Elderly Woman Doesn't Want To Move

Elderly Woman Doesn't Want To Move
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- A local community is rallying around an elderly woman who, her son alleges, is being removed from her home against her will.

He says a guardian appointed by the DC Superior Court's Probate Division has ordered that his mother be taken to an assisted living facility on Friday.
"It really hurts me. It really makes me feel terrible. Sometimes, I can't even sleep!" said Viola Nero. She has spent the last 50 of her 90 years in her comfortable home, filled with family photographs and displays of her embroidery.
"I love living here! And I love my backyard. I have my garden," said Viola.
"It's unimaginable," said Steven Nero, Viola's son. He is desperately fighting to keep her in the home they share, but after battling the probate system, he is virtually powerless.
"I'm sure it happens a lot. But not with a son who's a filmmaker and a lawyer living here, who's been a two-time advisory neighborhood commissioner," he said.
At sundown, some of their friends and supporters prayed to keep her out of the sterile environment she fears.
"She did visit the home once, and she said it was a horrible experience. All those people with their heads down and medicated. She just wasn't comfortable there," said Robert Pristoop, a family friend.
Added Viola, "They just want to move me out and sell this house for a whole lot of money!"
"If a person is capable and viable and wants to live in their home, they should remain in the home. The law says so. The Bible says so," said Steven.
The clock is ticking. Her son says the guardian's plan is to move her on Friday.
"They're going to have to carry me out!" exclaimed Viola.
Her son says the guardian's plan is to take her to dinner this Friday night, never to return home. Instead, she'd be moved directly to an assisted living residence.

Written by Andrea McCarren
9NEWS NOW & WUSA9.COM

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Editor's note: This type of travesty is done quietly and regularly in the Probate Court of Cook County.  In Washington, D.C., the probate court picked the wrong person, an attorney, TV producer, community organizer and dedicated son who fought for his mother. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com