Financial Elder Abuse: Mother Victimized by Son, Daughter
By Heidi Turner
October 5, 2008
La Puente, CA: It is unthinkable that an elderly person could become the victim of financial elder abuse at the hands of her son or daughter. Unfortunately, that is what Susan S. says happened to her mother-in-law. Susan says her brother-in-law and sister-in-law stole money from their mother, violating California's financial elder abuse laws.
"My mother-in-law had diabetes and was a double amputee. In 2004, she died after living in a rehab facility for over a year. She was suffering from diabetes, the amputation and dementia. In the course of the year that she lived in the facility, my husband's sister, older brother and older brother's wife handled my mother in law's money and mail. They were cashing her retirement checks and spending money illegally out of her account.
"They took all of her retirement checks, almost $300 a month, for at least the last year of her life—that's just how far back I looked into. They took all of her social security. If I had to guess how much money they took, I would say just under $20,000. They also took everything from inside the house.
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SOURCE: Lawyers and Settlements
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