Elder financial abuse is an unfortunate reality of trust and estate disputes in California. Hackard Law's litigation team has found that in seemingly straightforward estate contests, we often uncover serious and even disturbing details of elder abuse and elder financial abuse: the exploitation of a senior for monetary gain.
The methods of exploitation in cases of financial elder abuse are varied, ranging from isolation and emotional manipulation to intimidation and outright physical attack. There are also more subtle indicators of wrongdoing - questions of timing, altered documents, and transferred funds. In a recent initiative to combat this pernicious and growing phenomenon, the Department of Justice has helpfully compiled a list of red flags of possible elder financial abuse. Let's run through the warning signs:

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