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• Zeta Phi Beta Sorority to Host Advance Directives Workshop on Dec. 12 in Phoenix

  
  phxsoul.com — Authority: 136
  What if you were in a coma? What if you could not think clearly because of illness or injury? Would your family know what to do? Would your doctor know what treatments you want? Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, Delta Gamma Zeta Chapter will host a workshop, entitiled "Making Your Wishes Known: Advance Directives" at the ...
  3 days ago

• Orlando, Florida – Sixteen-year-old Prostitute’s Baby Held Hostage by Pimp

  
  Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog — Authority: 134
  The Orange County, Florida Sheriff’s Office made ten arrests recently, stemming from an investigation into an internet prostitution ring. The investigation took place over several weeks and included individuals in seven Florida counties. One of the alleged prostitutes arrested was a sixteen-year-old girl. She told ...
  5 days ago

• Chipley, Florida – Missing Baby, Shannon Dedrick, Found Alive; Mother and Aunt Arrested

  
  Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog — Authority: 134
  Shannon Dedrick, the Florida seven-month-old who was reported missing from her home over a week ago, was found alive recently. The girl was found lying hidden in a small box under the bed of her babysitter / step-aunt, Susan Baker. Shannon appeared to be in good health. According to police, Ms. Baker had asked the ...
  6 days ago

• News and perspective from Illinois

  
  Estate of Denial — Authority: 143
  It was surprising, but good to learn that former Illinois caregiver Sandra Gayle received jail time for financial exploitation of an elderly woman through abusing a power of attorney. Others in the state, particularly Cook County, still seem to be struggling with courts viewed as corrupt and abusive toward those ...
  1 week ago

• Former caregiver gets 4 year sentence for elder financial exploitation

  
  Estate of Denial — Authority: 143
  Ex-caregiver gets 4 years for stealing. Chris Dettro November 13, 2009 The State Journal-Register http://www.sj-r.com/news/x809131769/Caretaker-gets-four-years-for-ripping-off-elderly-woman The former caretaker for a 93-year-old retired Springfield pathologist has been sentenced to four years in prison and ordered ...
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• Parents: Daughter took our house and put us in a home

  
  Chicago Bar-tender — Authority: 593
  An elderly couple is suing their daughter for deceit after she allegedly got them to sign their house over to her and then put them in a nursing home. According to the complaint, Overton and Bernice Williams were both born in 1917 and are "unsophisticated in legal matters." They lived in their home in Chicago with ...
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• Legislation Will Clarify Test for Capacity to Make a Power of Attorney in B.C.

  
  Rule of Law — Authority: 116
  I wrote a post in December 2005 on the test for capacity to make a power of attorney in British Columbia. The case law is not clear on whether a person must be able to understand the extent of his or her property to meet the legal tests for capacity. The Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 20 ...
  2 weeks ago

• IL man victimized by alleged scam

  
  Estate of Denial — Authority: 143
  Woman allegedly scams elderly man Sharon Woods Harris October 31, 2009 Pekin Daily Times http://www.pekintimes.com/news/x665159777/Woman-allegedly-scams-elderly-man PEKIN, Ill. - A South Pekin woman was arrested Friday for allegedly bilking an elderly man out of cars, loans and his pension money. Gina Y. Robinson, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Read My Lips

  
  It's Not All Gravy — Authority: 124
  Its Not a Death Squad Thousands of people are protesting the health care plan being considered in Washington for all the wrong reasons. They are zeroing in on the section on end-of-life issues and promoting the idea that the provision means the government will be telling people when to die. Sarah Palin is one of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Documents On Your Behalf: Living Will And Power Of Attorney

  
  rotatelogs.com — Authority: 132
  Planning for your incapacity is the only way to ensure that your health care wishes are followed in the event that you can’t speak for yourself. Without properly documenting your health care wishes, you may find yourself in a situation in which a doctor, judge, or long-lost family member may be making health care ...
  3 weeks ago

• Financial Elder Abuse: Families Cash In On Times Terrible Toll (AUSTRALIA)

  
  Spotlight on Elder Abuse — Authority: 141
  BY CHRIS BARRETT November 5, 2009 Queenslands elderly are being financially exploited by their nearest and dearest at an alarmingly growing rate, the states Public Trustee has warned. Peter Carne told brisbanetimes.com.au that cases of financial elder abuse, particularly of those that are ...
  3 weeks ago

• City Council Shows Support for Elouise James

  
  National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse — Authority: 143
  Clemson City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting Monday night with one noticeable absence — suspended member Elouise James. Gov. Mark Sanford suspended James, arrested in September on criminal charges resulting from a joint investigation conducted by the 13th Circuit Solicitor’s Office and SLED over ...
  3 weeks ago

• West Palm Beach, Florida – Mother (Ivana Linic) Convicted of Starving Her Son (Nehemiah Chavis) to Death

  
  Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog — Authority: 134
  Ivana Linic, age 23, of West Palm Beach, Florida was convicted of starving her 5-month-old son to death. She may be sentenced to as many as fifteen years in prison. Linic claimed that she fed the baby adequately, but the child’s autopsy results showed that he had only gained two pounds in the five months since his ...
  3 weeks ago

• I Have a Trust. Why Do I Still Need a Power of Attorney?

  
  Massachusetts Estate Planning and Elder Law — Authority: 104
  I am often asked by my clients, "if I have a trust that is going to allow for the management of all my property, why do I still need a durable power of attorney?"  The durable power of attorney, in addition to allowing your agent to manage your non-trust property, also allows the agent to act on your behalf in many ...
  3 weeks ago

• Secret court seizes £3.2bn from elderly and mentally impaired

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 144
  A must-read piece from Mail Online.A secret court is seizing the assets of thousands of elderly and mentally impaired people and turning control of their lives over to the State – against the wishes of their relatives.The draconian measures are being imposed by the little-known Court of Protection, set up two years ...
  3 weeks ago

• Secret court seizes £3.2bn from elderly and mentally impaired

  
  Get Out of Dodge! — Authority: 136
  A must-read piece from Mail Online. A secret court is seizing the assets of thousands of elderly and mentally impaired people and turning control of their lives over to the State – against the wishes of their relatives. The draconian measures are being imposed by the little-known Court of Protection, set up two ...
  3 weeks ago

• How Do We Bar the Door?

  
  The Checkout Line — Authority: 124
  Dear Judy, My insane brother — and I don’t use that word loosely — is insisting our terminally ill mother get “everything she deserves.” Mom is under hospice care: she has metastatic breast cancer which has gone to the bone. She is a brave person, but she’s had enough, and left us specific instructions. ...
  4 weeks ago

• “Hospital forces lesbian to die alone”

  
  Feminocracy — Authority: 110
  “ Hospital forces lesbian to die alone “ I found the allegations in this post terrifying. We tell people that the living will and power of attorney are important documents that will prevent this very thing from happening. If the hospital won’t pay attention to legally valid documents stating that someone is ...
  4 weeks ago

• Panama City, Florida – Talkative Couple (Kimberly Smith and James Moore) Admit Drug Use To Police

  
  Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog — Authority: 134
  Bay County, Florida Sheriff’s deputies were called to the residence of Kimberly Smith and James Moore to settle a dispute. While they were talking to the couple, Moore admitted to the officers that he had smoked meth four days previously. One of the neighbors then accused the couple of cooking meth in front of the ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Court of Protection

  
  Fighting Monsters — Authority: 417
  There was a curious headline in the Mail on Sunday yesterday. I was not curious enough to buy the paper but curious enough to investigate on the Mail website. Apparently, according to the journalist, Secret court seizes £3.2bn from elderly… and even forces furious families to pay to access own bank account ...
  4 weeks ago

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