{"id":11042,"date":"2012-02-21T13:38:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T18:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=11042"},"modified":"2012-02-21T13:38:43","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T18:38:43","slug":"98-year-old-conn-woman-facing-eviction-by-son-says-her-home-means-everything-to-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2012\/02\/98-year-old-conn-woman-facing-eviction-by-son-says-her-home-means-everything-to-her\/","title":{"rendered":"98-year-old Conn. woman facing eviction by son says her home means \u2018everything\u2019 to her"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. \u2014 Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn\u2019t go; she didn\u2019t want to leave her home of nearly 60 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, Kantorowski went to court \u2014 and served his mother with an eviction notice shortly before her 98th birthday in December.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Kantorowski says she won\u2019t leave the small yellow house she\u2019s been in since 1953, raising her two sons and cooking for the church she attended daily. The house her late husband wanted her to stay in until she died; the house she says is her \u201ceverything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know why he wants me to leave,\u201d she said Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The epic mother-son feud is headed to court next month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Kantorowski, 71, became the owner of the Fairfield home several years ago when his mother transferred ownership to him but retained the right to live there, in what\u2019s known as a quit claim, Mary Kantorowski\u2019s attorney said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The retired taxidermist said he\u2019s concerned about her well-being, that she\u2019s seemed disoriented and has been living in poor condition.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not throwing her on the street,\u201d he told WTNH-TV in New Haven. \u201cAt her age, at 98, I\u2019m sure that she should be with people of her peers. She should have her meals on time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Kantorowski and his attorney didn\u2019t return telephone messages left by The Associated Press on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Kantorowski\u2019s attorney, Richard Bortolot Jr., said she can take of herself, still does some of her own cooking and is seen regularly in her home by doctors and nurses. A judge ruled she was competent and appointed Bortolot to represent her in the eviction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her younger son, Jack Kantorowski, says his mother is in relatively good health. He\u2019s on his mother\u2019s side of the family feud.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is a money problem or anything else, he should have said something a long time ago instead of just trying to get rid of his own mother,\u201d Jack Kantorowski said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Kantorowski, who lives about 20 minutes away in Trumbull, hasn\u2019t seen his mother for eight months, her attorney said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m appalled a son would do this,\u201d Bortolot said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Kantorowski said his father worked multiple jobs to buy the house and built additions over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was always trying to protect my mom; she\u2019d always have a place to live,\u201d he said. \u201cIf something happens to me, there was always going to be a home for her to stay for the rest of her life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Kantorowski filed a complaint against his mother in December after she refused to follow an eviction notice filed Nov. 30 to vacate the premises by Dec. 7. A trial is set to begin March 2 in Bridgeport Superior Court.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bortolot says a probate court stopped Peter Kantorowski from trying to sell the house, valued at $330,000, after the eviction papers were served.<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked where she might live next, Mary Kantorowski\u2019s voice catches.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t feel very good about it,\u201d she says. \u201cI want to stay right here in my own home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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