<human>: First of all, thank you in advance. My sister is in the hospital at the moment--she's been there for over 3 months--and her otherwise personal life has slowly come to my attention. Not only her medical needs, but I've learned that she hasn't paid her taxes in over 5 years. Her needing medical assistance is why I'm posting. 

When our father died, she inherited his pension from the city. Not only that, she sold his home for well over $500k to his widow. She hasn't reported either and the state (CA) has locked her out from her only source of income--I'm not sure whether a sum she was saving or direct pension payments since I'm just learning about this. 

Our family desperately want to transfer her out of the facility she is now, but now she tells us that she can't afford to leave. This is going to be a problem whether or not her insurance continues to pay for her treatment since she's guaranteed to have a substantial pile of back-taxes to pay off. What can she do? What's the first step towards dealing with this? 

I'm fairly prudent and pay my taxes on time and save whenever I can. I've never dealt with this and so am reaching out here first since this sub has continually been a great source to consult from time to time. I'd be happy to fill in as many details as I can the more I learn.

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<bot>: My sister inherited our father's pension and sold his home. She hasn't paid taxes on either in over 5 years. She is now in the hospital and cut off from her funds. Advice?