loan

$9750 paid or $29,436 in today's dollars

Junie on the Take

Daddy in distress about the missing money

Junie used her incapacitated 84-year old mothers funds to pay herself while her mother was living in a nursing home.

This is Daddy's & Junie's mother at the time the checks were written.

Daddy paid the nursing home, not himself

Junie was made POA twice with no legitimate signature-only scribbles

Daddy said the signature on the POA appointing Junie did not look like his fathers-- the letter "H" was different. So let's look:

Junie wrote a check for $511.57 to her daughter from her incapacitated mother's funds, labeled as "reimbursement".
Daddy said he never agreed to this transaction.

My father shared painful memories of how he was treated. He stated his father and Junie treated him like a second-class family member. June was given $9750 to pay off her ex-husband Michael Owen, whereas the $550 provided to my father was considered a loan

Junie on the Take

Junie on the Take

Daddy in distress about the missing money

Junie used her incapacitated 84-year old mothers funds to pay herself while her mother was living in a nursing home.

This is Daddy's & Junie's mother at the time the checks were written.

Daddy paid the nursing home, not himself

Junie was made POA twice with no legitimate signature-only scribbles

Daddy said the signature on the POA appointing Junie did not look like his fathers-- the letter "H" was different. So let's look:

Junie wrote a check for $511.57 to her daughter from her incapacitated mother's funds, labeled as "reimbursement". Daddy said he never agreed to this transaction.

My father shared painful memories of how he was treated. He stated his father and Junie treated him like a second-class family member. June was given $9750 to pay off her ex-husband Michael Owen, whereas the $550 provided to my father was considered a loan

Junie on the Take

Junie wrote a check for $511.57 to her daughter from her incapacitated mother's funds, labeled as "reimbursement".
Daddy said he never agreed to this transaction.