The Moneyist
‘She flipped the title on his car, sold all his furniture and told us that our dad didn’t leave me or my sister anything’
“As power of attorney, she put her name on his bank account, changed his beneficiaries and stopped communicating with his family.” (Photo subject is a model.)
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Dear Quentin,
Three months before passing away, my father moved back with his girlfriend and made her power of attorney so she could sell his house, pay bills and make medical decisions.
She cleaned out his bank accounts and she sold his house. He had stage 4 cancer and was not physically able to handle his business….
Master your money.
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