Category: financial elder abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Reported Case Example Victims’ Families Noticed Unauthorized Charges Protecting Seniors From Financial Elder Abuse Stealing a senior’s debit or credit cards and making unauthorized charges is a common form of financial elder abuse.  This can happen to seniors living in their own homes or in care facilities. Whenever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER POAs Grant Vast Authority To Appointed Agents Risk Of POA Abuse  Remedies For POA Abuse Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important estate planning 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 NEWSLETTER Fraud And Unsuitable Sales To Seniors Reported Case Examples Protecting Older Loved Ones From Fraud And Financial Elder Abuse Unscrupulous life insurance agents sometimes abuse their profession for personal gain by committing fraud on customers, particularly targeting older consumers in some cases. Dishonest life insurance agents may exploit […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Avoid The Hype On Deferred Annuities Commissions, Annual Fees, And Withdrawal Penalties Unfavorable Interest Crediting Formulas Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against certain types of deferred annuities especially for seniors because these complex insurance policies carry high fees, lack transparency and are illiquid. The contracts are illiquid […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Restraining Orders To Protect Seniors From Abuse Recent Case Example Process For Obtaining Restraining Orders Restraining orders are a powerful tool in the fight to protect seniors and dependent adults from abuse. Seniors and dependent adults are vulnerable to all forms of elder abuse: financial, physical, sexual, and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What are Riders To Annuity Contracts? Costly With Little Benefit Other Contract Disadvantages Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against certain types of deferred annuities especially for seniors because these complex insurance policies carry high fees, lack transparency and are illiquid. Even more problematic for older consumers are […]

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 Case Example Thousands Missing From Victim’s Accounts Evicted For Unpaid Rent 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 for years but for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Suffers Physical And Financial Abuse Theft And Assault Alleged Protecting Seniors Sadly, seniors are often abused or neglected by those closest to them, including those paid to care for them in their homes. Where a dishonest caregiver is after a patient’s money, actually caring for that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Thousands Allegedly Spent On Online Gambling $160,000 Missing From 85-Year-Old Victim’s Accounts Protecting Older Loved Ones Online account access and unauthorized use of debit and credit cards are two of the most widely seen kinds of theft from older persons.  The perpetrator of such theft is often a […]