I would like to know if this is a form of Elder abuse--financial:
One of a 77 year old widow's children has taken (she says "recieved") just over $55k over the last 4 years. Her mothers lifetime savings are now half of what she had and the daughter continues to tell her she can't make her rent payment and will get evicted, needs $650.00 for school supplies her high school student and the list goes on! The daughter's income is 60k and half of it is tax free. She lives in a state and city that has one of the lowest costs of living in the nation too! She has almost $400k in credit card debt and says she is just borrowing the money and will someday pay it all back which is impossible.
She will not stop trying to take money from her mother who is afraid to say no. She even once told her mother she needed money so much that she thinks she just might commit suicide instead. That of course produced the check she was wanting.
When a sibling angrily told her she was stealing from her mother and called it financial abuse, she screamed that she "had never been so horribly talked to in her life", and "had never stolen from her mother or abused her" and would never speak to the sibling ever again. Please tell me how you see this. Thank you very much!
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