Hi,
Following my mums recent passing, we have been given a pack of information as executors from her deputy. My sister and I were LPAs for her but agreed to a deputy to limit some (ha!) litigation.....
Short version - she was very poorly and after 3 years of Court of Protection we kept her safe and dignified in nursing care. Her 'partner' wanted her home, against all medical advice, as he would have to move out of her house when it was sold to pay for care. He had only appeared on the 'scene' when she was already deteriorating and was highly coercive.
He then fought, abusively, through 3 layers of appeals for permission to marry her when she had been assessed to not have capacity to do so by multiple professionals - again, he liked her house.
Mum was represented by a litigation friend, solicitor and barrister who all agreed with the medical advice, of which she was not aware and, two judges later, it was agreed she did not have capacity to marry and permission to appeal that would not be granted.
The one party in disagreement, her 'partner', was ordered to pay the costs of the vexatious litigation (about £17k) but flew to australia on the weekend he was told he would have to pay these costs.
Months later, mum has passed with her family around her, and we have found that theses costs are still outstanding. Salt in the wound is that, as this b@$tard has fled the country, our mums estate is being asked to pay his court ordered costs.....
Help!