Chapter 22 - CHAPTER 22 FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

Chapter 22 FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS

D. Wayne Stewart, Esq.
Christopher W. Gordon, Esq.

SYNOPSIS

§ 22.1 INTRODUCTION

§ 22.1.1—Financial Exploitation of Elders — What Is It?

§ 22.1.2—Financial Exploitation Distinguished from Other Forms of Elder Abuse

§ 22.1.3—Incidence of Financial Exploitation of Elders

§ 22.1.4—Profiles of Abusers and Victims

§ 22.1.5—Reasons Elders Are Vulnerable to Financial Exploitation

§ 22.1.6—Warning Signs

§ 22.2 CRISIS INTERVENTION: DAMAGE CONTROL

§ 22.2.1—Separating the Victim and the Perpetrator: Using Criminal and Civil Protective Orders to Prevent Abuse of Elders

§ 22.2.2—Appointment of a Special Conservator — Emergency Intervention

§ 22.2.3—Single Transaction Authority

§ 22.2.4—Discovery

§ 22.3 FIDUCIARY MISCONDUCT

§ 22.3.1—Who Is a Fiduciary?

§ 22.3.2—Agents

§ 22.3.3—Conservators

§ 22.3.4—Trustees

§ 22.4 THEORIES OF FIDUCIARY LIABILITY AND RECOVERY

§ 22.4.1—Breach of Fiduciary Duty

§ 22.4.2—Aiding and Abetting Breach of Fiduciary Duty

§ 22.4.3—Constructive Trust

§ 22.4.4—Tort...