Category: Financial Powers of Attorney

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Stole Money Over Six-Year Period Over $860,000 Gone Falsified Documents And Beneficiary Designations Older persons often execute powers of attorney (POAs) to appoint designated persons to transact financial affairs on their behalf with full legal authority to do so.  The person appointed under the POA is called […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Misuse Of Power Of Attorney Of Elderly And Disabled Persons Authorities Believe $3.5 Million Stolen 96-Year-Old Victim Nearly Evicted From Nursing Home For Non-Payment Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Family Believes Over $2.5 Million Stolen  Owner’s Social Security Benefits Allegedly Taken Bookkeeper Worked For Family For 25 Years So many times we read that financial elder abuse is perpetrated on a senior by someone, like a caregiver, who is new to the life of the elderly person.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Misuse Of Power Of Attorney Victim Recent Widow And Dementia Sufferer Allegedly Took $450,000 From Victim Recently widowed seniors are especially vulnerable to financial elder abuse by all manner of financial predators.  If the recently widowed senior also suffers from dementia, the risk is even greater.  Financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Improper Money Transfers And Credit Card Use Allegedly Used POA to Write Checks To Himself  Elderly Victims Left With No Money In Account Powers of attorney (POAs) grant the agents appointed under them full legal authority to act for the principal who executes the POA.  The person […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Criminal And Civil Penalties Examples Of Power Of Attorney Abuse Enhanced Remedies For Seniors Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority over medical decisions and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Pastor Pleads Guilty To Theft Unauthorized Credit Card Use Police Affidavit Alleged Continual Use Of Elderly Couple’s Money An agent or attorney-in-fact under a power of attorney (POA) has full legal authority to act for the principal who executes the POA.  The POA may be for financial matters […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Authority Under Powers Of Attorney How Agents Abuse That Authority Remedies For Power Of Attorney Abuse Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority over medical […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Spotting Power Of Attorney Abuse How Agents Use POAs To Enrich Themselves Stopping And Suing For POA Abuse A power of attorney is a document authorizing one or more people (“agent(s)” or “attorney(s)-in-fact”)) to act on behalf of another (the “principal”) in financial or medical matters. Financial powers of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Using Power Of Attorney To Commit Fraud Using POA After Principal’s Death Remedies When POA Agents Commit Fraud Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority […]