Under California law, a court-appointed conservator is a person who makes decisions, including financial and healthcare decisions, for another person who has been incapacitated due to injury or age (called a “ward”). In most cases, a concerned relative or social worker petitions a court to appoint a conservator for a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Living Arrangements Change As We Age Admissions and Care Worries 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. The geriatric-care industry is booming.  More and more, seniors transition from their own homes to independent-living retirement communities, then assisted care facilities and on to skilled nursing facilities as their needs and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Preventing Fraud and Abusive Practices Always Check Backgrounds Before You Buy Hopefully, you already check the backgrounds of any contractors or caregivers or others you let in your home to do work. Checking the background of anyone trying to sell you an investment is equally important!  The Securities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Our Lawyers Fight Against Financial Exploitation of Seniors We Know What It Takes To Bring Your Case The elder abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. every day fight for seniors victimized by financial elder abuse and take cases to court. Our attorneys understand how devastating financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Be Wary of Annuities in Retirement Accounts 401(k)s and IRAs Are Already Tax-Deferred Tax deferral is the key to successful retirement savings. 401(k)s, IRAs, SEPs and the like offer tax deferral and retirement savings grow tax-free until it’s time to withdraw without penalty after age 59 ½. Earlier […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ingrid M. Evans on NBC Bay Area Responds Lost Bank Accounts: Don’t Always Look for Help From Your Bank NBC Bay Area News recently investigated a San Jose widow’s struggle with Wells Fargo Bank over a $30,000 CD deposit that has simply disappeared from the bank’s records. The […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unscrupulous Stockbrokers Prey on Elderly Recently, a large national stockbrokerage discharged two veteran brokers for financial elder abuse of senior customers.[1]  One broker talked the senior into naming the broker’s children as beneficiaries on the senior’s account and the other accepted unauthorized instructions from a third party to […]

Our founder Ingrid M. Evans speaks out for consumers on NBC Bay Area News tonight at 11!  Tonight’s Bay Area Responds segment looks at what banks may do when customer CDs expire.  NBC zeroes in on how Wells Fargo Bank in particular handled (or mishandled) a senior customer’s longtime CD […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Terrible Danger of Caregiver Overdosing A silver picture frame is missing, a gold bracelet is gone, bank accounts hemorrhage cash, a frightened senior suddenly changes her Will. Talk to anyone who’s hired a caregiver for an older loved one – theft and abuse are always a worry. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Watch Out for Stockbroker Fraud If You’re a Victim, We Can Help Unscrupulous stockbrokers prey on seniors in particular. After all, seniors hold 1/3 of the nation’s wealth. And stockbrokers are looking for commissions; they don’t earn much if seniors clip coupons off municipal bonds.  Some brokers will […]