Legal guardians steal millions from elderly, report says

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/legal-guardians-steal-millions-from-elderly-report-says-987975.html

This report discusses the GAO investigation of guardianship that reported abuse and exploitation.

GAO Report Casts Shadow Over Guardianships

The GAO report of guardianship is an indictment of the probate court system that appoints guardians and has responsiblity for monitoring them and holding them accountable. Abuse and Financial Exploitation is rampant in a system that operates under the guise of protection and color of law.

GAO Report on Guardianship Released

The GAO report on guardianship at the request of Senator Herb Kohl who chairs the Senate Special Committee on Aging has been released. This report focused primarily on abuse by guardians. It shows a system that is fraught with abuse, neglect, financial exploitation and lack of oversight. Many of us sent cases to the GAO and they received hundreds of reports of abuse from family members and victims. It is time for federal intervention and it is going to take more than just training judges and court personel. We need this industry to be regulated to ensure and enforce checks and balances and to stop the looting free for all by guardians and attorneys that is occuring in so many jurisdictions.

www.stopelderabuse.net

Dallas woman fights for control after bank asks court to appoint guardian

Baldacci expected to sign bill on guardianship

AUGUSTA - Gov. John Baldacci is expected to soon sign a bill raising the legal bar for appointing a guardian, such as for someone with developmental disabilities or an elderly person.

We need the legal bar to be raised in every state and for the States to retroactively review all guardianships and dismiss all these guardianships that were only put in place to loot estates.

Courtney Love loses legal guardianship of Frances Bean

Courtney Love loses guardianship of her seventeen year old daughter on the grounds she is an unfit mother? Why wait until the daughter is almost 18 years old?

It's too bad social services cannot just look out for this girl until she turns 18 a bit down the road.

Money is often a primary driving factor in guardianship cases.

See our petition at www.endguardianshipabuse.net

Read the complete article here
http://www.avclub.com/articles/courtney-love-loses-legal-guardianship-of-frances,36322/

Theft brings up issues on law firm's actions | Portland Press Herald

Portland Lawyer John Duncan was sentenced to 28 months for stealing over $300,000 from his elderly clients and is serving a 28 month sentence in federal prison. Now there are questions about the other attorneys with the firm and his partners that are being raised.

It is time for everyone including the lawyers to be held accountable the financial exploitation of the elderly.

Theft brings up issues on law firm's actions | Portland Press Herald