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Posts Tagged: Substitute Decisions Act
1 ResultsWhat Happens When a Fiduciary Misappropriates Funds?
by: Diane Vieira, July 25, 2020
There is growing concern about the financial exploitation of the elderly by their attorneys for property. The combination of a cognitively impaired grantor (a person who appoints an attorney for property) paired with an attorney who has unfettered access to all of the grantor’s property creates the potential for financial abuse by attorneys. A power…read more