Category: California Financial Elder Abuse Attorney

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Long-Term Insurance Policies Are Complicated Penalties For Getting Your Money Back Commissions And Fees Diminish Returns Deferred annuities are contracts where the policy holder makes an upfront premium payment in exchange for an income stream in years to come.  The concept sounds simple enough but in fact deferred […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physical And Financial Abuse Elderly, Disabled Victim Protecting Older Loved Ones Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents seniors and their families against any parties responsible for abuse or neglect of a senior.  We pursue all remedies available to the injured senior including an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dependent Adults Missing Over $300,000 Same Financial POA For Both Unpaid Bills And Threats Of Eviction Sometimes, Powers of Attorney (POAs) are absolutely essential when the principal needs an appointed agent to take over the principal’s financial affairs when they are unable to manage them any longer. Such […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand How Deferred Annuities Work Before An Agent Sells You One Penalties To Get Your Money Back Fees, Participation Rates And Caps On Returns Indexed annuities, like most deferred annuities, are long-term insurance contracts that promise to pay income in the future but impose penalties, known as surrender […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physical And Financial Abuse May Go Hand-in-Hand Case Example Remedies For Elder Abuse Elderly patients may be victims of both physical abuse or neglect and financial elder abuse at the hands of the very caregivers they pay to protect them.  While there are many caregivers who work earnestly […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Statutory Definition Of Physical Abuse Case Example Remedies For Elder Abuse Elderly patients may be victims of both physical abuse or neglect and financial elder abuse at the hands of the very caregivers they pay to protect them. A dishonest caregiver’s physical abuse or neglect of an older […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Falsified Timesheets And Excessive Payments Time Discrepancies Discovered By Family Protecting Seniors From Fraud California broadly defines what constitutes financial elder or dependent adult abuse: (a) “Financial abuse” of an elder or dependent adult occurs when a person or entity does any of the following: (1) Takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broad Authority Under Powers Of Attorney Self-Dealing And Other Fraud Remedies For Injured Seniors Powers of attorney are extremely important estate planning tools for all of us as we age; it is helpful to have such arrangements in place before the need for them arises and we are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Withdrawals From Dependent Adult’s Account Caregiver Admits To Theft Unauthorized Use Of ATM Card Theft from any person is a crime.  But when the victim is a dependent adult[1] or over 65 any theft is also criminal financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability against the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 86-Year-Old Victim Forged And Altered Checks Alleged Fraud Allegedly Caused Account To Be Overdrawn Never hand an ATM/debit card or credit card to a caregiver and ask them to go get cash or make purchases.  Never give out any PIN numbers. Never give a caregiver or other person […]