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7 Decisions to Make for Your Durable Power of Attorney
by Harry S. MargolisI've always said that the durable power of attorney is your most important estate planning document. It appoints your agent or agents (called your "attorney-in-fact") to step in and...
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Bid to update guardianship laws
Public feedback is being sought on proposed changes to ACT Guardianship laws, which will give people with disabilities more say in making decisions. An inquiry is being conducted by the Australian...
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'Probate Pirates'
Find out what your lawyer won't tell you about probate court. A must-read for anyone planning to get old. Take a look inside the biggest organized crime currently being perpetrated on Americans. Find...
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Home health worker accused of bilking elderly lady of $13,000
Shirley Marie Scott LockeyMAXTON — A Maxton woman is accused of taking thousands of dollars from an elderly woman for whom she worked as a caretaker.Shirley Marie Scott Lockey is facing charges of...
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Longtime Cleveland attorney charged with stealing $115,000 from estate
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An 84-year-old Cleveland attorney is accused of stealing $115,000 from the estate of a client, and using the money to pay his bills.Gerald Cooper is charged in federal court with...
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Gavel Guardians
Dorothy LuckResidents and activists are looking on with keen interest as lawmakers in Austin are discussing new bills that could give probate judges even more power to place people under guardianship....
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New Movie Involving Autism Story Line Premiers Today: NIGHTLIGHTS
Erin is a sweet 27 year-old living with and providing for her twin brother Jacob, who is severely affected by autism.Having accepted the role of parent to her brother, Erin has given up on her hopes...
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DeWine: Ohio bill would protect elderly from scams
HAMILTON -- Ohio's elderly would have more protection from financial scams and other abuse under a new bill, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said here Thursday.Ohio House Bill 24 recently passed the...
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'Where was I supposed to go?' Pilot program helps elder abuse victims, whose...
DorisOver a 50-year marriage in which she had been abused verbally, financially and physically, Doris learned to do what her husband told her.So on a Friday four years ago, when he told her to go to...
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Grandkids Enlisted To Fight Senior Fraud
The scam is simple: A fraudster pretends to be a senior’s grandchild on a foreign trip. The con artist calls the loving elder begging for money saying he or she is in jail or in some other trouble. The...
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Hutch attorney hit with discipline
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday placed Hutchinson attorney Sam Kepfield on supervised probation for three years for violating professional rules of conduct in his representation of a prison inmate....
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Post investigates: How professional guardian got marriage annulled
by John PacentiGlenda Martinez-Smith found the love of her life as a senior citizen.Martinez-Smith, 68, said she felt like she hit the lottery when she met retired Army Col. J. Alan Smith of Boynton...
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Who’s responsible in caring for aging parents?
Powder Springs Police Chief Charlie SewellIn a recent conversation, a woman grumbled that her elderly father squandered his money, didn’t make good career decisions and now he expected her to provide...
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Former Cook County attorney indefinitely suspended from practicing law
Former Cook County attorney Timothy Scannell has been suspended indefinitely from practicing law in an order filed by the state Supreme Court. Scannell was convicted last summer on two counts of...
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Guardians Gone Bad?
Imagine yourself reaching the age of 93, you are still healthy and you have wealth, only to become a prisoner of the legal system in your own home. It is a scenario being played out in hundreds if not...
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2 men accused of financial exploitation of elderly
SCOTT COUNTY, MO (KFVS) -Two St. Peters, Missouri men are accused of financial exploitation of the elderly.Harry MarksHarry Marks, 63, and Brandon Parker-Marks, 22, were charged with financial...
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In an Iowa courtroom, an astonishing case of sex and Alzheimer’s
By Sarah Kaplan In late March, a county courtroom in Iowa heard motions ahead of the trial of Henry Rayhons, who is accused of having sex with his wife after Alzheimer’s left her incapable of giving...
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A radical experiment tried to make old people young again — and the results...
© Provided by Business InsiderThe idea that getting old means getting frail and forgetful is so embedded in our cultural understanding of aging that it can be hard to tease apart medical realities and...
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Woman charged with exploiting grandparents in nursing home
NEOSHO, Mo. — A Granby woman was ordered bound over for trial Tuesday on charges that she drained more than $47,000 from the bank accounts of her grandparents while they were in a nursing home.At the...
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14 Lawyers Disciplined on March List
Disciplinary Actions — March 2015 State Bar list (verbatim from the State Bar of Texas)General questions regarding attorney discipline should be directed to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel’s Office,...
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