My relative has been living with his mom 60 years until his mothers death. He has succession rights to the apartment and the case has been ongoing over year. At one point he left the house about 10 years ago for a couple months and applied for welfare and applied as homeless. Since then he kept his welfare status the same even while living back at the apartment. He could of still received benefits even if he filed living at the place, but he kept the homeless status the same so he didnt have to delay the application process.
Can this be used against him in court? He does have mail (non bills) at the house, and some paper work that shows he was his mothers health proxy. His lawyer was afraid this may come up and doesn't know what to do and prefers to settle on a buy which we dont want.
what do you advise?