sistawendy | The lawsuit is over, and the sane people won.

Good Sister just texted the other two us to say, "Done." My mother's finances are now in the hands of a third-party guardian. She still has control over her:

Social interactions. She never did want many, and she's been so nasty to so many people that they're getting harder for her.
Voting. If Mom's become Trump trash I don't want to know, but neither am I that worried about it, and there's likely nothing I can do about it anyway.
Driving. This isn't great: she keeps getting lost in my hometown, where she's lived nearly my whole life. She's fallen asleep at the wheel on an all-day drive. The judge gave her this because she hasn't been in wreck lately, and there's no doctor's recommendation. I asked GS if we can revisit this, but it's out of our hands: her guardian & doctor decide.

Now begins, I hope, asset recovery: the reverse mortgage that Mom put on her house, etc. I don't envy the guardian, but I'm sure he's seen this sort of thing before. I just hope that money is there if and when Mom needs it.

I told Good Sister that I owe her crazy expensive dinner at the very least. She really has borne the brunt of Mom's dementia with considerable grace, strength, and competence.