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DZBO 2012/02/18 06:25:04
Man tries to evict 98-year-old mom from Conn. home

Peter Kantorowski
wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with
him. She wouldn't go; she didn't want to leave her home of nearly 60
years.

Finally, Kantorowski went to court — and served his mother with an eviction notice shortly before her 98th birthday in December.

Mary Kantorowski
says she won't leave the small yellow house she's 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 "everything."

"I don't know why he wants me to leave," she said Friday.

The epic mother-son feud is headed to court next month.

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's known as a quit claim, Mary Kantorowski's
attorney said.

The retired taxidermist said he's concerned about
her well-being, that she's seemed disoriented and has been living in
poor condition.

"I'm not throwing her on the street," he told
WTNH-TV in New Haven. "At her age, at 98, I'm sure that she should be
with people of her peers. She should have her meals on time."

Peter Kantorowski and his attorney didn't return telephone messages left by The Associated Press on Friday.

Mary Kantorowski's 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.

Her younger son, Jack Kantorowski, says his mother is in relatively good health. He's on his mother's side of the family feud.

"If
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," Jack Kantorowski said.

Peter Kantorowski, who lives about 20 minutes away in Trumbull, hasn't seen his mother for eight months, her attorney said.

"I'm appalled a son would do this," Bortolot said.

Jack Kantorowski said his father worked multiple jobs to buy the house and built additions over the years.

"He
was always trying to protect my mom; she'd always have a place to
live," he said. "If something happens to me, there was always going to
be a home for her to stay for the rest of her life."

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.

Bortolot says a probate court stopped Peter
Kantorowski from trying to sell the house, valued at $330,000, after the
eviction papers were served.

Asked where she might live next, Mary Kantorowski's voice catches.

"I don't feel very good about it," she says. "I want to stay right here in my own home."

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