Letters to the Editor
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He needs a will and living trust first.
He could die at anytime. He obviously loves the LW, so the LW should use that as leverage for getting the legal issues taken care of first. While the roof is being put on, he could keel over and LW be left in the exact mess that he's trying to resolve. If his father has been living in a health hazard for years, he also needs a living trust, because he could end up a vegetable. Does he want to foist decisions about his care on to the LW? Or does he want to make them for himself? Contact the VA - they may give him access to cheap legal services, and if he's already involved with them, maybe there's someone that he already trusts to give him sound advice. The estate planning will encompass a lot of the issues that the LW wants to resolve. Start with the will... and maybe the cats, as AKA Smith says.
Here's a good place to get started:
http://nolo.com/resource.cfm/catID/FD1795A9-8049-422C-9087838F86A2BC2B/309/