Access to parents house

[Ethel Street]

Has the house been unoccupied since your mother went into care a couple of years ago? If so is anyone going in to check it? For safety, maintenance etc. Does your mother own it? Sole owner?

 

Did your mother give power of attorney to either of you? If not is she able to manage her own affairs? That's about mental capacity to manage her own affairs, not physical capacity. Someone can be totally dependent physically on 24 hour nursing care yet still have the mental faculties to make decisions. If she does not mental capacity and there's no POA this is the route you can follow

 

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/if-the-person-you-want-to-help-has-lost-mental-capacity

 

The existence or otherwise of a Will is irrelevant while your mother is still alive, although obviously at some point it will become an issue.