Granddaughter Raises Enough Money for Grandfather to Keep House

Jaclyn Fraley recently reached her goal of raising $125,000to buy back her grandfather’s home. 

John Potter, a 91-year-old WWII vet, had been living in hisZaleski, Ohio, home for over fifty years. In 2004, he gave power of attorney to his daughter, who then transferredthe property to herself.  Potter’sdaughter then attempted to evict him following a dispute between the two overvisitation rights to Potter’s autistic son.  Fraley then launched a successful fundraising campaign on GoFundMe tosave his house.

See Debra CassensWeiss, WWII Vet Reaches Fundraising Goalin Effort to Prevent his Daughter from Evicting Him, ABA Journal, May 16,2013.