Bother owes Mum money

[Jaidee]

My brother has now owed my mother �5000
being a councillor you would of thought he would
act more like a pillar of the community .It is now 3 years
and not a penny .Sent emails and all he does is threatens to pay it back .We have even said he can pay in instalments .He has now cut from us causing a lot of heartache for my mum and disowned us in his words
but was very happy to take her money in the first place.She is retired and struggling on a small pension.
She has the original cheque stubbs and emails from him
admitting that he owes the money.Is there anyway of getting him to pay her back,is it possible to get money in the future from the sale of his house?Any help would be most appreciated.

[taperface]

I don't know how the law stands on this one, but if you have emails, admitting your brother's borrowed money, maybe a solicitor's letter might do the trick - or perhaps you should ask the CAB. Also, if this has caused hardship to your mother & she no longer wishes him to benefit from the eventual sale of her house, perhaps she could leave a will, stipulating her intentions? Again, perhaps this could be contested, so you need legal advice, but I would think the house could be put in your name NOW - in which case it would surely be yours and no one else's?