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Blog: Elder

Updated: 01.11.2024
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What Is Considered Elder Financial Exploitation or Abuse in California?

As the population ages, protecting our seniors from financial harm becomes increasingly important. Financial elder abuse in California refers to the...
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Updated: 09.22.2022
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Most Common Signs of Elder Abuse and Neglect

As your loved ones grow old, with every year they often depend more and more on others to care for them. This opens up the possibility of abuse, not...
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Updated: 04.28.2023
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What Is the Difference Between Guardianship and Conservatorship in California?

It’s easy to confuse guardianships and conservatorships because the meaning of the terms varies from state to state. In some states, the term...
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Updated: 04.28.2023
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The Most Common Grounds for Disinheritance

As trust and estate litigation attorneys, we have been involved in many will and trust contests in which parents have disinherited one or more of...
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Updated: 04.28.2021
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FINRA Proposes New Rules Designed To Protect Elderly Investors

The Financial Industry Regulatory Agency (FINRA) has recently submitted to the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission a rule change proposal designed to...
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Updated: 04.28.2021
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Mental Capacity: A Double-Edged Sword (Cont.)

In early June, we published an article outlining the legal case of Mr. Redstone, age 93, who owns about 80 percent of CBS and Viacom-reportedly a $40...
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Updated: 10.28.2020
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My Inheritance Was Adeemed! (Or What Happens When Your Dad Leaves You His House, But Sells It Before He Dies)

In plain language, ademption is what occurs in the situation described in the title of this article: A will leaves a particular piece of real or...
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Updated: 05.30.2023
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What Happens to a Conservatorship Upon Death?

A general conservatorship usually continues until the conserved person (called the “conservatee”) dies. Courts and conservatorship...
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Updated: 04.28.2021
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Right to an Attorney in Probate Code Proceedings

Most people know that a defendant in a criminal case has a Constitutional right to an attorney. Our clients are often surprised to learn that certain...
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