Since those close to the elder are often the primary sources of abuse, it is better if the power of attorney is devolved or decentralized. In this case, the various people with the power will ...

elder-abuse investigator, Rhode Island Department of Attorney General. Your brother, who has power of attorney for your father with Alzheimer's disease, won't let you look at your father's accounts.

A durable power of attorney (POA) should be trustworthy and ... Financial scams and elder abuse tactics evolve continually. The scams (e.g., romance scams, grandparent scams, investment scams ...

common to the two cases and dozens more elder-abuse actions across Florida: The alleged misuse of a powerful but little-regulated legal mechanism called power of attorney. Power-of-attorney ...

Gaylene Thomas was given the power of attorney to sell her mother Adela Cottam’s home, and then withdrew $188,000 from her ...

An elder law attorney can help create a will, a living will and an estate plan, not to mention a health care or financial power of attorney. Taxes are also a big consideration when creating your ...

THIS column takes a break from the usual “Hypothetical” formula to address the important issue of elder abuse. Elder abuse is ...

A new motion in the elder abuse case against suspended Orlando ... was competent enough to grant Hill a “power of attorney” over her affairs and approve of financial transactions Hill made ...

By Shane O'Brien Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and NYC Department for the Aging Commissioner Lorraine Cortés-Vásquez ...