Comments on: Getting paid after taking care of a woman that promise to pay

By: amandamorton

amandamorton — Thu, 19 May 2022 10:55:51 +0000

NAL but you can’t sue for anticipation of a gift. She never actually gave it to you so no. Look at it like this: if i told my mom i would give her 20 dollars (for no reason) and never did, she couldn’t sue me because i never followed through with the gift. If i said “i will give you 20 bucks to pay you back for ______” that would be a repayment of a loan. But just saying “im going to give you this gift” is NOT an enforceable contract

By: markanders

markanders — Thu, 19 May 2022 10:27:12 +0000

I disagree with most of you. If I didn’t care about her I wouldn’t of took care of her for so long , the most she gave me was $100 for gas. I also wouldn’t of checked on her to see if she died. I guess most of you won’t understand what it’s like to be within a hair of a million dollars and have it pulled away from you everyday. It’s torment

By: abbeygilmore

abbeygilmore — Thu, 19 May 2022 09:48:18 +0000

I’m sorry so many people are such a holes. I guess they missed the part where she said she would and then flipped the script. I prefer people actually do WHAT THEY SAID they would do too. I get it. Unfortunately, most people don’t and you really have to adopt some kind of “I’ll believe it when I see it” or “whatever” attitude. It helps. I wouldn’t work for her or befriend her anymore. Let people go that are no good for your soul.

By: matthewblackburn

matthewblackburn — Thu, 19 May 2022 09:37:28 +0000

NAL & without attacking you like others. No,there isn’t anything you can do. She didn’t write anything up in any legal binding forms,nothing filed. She’s free to change her mind on something she verbally mentioned she “would” do. She’s an ill person who’s going through a lot,and I wouldn’t be surprised in how she’s acting also given her mental Dx with her other life altering ones. I would honestly leave her with information to get a caregiver to assist her,then carry on with your life.

By: jeremycampbell

jeremycampbell — Thu, 19 May 2022 09:04:35 +0000

I don’t know the estate laws in your jurisdiction but generally or at common law, a potential inheritance is a future possibility, not a vested right, absent trust language to the contrary. As a caregiver, you may have some cause of action in contract law for work you performed (note “may”) but it’s unlikely you could sue to enforce a promise from a sick or dying elderly person. From the information you provided, it also sounds unlikely that she has the capacity to bequeath anything so taking any gift from her may be wrongful, in the sense that she’s an incapacitated elderly woman and you were in a caregiving fiduciary role. All states have statutes protecting vulnerable people, specifically vulnerable elders, from fiduciary abuse.

By: cito vega-diaz

cito vega-diaz — Thu, 19 May 2022 08:10:54 +0000

Nal but I watch a lot of court TV.
From my understanding, just her saying she’s going to give you money does not constitute any kind of a contract and she’s not under any legal obligation to give you anything even if she said she would.
If she said she would pay you for your help then that could be an enforceable contract but you would need some kind of proof like emails or text messages saying exactly how much for exactly what services rendered.
It sounds like this woman is very mentally ill. It’s understandable if you don’t want to spend your time taking care of some crazy lady and you should probably stop if it’s making you crazy too. Let her hire some help that’s trained to deal with these things. But I don’t think you can legally get any money out of this

By: nickimacmillan

nickimacmillan — Thu, 19 May 2022 07:14:51 +0000

Nope, you are not owed anything from her settlement.

By: stephaniemarie

stephaniemarie — Thu, 19 May 2022 06:18:27 +0000

No. If you get it you get it. Leave her alone

By: reignjones

reignjones — Thu, 19 May 2022 05:39:03 +0000

As a caregiver u can’t inherit.

By: alisawarmund-kermisch

alisawarmund-kermisch — Thu, 19 May 2022 04:47:55 +0000

No, unless in legal form you don’t get anything