The law prevents family members from taking over. All the family can do is report the conditions to the right authority and then the law decides what's to be done. Most times it's not what's best for the family to do it the law's way so they just deal with it the best they can. If the law would let family members restrain the hoarder in a mental facility someplace while the mess is cleaned up it would be better then dragging it out with the hoarder throwing a fit or be put in jail.