Category: Elder Financial Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Remember Senior Loved Ones On Labor Day Holidays Are Important Times To Check In With Seniors Happy Labor Day! We at Evans Law Firm wish you a happy and safe holiday.  We hope you spend it with loved ones and especially any seniors among your family and friends. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Caregivers Can Manipulate Vulnerable Seniors The Tragedy of One 88-Year Old Victim Our elder abuse litigators see the terrible dangers ahead when an unscrupulous caregiver gets a hold on an isolated senior’s life. Greedy caregivers will stop at nothing to lay hands on bank accounts, cash, valuables, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ponzi Schemes Increasingly Target Older Investors Older people have more money to invest. After years of savings and with the children educated and on their own, seniors should take comfort in a nest egg for future years. But unscrupulous brokers, insurance agents and stock promoters target seniors for […]

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 Annuities Are Complex and Expensive Your Money Is Tied Up For Years Our lawyers recommend you always beware when an insurance agent tries to sell you annuities or life insurance, particularly if you’re a senior. Annuities are complicated insurance products with a lot of red flags for consumers: […]

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 Fee-Based Annuities Present Tax Issues Taking Out Advisors’ Fees May Result In Tax To Policy Owner Our lawyers recommend you always beware when an insurance agent tries to sell you commission-based annuities or life insurance, particularly if you’re a senior. But fee-based annuities present disadvantages as well.  Advisors […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Exploitation of Seniors Can Be Devastating Isolation Is The Biggest Danger Keep Senior Loved Ones Connected Seniors here in Marin County and throughout California are vulnerable to financial elder abuse. Financial elder abuse is a real danger for seniors across the board but most especially for isolated […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Exploitation of Seniors Can Be Devastating What to Look For Where to Find Help Seniors here in Marin County and throughout California are vulnerable to financial elder abuse, a real danger for seniors across the board. The effects of financial elder abuse can be devastating, particularly for […]

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 […]