NC parent in care, partner cleared house

[Heatherg71]

Anyone able to point me in the right direction in this situation please? I’m all confused!

Long story short: NC with my mother, she’s in a care home, no capacity, no PoA. Her partner has been living in the house they rented but is now moving away and has cleared the house. Contents that he doesn’t want/says are hers are now in a storage container.
What do I do with it?! Legally, probably shouldn’t sort it/sell it? But would love to not have this hanging over me for the foreseeable future.
I’m next of kin, so it falls to me to deal with at some point. Nothing is valuable.

Are you an only child?

No. Sibling thinks we should leave it all where it is, but is also asking me make the overall decision.

Get rid of it, a storage container is costly and really unnecessary by the sounds of things.

If you've been NC I don't think you can legally be made to do anything.

Who is paying for the storage unit?
If neither you or your sibling want anything in there, would the partner empty it before leaving?
Presumably your Mum isn't going to need anything in there now.

You can't be made to do anything but there are risks to having a home standing empty. Is your mum managing her own finances re care? If she doesn't have capacity who is doing that? Who arranged and signed for the care with the home?

Ignore my post. Am sleepy and thought there was a home to deal with and just re read and saw they rented.

Storage is costly can she afford it along with contribution to care?

There is no legal requirement for you to do anything. There is also no legal status as ‘next of kin’.
If it were me in that position though, I would take some time to sort through the possessions and clear them. That way I wouldn’t have any feelings of guilt / anger / upset hanging over me. Think of doing this for yourself, not your mum if it helps.

Who is covering the cost of the storage?
This adds up over time, and if there is nothing of value it's really just a waste of money.
Also, if the payment for storage lapses, ultimately the contents will either be sold at auction or skipped after a period of time, meaning the loss of anything sentimental.
(I work in this sector)

The legal question was more about whether we shouldn’t/shouldn’t be disposing of things before someone has passed away - it feels a bit odd to do this now rather than afterwards (but no way of telling when that will be). Technically, while she’s alive, these are her possessions, right? He’s clearly disposed of a load already and having slept on it @Soontobe60 that is quite upsetting, and I do feel I need to check what’s left for myself.

@myheartmyhead that’s useful info, thank you. In the unlikely event of there being any auction proceeds, what happens to those?
Partner is difficult anyway, and vague about how it’s being paid for.
Some of it may be suitable for auction, I guess. It’s the sort of things that come from a random house clearance - think furniture/bits that would be classed as bric a brac or that you would find at a car boot.

Currently no contribution to care as nobody has access to her finances to enable full means test. Local authority assumption is that she has no money.

Was it your decision to go NC?

If so, just forget all about it. Not your concern.

It is my concern unfortunately, as she kept me as executor, so will have to sort everything at some point.

I don't think you have to accept the role of an executor though?