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Title: Connecticut son reportedly wants to evict 98-year-old mother
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URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/1 ... ar-old-mother/?test=latestnews
Published: Feb 17, 2012
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Post Date: 2012-02-17 14:57:21 by A K A Stone
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A Connecticut mother reportedly received an unusual gift for her 98th birthday from her eldest son -- eviction papers.
Mary Kantorowski, who has lived in the same Southport, Conn., home since 1953, is now facing eviction from her yellow, Cape Cod-style home valued at $333,410, the Connecticut Post reports. Her son Peter Kantorowski, 71, a retired taxidermist, said he's doing it for her own good.
"She would be better off living with people her own age," he told the newspaper.
According to Probate Court records, Mary Kantorowski and her husband, John, agreed to transfer the house to a trust administered by Peter Kantorowski on the condition that Mary would live there until her death, and upon her death, the house would go to Peter and his younger brother, Jack, the newspaper reports.
In July 2005, however, Peter Kantorowski quitclaimed the house from that trust to another he and his wife control, giving him ownership of the house. Six years later, in Dec. 13, 2011, his mother's 98th birthday, Peter Kantorowski had his mother served with eviction papers.
"This is just a despicable situation," said Richard Bortolot Jr., a Stratford lawyer appointed by Fairfield Probate Judge Daniel Caruso to represent Mary Kantorowski. "Mary has been living here happily paying all the expenses for the house and now her son, Peter, comes along and is telling her, 'Get the hell out,' so he can sell it."
A trial on Peter Kantorowski's efforts to evict his mother is scheduled for March 2 in Superior Court in Bridgeport, the newspaper reports.
"My husband worked hard, difficult jobs to buy this house," Mary Kantorowski told the Connecticut Post. "He built the garage and did a lot of work on the house and he told me never to leave it."
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On Dec. 13, 2011, his mother's 98th birthday, Peter Kantorowski had his mother served with eviction papers. Bortolot, who is not being paid to represent Mary Kantorowski, said shortly after serving his mother with eviction papers, Peter Kantorowski attempted to put the house up for sale. He was stopped by subsequent Probate Court proceedings. During one of those proceedings, it was determined Peter Kantorowski had wrongly taken on his mother's power of attorney, using her money for his expenses. Judge Caruso at one point went to Mary Kantorowski's home and talked to her about the situation. He later ruled she is competent to handle her own affairs following an examination by a geriatric specialist and with Mary's agreement, hired Bortolot to handle her affairs. The eviction has not only caused friction between Mary and Peter, it has split the two brothers, with Jack Kantorowski siding with his mother. The younger Kantorowski, who said he and his fiancee visit his mother twice a week, said his brother once told him he felt their mother had lived too long. Peter Kantorowski said he believes his brother and fiancee have been fleecing their mother, an allegation Jack denies. Although Peter Kantorowski said he has not seen his mother in about eight months, he said when he did visit he found her to be living in poor conditions and appeared disoriented. "She may be better now, I don't know, but I was alarmed at the conditions she was living in. I always believed she could live there as long as she wanted and as long as she knows what is going on, but she is now 98 and has more cloudy days than sunny days," he said. He acknowledged that during court sessions, he recommended his mother go into a nursing home under the federal Title XIX. "I just feel she would be better off with people her age in her golden years," he said. Peter Kantorowski said he has invited his mother to come live with him, but she has refused. "I have this big house in Trumbull and she is welcome to come live with me," he said. "I took care of my mother-in-law until she died in my house." Read more: http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Son-wants-to-evict-98-year-old-mom-3337069.php#ixzz1mfgubcmp That guy is an asshole, pure and simple. He just wants a payday at his Mom's expense.
According to Probate Court records, in 1996 Mary and her husband, John, agreed to transfer the house to a trust administered by Peter Kantorowski on the condition that Mary would live there until her death, and upon her death, the house would go to Peter and his younger brother, Jack. However, in July 2005, Peter Kantorowski quitclaimed the house from that trust to another he and his wife control, giving him ownership of the house.
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