ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Happy Thanksgiving Day 2022!! Safely Including Seniors One-On-One Time With Older Loved Ones All of us at Evans Law Firm, Inc. wish you a very happy and safe Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving is the perfect time for family and friends to gather together.  We especially hope that you include […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Years Of Allegedly Fraudulent Transactions $1,295,000 Allegedly Taken From Elderly Client Twenty-Year Relationship With 97-Year-Old Client Seniors can be victims of financial elder abuse from strangers and from those they have known for years.  The older a senior gets, the more at risk they are and those who […]

Evans Law Firm, Inc. and Ingrid M. Evans in publication:  Read Ingrid’s article “Ethical Considerations In Withdrawing From Representation” in October issue of Plaintiff magazine. You can read the full article here:  Ethical considerations in withdrawing from representation (plaintiffmagazine.com)

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Over $2.7 Million Allegedly Stolen 12 Elderly Victims Facility Owners, Lawyer And Caseworker Sentenced Most of the financial elder abuse cases we write about involve one or possibly two financial predators, like a caregiver and a spouse or friend who assists them in the abuse.  Sometimes, however, a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Former Therapists Blow Whistle Allegations Of False Upcoding And Unnecessary Services Realtors Will Share $1.3 Million Reward In Fiscal Year 2021, private citizens helped the government recover $1.6 billion in cases of fraud against the government.  The citizens, known as “relators,” brough the cases, referred to as “qui tam” […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Stole Two Books Of Elderly Couple’s Checks 55 Forged Checks More Than $139,000 And Jewelry Stolen Stolen checks and check forgeries are a common form of financial elder abuse. Forgery is a crime and when the victim is a senior, forgeries also constitute criminal financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuity Sales Commissions Are Significant Premium “Bonuses” Are Phantom Benefit Lengthy And Costly Surrender Periods Deferred annuities, like fixed indexed annuities, are long and complicated insurance contract under which an insurance company agrees to pay you income at regular intervals in the future in return for an upfront […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Powers Of Attorney Are Powerful Legal Instruments Potential For Abuse Always Exists Examples Of Power Of Attorney Misuse Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important and powerful legal documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal who executes the POA.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Penalties On Withdrawals And Contract Fees Complex Interest Crediting Rules Risks Of Loss Deferred annuities are contracts where the policy holder makes an upfront premium payment in exchange from an income stream in years to come.  The principal sounds simple enough but in fact deferred annuities, like fixed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 47 ATM Transactions In Single Month Dementia Sufferer Unaware She Had An ATM Card Caregiver Enters Guilty Plea Following Arrest ATM cards are a particular target for a dishonest caregiver or other stranger in an elderly person’s home.  If they can ascertain the PIN, the senior is really […]