More mainstream media coverage! Yes. The title? ABUSE PLAGUES SYSTEM OF LEGAL GUARDIANS. And they act like it’s something new.
From the Wall Street Journal, an article on the g-ship of Linda McDowell, 71 years old.
But guardianship systems across the country are plagued by allegations of financial exploitation and abuse, despite waves of overhaul efforts. As a result, critics say, many elderly people with significant assets become ensnared in a system that seems mainly to succeed at generating billings. “These laws which were designed to protect the vulnerable are being used against them to exploit them,” says Dr. Sam Sugar, founder of Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianship, an advocacy group.
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But the roughly 1.5 million adult guardianships in the U.S. involve an estimated $273 billion in assets, according to Anthony Palmieri, auditor for the guardianship fraud program in Palm Beach County, Fla.
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“My savings are gone,”…
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