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USo my grandmother who has been cooking separately for 8 years is now demanding maintenance from my father. The reason we have not been maintaining her is because she has enough assets in her bank account after my Grandfathers death and my uncle took my grandfathers job and therefore he should be taking care of her. Recently she has been asking for maintenance from my father.
The problem is she is unfairly partial to my uncle and in many property disputes she has spoken against my father and quite recently even tried to assault him so we don’t want her anywhere near us. She has mentally tortured my mother for more than a decade when they lived in the same house. My uncle is a devious person who will stop at nothing to harass us. Together they are scheming something new. I suspect most of the money from my grandmothers account has already been taken by my uncle.
In a mediation agreement back in 2022 we agreed on a amount but when that amount was given to them, they rejected it and said we want more. Nothing happened after that. Now she is demanding more maintenance (double the agreed amount in 2022) along with all the backpay from 2022 till present day. What are our legal options? We don’t want to give this wicked woman a penny. Would appreciate some advice.
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Does she knows where your family lives? Just keep ignoring her existence unless she intrudes into your house which will be a disaster.
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UThis is the best situation for now. though if she files a Maintenace Petition, then you can ask the court to instruct the Uncle to pay as well.
But for now ignore them until they delegate to court
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Ryeah, the moment court is invoved, the peace, the money will start draining.
I’ll also recommend the moment you feel court is about to be involved, or she is coming to your house. move your funds somewhere else she doesn’t know. I feel it’s his uncle plotting everything.
Also keep the life private, life social media photos, happy moments, vacations.
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UShe does know where we live, I think she can try to make a scene soon but I don’t think that will go anywhere as we will not engage with her, she can try to get a rise out of us.
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Rif she does drama in front of your house, in society, your reputation takes a hit. Would it be possible to plant a news that there is a severe health issue with someone in the house, so if she doesn’t ask for wellbeing or doesn’t stop her (at least temporarily) then it’s easy to establish her intention in court and other players involved.
if you also think she is coming after your dad’s property, take a loan from bank on that prop to nullyfy if for now.
In short, if it’s not possible to ignore her, you need to keep her busy with fake stories so that she gets less time to talk on her maintenance.
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