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I need help. My father is 92 years old. He was in the military from 1943-1973, serving as a veteran in three wars. He met my mother in Japan during the Korean war where she was working at a hospital that he was admitted to. They later married in 1959.

In 2007 my mother passed away from lung cancer. My father was originally going to move close to my family so we could take care of him; however, he could not bring himself to leave the house that he shared with my mother for over 30 years. I insisted that he get a housekeeper and someone to make meals for him if he was going to live alone.

In 2009 he said he hired a lady that he met while she was working at a 7-11 in Huntington Beach. Although she was unlicensed, I thought this would be OK since she was only going to be cooking and cleaning. I later find out that she was not doing any of these things. At this time, he had over $400,000 in savings.

From 2010 this lady slowly worked her way into his life. Discarding all personal photos of the family as well as removing my mother’s belongings (she left the photos that were on the wall so no one would be suspicious). During this time, she convinced my dad to marry her in 2012. At the time he was 89 years old, she was 50. She never moved into the house, no one knew about the marriage, including my father’s brothers, or immediate family until almost a year later. When asked why he married her, my father stated that she wanted him to, so she could receive his VA benefits after his death.

Since his marriage, this lady has never stayed at, or slept in his house She kept a separate apartment, and apparently also claimed Section 8 assistance… and received Section 8 funds.

This lady alsoconvinced my father to buy her a car, as well as her daughter one. Apparently, my father started to give her money to pay for tuition for her daughter as well.

Unknown to me, she also had me removed from my father’s bank accounts ( I was a co-owner/signer) and his power of attorney.

On July 30, 2012 she convinced my dad to mortgage his house for $400,000 (see attached deed of trust) that was paid off without any family member knowing. At this time, I, and my doctor believe he was suffering from dementia, and possibly early stages of Alzheimers, as he was having hallucinations of people trying to break in, or on the roof of his house (he called the police on several occasions). He does not remember or know that he mortgaged his house. In June, 2013 she then convinced my father to change the family trust without anyone’s knowledge, and also had herself added to the title on the house.

Immediately after mortgaging his house, she sent $250,000 to her mother.

Whenever we, or family friends would visit, she was never there. Once, we arrived unannounced, and she was there, but immediately left. We found out later it was the same with our family friends that would visit.

When questioned by family members and friends of her intentions (she still was not living with him), my father became very upset and would argue, and did not want any family members visiting. We come to find out later, that she told him it would be better for his health if he just cut off contact to us. He stopped calling, and she would disconnect the home phone so no one could call him. We did not see him from July 2014 through May 2015.

I started receiving calls from family friends in May 2015 that they were concerned for my father’s well being. I went to visit my father in May 2015. I noticed much of his custom furniture was missing, and that there were signs all over the house …. Stating to not go out, Do not go in garage and do not use the stove. His bedroom was a mess, no bed, just a mattress on the floor. I decided I needed to take charge and contacted an attorney to file for conservatorship.

I come to find out later that the neighbors had been calling Adult Protective Services, as my father was wandering around the neighborhood by himself, tried to climb up on the roof since he thought someone was trying to break in. I also found out after speaking with the neighbors that Rachel was only coming to the house for 2 hours a day, 2-3 days a week.

Instead of addressing our and Adult Protective Services concerns, this lady picked up and moved my dad to Hawaii, without anyone knowing (either his brothers, or immediate family members, or neighbors). We found this out, because coincidentally, my best friend was on the same flight, and recognized my dad. When she went to find out what was going on, this lady started to yell at her, calling her names, to the point that Airport security was called.

that day, I received a call from another lady that claimed to be her niece and that it was her mother (a CNA) is the one that took my dad to Hawaii (this is not true, as I have pictures showing it was actually the lady). She said that they would call me later to let me know what was going on. I never heard from anyone again,

When I went to secure the house, it was obvious that they left in a hurry. The rear door was wide open, my father’s sundries and most of his clothes were still there, as was his medicine.

My attorney immediately filed for an emergency temporary conservatorship, which I was awarded by the Orange County courts; however I could not get permanent conservatorship until I could arrange for my dad to come back from Hawaii.

Once I was awarded temporary conservatorship, I was able to gain access to my father’s financial accounts, and research his accounts. I found out that this lady had also opened a line of credit against the home as well for $150,000, but only $25,000 was taken out. During my investigation, I found out that she would take my father to his credit union to make cash withdrawals that coincided with the electronic deposits from his pensions and disability checks. I was surprised to find out that his entire savings were gone.

In August 2015 I found out that Rachel listed the house on June 23rd and was attempting to sell the house buy off market. She asked the real estate agent to try to sell it, without putting it on the market (I am in real estate, and would have known if it was advertised, or put in the MLS).

I was later informed that this lady had hired a family law attorney in Hawaii and was asking for mediation. We decided to agree to the mediation, as there was no other way to get my dad back from Hawaii, if we did not.

I do not know if this was their motivation or not, but on October 16th, 2015 I was told my father had a seizure and was taken to the hospital. I did not know which hospital, so my attorney told me to go ahead and contact her attorney. At that time, he told me my father was fine, but that he had lung cancer (as mentioned previously, my mother passed away from lung cancer). I was now even more motivated to get my father back.

At the mediation, I was told that either I accept their terms or they would take my father back to Hawaii (I had to agree as part of the mediation that I would not take steps to keep my father here), and I could fight them from there, which would take possibly years, and my father could be dead by then since he had cancer. I of course accepted their terms, even though I felt coerced into it.

After getting my father back, I had Drs. check him out. He did not have cancer…. It was a lie, to get me to accept the terms. He was diagnosed with having beginning stages of Alzheimer’s (see attached dr’s report)

Right after getting my father back, I had to go in for major spinal surgery to remove a tumor on my spinal cord. I was laid up for a while due to this. I also made arrangements for daily care by professional care givers.

I recently noticed that his disability checks from the VA were not being deposited into his account. I then contacted the treasury department and found out that as of November, Rachel requested checks be written directly to her. She then requested that they be direct deposited into a Chase Bank account with her as the custodian for my father (this is completely fraudulent, as the court had appointed me as the conservator, and she was fully aware of this). Rachel has been using this account to pay for her own private bills. These funds are not being used for my father’s health care, and in fact, I have had to use my own funds to pay his bills due to a shortage.

The reason I need assistance, is I need someone to help guide me. The police department does not seem to take any of this seriously, and has not really investigated (originally, they did not even want to take a report). My attorney seems to have believe that I have no recourse, even though I was coerced into accepting the settlement against my will (I think he just wants it to end so he can get fully paid out), meanwhile, I have been paying for his caregivers from my own personal funds, and she is still taking money from him!….

Help Please!