Category: California Financial Elder Abuse Attorney

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Credit Card Use Victim’s Family Spots Suspicious Charges Protecting Older Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse Stealing a senior’s debit or credit cards and making unauthorized charges are a common form of financial elder abuse.  Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Entrusted To Pay Victim’s Bills Unpaid Rent Leads To Eviction Caregiver Allegedly Stole Thousands While most financial elder abuse starts out relatively small, the amounts stolen grow over time as the predator gets away with his or her theft.  Left undetected, financial elder abuse can go on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft From Seniors By Misuse of Powers of Attorney Case Example Remedies For Victims Financial powers of attorney (POAs) are important legal instruments that grant full legal authority over a person’s financial affairs, unless the POA expressly limits the appointed agent’s power in some way.  The scope of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Strangers And Familiar Persons Are Both Possible Predators All Seniors At Risk Tips For Protecting Older Loved One Seniors and persons of all ranks of life may be victims of financial elder abuse.  Abuse strikes across all genders and socioeconomic groups.  Any wrongful taking of a senior or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Fraud Dementia Victim Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud While theft from any person is a crime, when the victim is over 65 any theft is also criminal financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability against the person who took the property.  According to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Stealing Pension And Social Security Benefits Dangers Of Online Access To Benefits Protecting Older Loved Ones Dishonest caregivers with internet access may gain access to a senior’s pension or Social Security benefit profiles with just a few pieces of important information like the senior’s date of birth and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Redirected Social Security Benefits Unauthorized Online Access Protecting Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse Anonymous online access to pension or Social Security benefit profiles or phone impersonations of seniors are frequent ploys by caregivers intent on stealing from unsuspecting older persons. Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Credit Card Use Victim’s Family Spots Suspicious Charges Protecting Older Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse Stealing a senior’s debit or credit cards and making unauthorized charges are a common form of financial elder abuse.  Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broad Authority Over All Financial Matters Risk Of Theft Remedies For Injured Seniors 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.  There are powers of attorney […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Avoid Sales Pitches On Deferred Annuities The Bogus “Age 75 Rule” Other Disadvantages Of Deferred Annuities There are a lot of bogus sales pitches and catch phrases about the benefits of deferred annuities as retirement savings and how to “time” investment in a deferred annuity.  The so -called […]