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Recommended Website: GRADE - Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Elderly...
Reforming guardianship for the future of the disabled and elderly of Texas. Protecting the Constitutional, Civil and Human Rights of Texas's most vulnerable population. Advocating to ensure that our...
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Jones named in guardianship dispute
State superintendent’s candidate Jana Jones has been named in a civil case over the guardianship of her husband’s elderly parents.In the civil complaint, one of Jana Jones’ brothers-in-law says the...
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Mentally ill man's home to be sold by state-appointed guardian
GENESEE COUNTY, MI (WNEM) - A mid-Michigan man is upset after his rights have been stripped to care for his mentally ill son and now the son's home is being sold by his state-appointed guardian....
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Shocking nursing home abuse caught on camera
WINTER HAVEN, Florida (WFLA) – A hidden camera placed inside a patient’s room at a Winter Haven, Florida nursing home captured images that have two employees facing criminal charges. It shows an...
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Hardin County woman indicted on mail, wire fraud charges
Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced today that Martha Marie Bizzell, 42, of Crump, was indicted earlier this week by a federal grand jury sitting in...
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Probate Court names 3 to oversee guardianships
Franklin County Probate Judge Robert G. MontgomeryThe Franklin County Probate Court has named three people to oversee guardianships, making Franklin County the first in the state with such a program....
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How Neurologic Conditions Affect Planning
To best address current and future client needs, practitioners must understand the incidence and nature of the challenges that aging and disease can create. Many practitioners plan under the...
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Wyden supports legislation that would add elder abuse investigators
US Sen. Ron WydenPORTLAND — During a Friday speech, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden threw his support behind plans to save a stalled piece of federal legislation that could give states $100 million to hire new...
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Couple allegedly robbed by caretaker: “It’s like somebody taking a knife and...
Yorktown, Va. – Trust. It’s what 92-year-olds Ruth and Edward Martin say lost them nearly $14,000.“I always trusted her. I really did. We had no reason not to trust her; she came across so sincere, but...
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Colorado’s judicial discipline agency budget mostly secret
Since its inception nearly 50 years ago, the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline has only made three disciplinary cases against judges public, and the director told Watchdog.org that even the...
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How to put order back in Pa. courts
Recent revelations of pornographic e-mails, name-calling in the media, allegations of criminal and ethical misconduct, and amateur psychological diagnoses have done nothing but tarnish the...
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Metro Could Be on Hook for Money Stolen from Estate
By Walter F. Roche, Jr. The attorney for an estate bilked out of $771,009 is asking a judge to rule that Metro government should be held liable for those losses because the probate court clerk's office...
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TX: A Road Map to Guardianship Alternatives
Texas guardianship proceedings can be intrusive, burdensome and costly. Practitioners should be aware of the many alternatives to guardianship that are available to Texas residents. This guide provides...
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Deceased attorney under investigation over missing money
Nov. 02--WATERLOO -- An attorney at a prominent Waterloo firm who died in September is at the center of a probe over missing money, according to court records.Last week, a Waverly family filed a claim...
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Restrictions Sought On Guardians Of Elderly
Calls for tighter controls on elder guardians pervaded the seminars and hallways of the American Bar Association’s National Aging and Law Conference Thursday and Friday.“Powers of attorney are so...
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A father’s scars: For Va.’s Creigh Deeds, tragedy brings unending questions
Creigh Deeds (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)HE WAKES UP, and even before he opens his eyes, he can see his beautiful, delusional son.Gus, Creigh Deeds thinks. He lies in bed a few minutes more,...
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Seattle woman: 'Guardianship system stole my mother'
(Click picture to watch video)From her earliest days, Dorothy Haskell of Spokane lived life her way."My mother was very strong willed, independent and opinionated," said her daughter, Lori...
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Pill addiction blamed in Jonesborough woman's admittance of stealing from...
Jama CurtisAn addiction to prescription pain pills is what led a Jonesborough woman to steal more than $80,000 from an elderly man she helped take care of, she told a Washington County Criminal Court...
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Attorney pleads guilty to bilking elderly clients
An elder-law attorney pleaded guilty Monday to stealing millions from clients in their 80s and 90s she was supposed to be helping.Barbara Lieberman, 62, admitted manipulating clients’ accounts to put...
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Elder Abuse Task Force formed in York County
A new task force will fight the abuse of elderly people in York County. York County District Attorney Tom Kearney and the York County Area Agency on Aging made the announcement Wednesday at the weekly...
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