Category: Elder Financial Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Misuse Of Financial Powers Of Attorney Agents May Exceed Authorized Powers  Understand The Extent Of An Agent’s Authorization Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important estate planning tools for everyone, especially the elderly.  Powers can cover financial matters and also health matters.  Standard forms are set out in California […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Access To Accounts Is First Step Impersonating Senior Online And Over Phone One In Five Older Americans Are Victims Of Financial Abuse Isolated seniors can be financially exploited by almost anyone but our litigators see in-home caregivers very frequently as the abusers.  Typically, the caregiver starts out slowly […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial And Physical Elder Abuse With Tragic End Body Of 72-Year-Old Senior Found Caregiver Arrested On Allegations Of Abuse And Forgery Sadly far too often, news stories appear of the most gruesome and shocking accounts of elder abuse.  In a case[1] reported just days ago, authorities arrested a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolation Protects Seniors From Virus But Exposes Them To Other Risks Isolation Increases Vulnerability To Abuse Elder Abuse Cases Rising Throughout California During Pandemic Many seniors have elected to self-isolate to protect themselves from COVID-19.  For institutionalized seniors the isolation is enforced by nursing homes and facilities. Protection […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Analyze Costs Before You’re Sold An Annuity Penalties On Withdrawals Consult With Your Tax Advisor Before Any Annuity Transaction Whenever an agent approaches you to consider a deferred annuity, if you’re a senior think long and hard about the costs buried in annuities.  Below, we analyze costs more […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Federal And Local Authorities Cooperate In Prosecution False Investment Opportunities And Other Fraudulent Schemes Financial Abusers Can Be Unrelenting All seniors can be victims of financial elder abuse and that abuse may be an isolated incident or a sustained series of abuses or thefts from a senior over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Communities Alerted To Potential Abuse Of Older Adults Elder Abuse Can Happen To Any Senior Financial Exploitation, Neglect And Emotional, Physical and Sexual Abuse Law enforcement agencies report that elder abuse in order of prevalence includes financial exploitation, emotional abuse, passive neglect, self-neglect, physical abuse, willful deprivation, confinement […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Court of Appeals Rules California Courts Can Still Act Financial Abusers Took Elder And Her Property Out Of State California Can Still Exercise Jurisdiction Over Abusers One of the patterns that comes up in elder abuse cases quite frequently is where an individual abusing a California senior financially […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increased Isolation Results In Greater Vulnerability Authorities Report Huge Rise In Elder Abuse Cases Facing The Realities Of The New Normal Throughout the world, COVID-19 has struck seniors hardest and nations and elder care institutions have imposed drastic lockdown measures to protect older persons. But the hidden danger […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Pursues Elder Abuse Charges Against Advisor Unauthorized Trades And Falsified Documents Betraying Trust Of Older Client The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) polices the financial markets to protect investors from fraud. The SEC’s Retail Strategy Task Force has especially focused on fraud against older investors and […]