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NJ is sixth most expensive state for nursing home care, survey found
New Jersey’s elderly and disabled paid the sixth-highest amount in the nation for nursing home care last year, although the state ranked in the middle as far as availability and quality of service, a...
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Guardian Sues State Claiming APS Caseworker Enabled Ex-Convict to Financially...
The guardian of a Battle Ground woman has sued the state for nearly $500,000, claiming that an Adult Protective Services caseworker enabled an ex-convict to financially exploit the woman.Max Horn, a...
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Illinois Courts Commission Asked to Discipline LaSalle County Judge Joe Hettel
The Illinois Courts Commission is being asked to discipline LaSalle County Judge Joe Hettel. A complaint filed by the Judicial Inquiry Board says a judge should live up to a high standard of conduct...
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Tennessee State Senator Wants Judicial Discipline Panel to Investigate...
State Sen. Randy McNally has asked the Board of Judicial Conduct to investigate whether two Nashville judges had “too close a relationship” with a lawyer involved in getting a client released from jail...
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The Legal Handbook for Tennessee Seniors, 2014 Edition
The TBA Public Education Committee has updated The Legal Handbook for Tennessee Seniors for 2014. The updated Handbook contains practical information on a wide range of topics, including issues such as...
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Advocates Push for Reform of Adult Guardianship System in Texas
It all started when Denise Tighe passed out at a restaurant in her North Texas hometown. The 85-year-old was taken to the hospital, deemed incapable of properly caring for herself and became a ward of...
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Judge Mike Maggio Appears Before Ethics Commission
The Arkansas judge who made national headlines this spring faced the Arkansas Ethics Commission on Friday in a confidential hearing regarding campaign contributions.Maggio's name hit headlines after...
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Georgia Voices: Stopping Elder Abuse
Greedy sleazeballs who exploit disabled and elderly adults in Georgia don’t belong in prison. They belong under the prison.That’s the best way to send the message such atrocities won’t be...
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Is APS TAking Advantage of the Elderly? Texas Advocates Say, "Yes"
Don Brannan has spent months in a nursing home for the mentally disabled. He was sent there by Adult Protective Services (APS)."I want to go home," he told News 8.Critics say the state agency is...
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Lawyer Mark Mayfield, Charged in Nursing Home Break-In, Commits Suicide
One of the supporters of Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) who was allegedly involved in directing a political blogger to break into the nursing home of Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-MS) wife, has...
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More on Ohio Attorney/Guardian James Thomas Jr. Sentenced for Theft From...
A Preble County attorney was sentenced to spend time in prison after an investigation found he stole more than $200,000 from multiple residents while acting as their financial guardian.Visiting Judge...
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Justina Pelletier to be Interviewed Tonight on "Huckabee"
There’s some good news for one Connecticut teenager who has been away from home for a long time. Justina Pelletier, 16, was taken from her parents and handed over to Massachusetts DCF in a yearlong...
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Florida: Former Home Health Care Aid Jailed
A former home health care aide was escorted from a Palm Beach County courtroom in handcuffs on Monday after admitting to ringing up more than $13,000 in charges on an 81-year-old West Boynton...
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Pastor Pleads Guilty to Exploiting Elderly Woman
An Austin pastor accused of bilking an 82-year-old woman with dementia out of more than $40,000 has pleaded guilty to one of four felonies against him. The Rev. David Vernon DeFor entered the plea...
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'Shady Probate Judge Jails Mom, Seizes Daughter and Estate'
Mailauni Williams begged to hug her mother Lennette Williams and her sister before Judge Kathryn George ordered the mother jailed 10 days for contempt during a chaotic, hostile hearing June 13 in the...
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"Probate Judge Kathryn George Jails Mom, Seizes Daughter and Estate"
Mailauni Williams begged to hug her mother Lennette Williams and her sister before Judge Kathryn George ordered the mother jailed 10 days for contempt during a chaotic, hostile hearing June 13 in the...
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TN Abuse Suspect's Lawyer Has Ties to Local Judges
Bryan Lewis, the attorney at the center of controversy over whether his friendship with Judge Casey Moreland prompted the early release of one of his clients from jail, is a well-known figure in...
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Neglect or Bureaucracy?
What happened to Tina Glantz one Saturday night in February was either medical neglect or an effort to treat a fragile person as quickly as possible.Staff members at the city-run West Neck Residence...
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Missouri Man, John Flentie, Fights for Freedom from Guardianship
Two years ago, Flentie had more than $660,000 in various bank accounts and stock investments, not including the equity in his home. He had zero credit card debt, paid every bill on time by automatic...
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Theft Suspect Attends Victim's Guardianship Hearing
Samuel Perkins, 45, the suspect in a case involving the alleged theft of an elderly East Side man’s home and life savings, made an appearance in court Monday, although the hearing he attended did not...
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