Legal Advice for Caregivers | Legal Aid Clinic

Questioner

Good morning, I have been living with my mother for a number of years as a caregiver/7. I am the youngest in a family of 5 children. Mother receives help from home care and I arrange her affairs and take care of everything. In 2 years I can only start the lease, I will then be 55, it concerns a senior citizen's home, how sad that I am too young now, my question is: do I still have to legally seal something? regarding a guardian or something like that? Mother is not demented, does not go to a home, there is no inheritance, none of this. I now only make decisions or occasionally or rarely ask mother for something, but this actually never happens. Yours sincerely.

Lawyer

You can ask the landlord whether you can be considered a co-tenant. If the landlord does not agree to the request for co-tenancy in writing within 3 months, you can request the assistance of the judge. The judge can reject your request for 3 reasons: Your roommate has not lived with you for 2 years yet. Your roommate's financial situation is not sufficient to pay the rent. The request is made to give someone the position of tenant very quickly. This is an abuse of the arrangement.

Questioner

Due to the care for my mother my time for myself is limited. Also I see that my question was not asked properly by me, apologies for that. Your answer is correct and I think I can do something with it, but because of the care that is really 24/7 and my own not very healthy body, I don't know where to start at the moment, to be honest.