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Guardianship judge allows daughter back into dad's life
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- In a case that's been called a matter of greed versus love, one family says love has prevailed.It's a battle over guardianship of a father that Darcy Spears has been...
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Nurse pleads guilty to taking Insys kickbacks as Subsys marketing probe...
In an apparent sign that federal prosecutors are zeroing in on the pain-drug maker Insys Therapeutics ($INSY), a Connecticut nurse and top prescriber has pleaded guilty to accepting $83,000 worth of...
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9 Investigates mysterious hospice death
Click to Watch VideoMELBOURNE, Fla. — The children of a decorated Marine want justice for their father after they learned he died with four times the lethal limit of morphine in his system, yet there...
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Panel appointed to improve Clark County’s troubled guardianship system
By COLTON LOCHHEADLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNALThe Nevada Supreme Court named 23 people Friday to a panel aimed at reforming and improving the state’s guardianship system, according to a Friday news...
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Tonight on T.S.Radio: Joe Roubicek on Criminal Law Applied to Guardianship
Hosted By Marti Oakley & Debbie DahmerOur guest this evening is Joe Roubicek, a detective who has dealt directly with the targeting of the elderly by predators in the probate system.We are exposed...
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Betrayal of trust: Part 1 - Section 3
'Not a normal life'Pining for the way things were Hugo's story shows just how convoluted and confounding guardianship cases can be.Lieberman hasn't been charged with any wrongdoing in her handling of...
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Betrayal of trust: Part 1 - Section 2
Too much authorityA secret system Like tens of thousands of elderly New Jerseyans, and at least 1.5 million Americans, she's consigned to a guardianship system that's shrouded in secrecy, tangled in...
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Betrayal of trust: Part 1
An attorney's shocking crimes show how easy it is to steal millions from seniors.Part OneShannon Mullen, @MullenAPPShe has broken no law, committed no crime.Yet Helen Hugo, a soft-spoken,...
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Betrayal of Trust: Part Two - Section 3
Fancy cars, fluffy puppiesSurrounded by strangersAs a child, Linda Carestia loved visiting her "Auntie Irma's" toy shop on her visits to the Jersey Shore.Her aunt — really a much older cousin — let her...
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Betrayal of Trust: Part Two - Section 2
'It's about making money'Thieves are everywhereIn the U.S., scamming the elderly is a nearly $3 billion-a-year-business.Its growth potential is off the charts.America is getting grayer by the day. By...
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Betrayal of Trust: Part Two
Shannon Mullen, @MullenAPP Barbara and Ken Martin never stood a chance.Thoroughly outmatched, their legal fight to free Barbara Martin's aunt, Helen Hugo, from the grip of what they believed to be an...
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Betrayal of trust: Part Three - Section 3
Back in the courtroomHandcuffed and sentencedLieberman avoided a trial by pleading guilty to one count of money laundering. She also agreed to pay $3 million in restitution, surrender her law license,...
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Betrayal of trust: Part Three - Section 2
Little EnforcementA system with no checks and balancesMost private guardians are required to submit status updates and financial reports, but many county surrogate offices — which oversee guardianship...
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Betrayal of trust: Part Three
Shannon Mullen, @MullenAPP Elder abuse cases like Barbara J. Lieberman's aren't supposed to happen in New Jersey.The state has one of the strongest guardianship laws in the U.S.On paper, that is.New...
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The Vegas Voice Guardianship Seminar
Julie Belshe (a family victim of guardian April Parks) with Vegas Voice Publisher, Dan Roberts, at The Vegas Voice Guardianship seminar, held at Sun City MacDonald Ranch.Don't miss our next...
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The Power Of The Past: Boomers Catch Nostalgia Fever
Martha T.S. LahamDo you remember watching the original airing of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Leave It to Beaver, or I Love Lucy? If you're nodding your head, smiling, and wistfully thinking...
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Royal Oak Guardian Files Lawsuit Against Ward’s Father Over Blog About...
PONTIAC, Mich., June 30, 2015– A Royal Oak-based guardian has filed a lawsuit against the father of one of his ward’s over an Internet blog designed to raise awareness about the lack of...
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Betrayal of trust, Part 4: How to help the vulnerable
Shannon Mullen, @MullenAPP Billions are stolen from the elderly and infirm across the country each year. Here's how to stop itOn June 15, some 200 New Jersey judges, attorneys, guardians and court...
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Steve Miller: Judge Steel Frees Three "Wards" From Exploitive Court Ordered...
LAS VEGAS - In a unprecedented flurry of court action, on June 30, newly appointed Clark County Family Court Judge Cynthia Dianne Steel freed three previously court appointed wards of the court from...
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Jury Awards Family $1.2 M in Nursing Home Abuse Case
An Oklahoma jury awarded $1.2 million to the family of a 96-year-old woman who was abused in a nursing home by two employees. Eryetha Mayberry’s three daughters filed a nursing home abuse lawsuit...
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