Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Older The Victim, The Greater The Average Loss Financial Elder Abuse Can Strike Any Senior Even Conservators Can Commit Financial Elder Abuse Seniors in Marin and throughout California are increasingly victims of financial elder abuse more than any other form of elder abuse.   Caregivers, insurance agents, financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Law on Gifts to Care Custodians Tightening the Marriage Loophole for Gifts to Care Custodians California law presumes that gifts – made either during life or at death – by an elder or dependent adult to their care custodian[1] are the product of undue influence (a defined […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Surviving Spouses Prey to Caregivers and Others How to Protect Your Children and Ensure They Inherit the Family House Consider Life Estates Sadly, there’s a repeating pattern of caregivers and others getting their hands on a senior’s property after a spouse of many years passes away. Isolated seniors […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Risks of Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Growing Spotting and Guarding Against Elder Abuse Each year, over half a million cases of elder abuse are reported nationally and it is expected that millions more go unreported. Often, a senior is unable to report such abuse, and others […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Abusers May Work Together to Abuse Elderly Seniors here in Marin County and throughout California are vulnerable to financial elder abuse. Sometimes the abusers strike in crews.  Just last week, a local California police department arrested five individuals accused of stealing over $24,000 from a 73-year-old victim over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Risks of Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Growing Shocking Trends of Increased Abuse Looking for Signs of Elder Abuse As many as 1 in 10 older adults is abused or neglected each year in the United States, and only 1 in 14 cases of elder abuse ever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Law on Gifts to Care Custodians Tightening the Marriage Loophole for Gifts to Care Custodians California law presumes that gifts – made either during life or at death – by an elder or dependent adult to their care custodian[1] are the product of undue influence (a defined […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increasing Reports Of Financial Elder Abuse What You Should Do If You Suspect Elder Abuse Throughout the United States and right here in the Bay Area, elder abuse in every form, and most especially financial elder abuse, is on the rise. As the older population here in the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Powers of Attorney and the Elderly A financial Power of Attorney (POA) is a very important legal document where the principal authorizes an agent to act on the principal’s behalf in business transactions and more.[1] Someone with a financial Power of Attorney has legal authority to transfer […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Does the Law Mean by “Undue Influence”? Undue Influence Over Seniors Undue influence is often a key element in financial elder abuse cases. Caregivers may exert undue influence over vulnerable seniors to get the senior to add them to a Will, grant them a Power of Attorney, […]