i want to care for my motherinlaw in my home .she currently resides in a personal care facility but is behind with rent payment and was to be evicted until agency on aging became involved. they will not allow her to leave the facility even to visit or go out with the family.is this legal?
Review the contract immediately and contact the Center of Aging directly. I do not believe this is legal, if necessary you can have a police escort to go and retrieve her. Ask the question, have they taken guardianship of her because she did not have the proper paperwork in place already, such as Healthcare POA or POA. This would be the only way I could see them keeping her and perhaps they did not inform family when they took guardianship but very unlikely. Don't leave her there is she doesn't want to be there.
Personallly, I don't think anyone can force her to go back for any reason. It's not a prison, and she doesn't have an ankle bracelet does she? Talk to a lawyer who deals with elder law. It will cost you a little money, most likely, but it will resolve the situation so that you know what you can do legally.
Continuing to stay there is going to run up the bill even more, making the situation even worse.