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New Jersey Law Journal

Bilking Elderly Clients Gets NJ Lawyer 10-Year Sentence

A New Jersey lawyer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for fleecing millions of dollars from his elderly clients.Ocean County Superior Court…
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

New Orphans' Court Rules Bring Changes to Pa. Guardianships

A new World Health Organization supported study confirms the worst fears of an aging population. Drawing upon data from 28 countries spanning 12 global regions, researchers present a grim portrait of unchecked elder abuse and neglect.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

SeniorLAW Center and AARP Leverage Pro Bono to Change Systems and Lives

Philadelphia's own SeniorLAW Center and AARP are developing an innovative partnership that will use the power of the city's legal community to improve the lives of senior veterans, elder abuse victims, and grandparents raising grandchildren, far too many of whom face poverty or other challenges.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lesbian Couple Denied Housing by Senior Living Community Files Suit

In 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Obergefell v. Hodges case that marriage equality was the law of the land, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community celebrated, but only briefly.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lessons From Buzz Aldrin Guardianship: Twin Filings Put Focus on Abuse

In his Elder Law column, Daniel G. Fish writes: Buzz Aldrin was the second person to set foot on the moon's surface and only 12 people have set foot there. But now he is one of an estimated one and a half million adults who are the subject of guardianship proceedings in the United States.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

In 'Bellwether,' Judge Rejects Spousal Share for Caretaker Who Married Businessman at Life's End

The caretaker for a businessman who married him in his final days forfeited her statutory share of his estate because she knowingly married him while he was mentally incapacitated, a Surrogate's Court judge found.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Buzz Aldrin Sues Children, Alleging Misuse of His Finances

Aldrin's lawsuit filed earlier this month in a Florida state court came a week after his children, Andrew and Janice, filed a petition claiming their father was suffering from memory loss, delusions, paranoia and confusion.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards Family of Nursing Home Sex Assault Victim $7.5M

A Lancaster jury handed a $7.5 million verdict to the family of an elderly woman who was sexually assaulted while a resident at an Akron, Pennsylvania, nursing facility.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trust Agreements and Due-on-Sale Clauses

In his Elder Law column, Daniel G. Fish writes: For the client who is considering a transfer to a trust of property that is encumbered with a loan secured by a lien, great care must be exercised at the initial stage to ensure that the property can be successfully transferred and that it can be transferred without triggering the due-on-sale clause.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

How to Challenge Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement Against Nursing Home Resident

The enforceability of arbitration agreements between nursing homes and their residents is a fact-driven inquiry and implicates important policy considerations related to public safety that are not found in the typical dispute over an arbitration provision.
9 minute read

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