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Help! I Need To Remove My Sister From A Home She Owns

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I, (49f) have 10 siblings. We are all self sufficient and productive adults except for one of the sisters (44f). This sister has chronic health problems but not severe enough to obtain disability benefits etc. She uses her illness as a crutch and an excuse not to work. This has been an issue for many years. When the pressure is applied for her to "grow up", she magically has a new health crisis.

The problem at hand is my sister lives in home she co-owns with our elderly mother (83f). My mother cosigned the home under the pretense my sister would pay the mortgage, bills and upkeep. Yes they have a codependent relationship. It has been over 2 years and my sister has not paid a dime. Mom is forced to pay out her entire retirement check to cover the mortgage. I pay for the utilities. On top of what I consider financial elder abuse, my sister is horrible to our mom. Calling her a bitch when she doesn't get her way, yelling screaming. Mom doesn't have many years left and she is entitled to enjoy them, not listen to that and stress out to the point of accelerating her health problems.

Recently I've moved 1900 miles and quit a successful career under the assumption I would be able to take over the payments for my mom, move into the home, flip the home and give mom the money. Time is of the essence. My sister was on board but now that I am here to help, she is now refusing to leave the home without legal process. My mother is still legally responsible to pay. We don't want to foreclose. I would love to physically remove my sister with force but I can't. Any advice is welcome.

Would I be in the wrong if I strongarm the situation, call APS for financial elder abuse and try and start some eviction process?? Location: Florida

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