I need advice regarding getting access to my mothers house.
My parents jointly owned a house until my father died a few years ago, he was in hospital/care home until he died. As my mother was already in a care home their house was empty.
About a year after my father went into care my step brother ( same father) moved in based on a verbal agreement with me which was for 6 months, he was renting at have time and seemed silly when there was an empty house there.
He has now been there about 6 years and refuses to move out, he is now ignoring all efforts at communicating. He did previously demand a large sum to reimburse for work done on the house. There was never any agreement even discussed about this nor the fact that such work was going to be done.
He has spent money on the house but nowhere near what he us asking and no rent has ever been paid.
As my father is now dead the sole owner is my mother who is not the occupants mother, so I believe he has no right of inheritance as never adopted and did not live with us in this house.
My mother is quite ill and unable to communicate to give power of attorney or start eviction proceedings.
I am looking to find a way to secure my mothers property, not to sell or gain from it, basically to stop my step brother claiming it as his own which seems to be his intention.
As my mother is basically disabled and can't communicate it seems she has no rights to have her property protected.
I think technically he is a squatter, can I gain access when he goes on holiday and change the locks acting in my mothers best interest?