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• Legislation Will Clarify Test for Capacity to Make a Power of Attorney in B.C.

  
  Rule of Law — Authority: 112
  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 ...
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• IL man victimized by alleged scam

  
  Estate of Denial — Authority: 142
  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, ...
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• Read My Lips

  
  It's Not All Gravy — Authority: 121
  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 ...
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• Documents On Your Behalf: Living Will And Power Of Attorney

  
  rotatelogs.com — Authority: 130
  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 ...
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• Financial Elder Abuse: Families Cash In On Times Terrible Toll (AUSTRALIA)

  
  Spotlight on Elder Abuse — Authority: 129
  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 ...
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• City Council Shows Support for Elouise James

  
  National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse — Authority: 441
  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 ...
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• West Palm Beach, Florida – Mother (Ivana Linic) Convicted of Starving Her Son (Nehemiah Chavis) to Death

  
  Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog — Authority: 130
  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 ...
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• I Have a Trust. Why Do I Still Need a Power of Attorney?

  
  Massachusetts Estate Planning and Elder Law — Authority: 91
  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 ...
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• Secret court seizes £3.2bn from elderly and mentally impaired

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 142
  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 ...
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• Secret court seizes £3.2bn from elderly and mentally impaired

  
  Get Out of Dodge! — Authority: 135
  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 ...
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• How Do We Bar the Door?

  
  The Checkout Line — Authority: 122
  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. ...
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• “Hospital forces lesbian to die alone”

  
  Feminocracy — Authority: 108
  “ 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 ...
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• Panama City, Florida – Talkative Couple (Kimberly Smith and James Moore) Admit Drug Use To Police

  
  Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog — Authority: 130
  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 ...
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• 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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Secret court seizes £3.2bn from elderly… and even forces furious families to pay to access own bank account

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 549
  By Jason Lewis, Mail On Sunday Whitehall Editor Last updated at 10:27 PM on 24th October 2009 Comments ( 0 ) Add to My Stories 3,000 complaints in first 18 months of new system Families made to pay to access own bank account Homes of elderly raided in search for documents ...
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• Tallahassee, Florida – Children in State Care Slower to Get Drugs After Child (Gabriel Meyers) Hangs Himself While Taking Psychiatric Medications

  
  Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog — Authority: 130
  This past April, seven-year-old foster child, Gabriel Meyers, apparently committed suicide after taking prescribed psychiatric drugs. The death has caused a debate that is slowing the flow of prescribed medications to children in state care in Florida. After the child’s death, the Florida Department of Children ...
  2 weeks ago

• Amitabh in fresh trouble over Uttar Pradesh farmland

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Lucknow, Oct 23 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan seems headed for fresh trouble over a controversial plot of farmland in Daulatpur village of Barabanki district that he purchased last year.The 1.383 hectare plot in Daulatpur, about 40 km from here, has been gifted to a proposed college named after his ...
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• Gay Couples Law Blog: Florida Decision on Gay Hospital Visitation Rights Affects Straight Couples Too

  
  cinna.mn — Authority: 110
  Gay Couples Law Blog: Florida Decision on Gay Hospital Visitation Rights Affects Straight Couples Too [T]he United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed a lawsuit brought by a woman who wasn’t allowed to visit her dying same sex partner in a hospital. The woman had all the proper ...
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• When Your Significant Other Overrides Your Living Will

  
  Better Health — Authority: 602
  He knew she was angry with him. “Whenever I come to see her, I reach out and take her hand, but she looks away.” Husband and wife for well over 50 years, they had been through a lot.  They met in another country in another time, and to hear him tell it, it almost seemed fated that they’d end up together.  ...
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• MI man pleads no contest in elder abuse case

  
  Estate of Denial — Authority: 142
  Plea entered in elder abuse case Kelly Dame October 17, 2009 Midland Daily News (MI) http://ourmidland.com/articles/2009/10/17/police_and_courts/doc4ad95c8c0b614179667905.txt The Midland man accused of ignoring his 84-year-old mother’s medical needs resulting in the amputation of her right foot has pleaded no ...
  3 weeks ago

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