Sandra D. Glazier, Thomas M. Dixon, Thomas F. Sweeney

Undue Influence and Vulnerable Adults (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Age-related issues, including diminished capacity, can be a significant indicator of the potential vulnerability of a client to undue influence, and also an indicator that our population as a whole is aging. Elder abuse has been called "the crime of the 21st century." Undue influence is a form of financial abuse of the elderly, with the large number of reported cases and estimated $1.17 billion in damages just the tip of the iceberg.

Looking at the topic from a legal perspective, Undue Influence and Vulnerable Adults addresses both the role and the importance of the attorney when representing a vulnerable adult. The book's authors, who each command extensive experience in the area, explain the relevant considerations and provide strategies when litigation is required. Their practical and legal advice on issues will assist planners identify issues and then create effective plans for vulnerable adults that may better withstand attack.

Undue Influence and Vulnerable Adults also helps readers understand the options and potential consequences of proactive waivers and permissions for release of information as well as the potential importance of being able to initiate contact with family or other trusted advisors when concerns about capacity and/or undue influence subsequently arise. In addition, the authors provide strategies from a litigation perspective on handling efforts to invalidate as well as defend instruments claimed to be the result of undue influence.

Table of Contents
Preamble
Introduction
Chapter 1: Ethical Considerations When Representing Vulnerable Adults
Chapter 2: To Understand Undue Influence, One Needs to Understand Capacity
Chapter 3: What Is Undue Influence?
Chapter 4: Evidence of Undue Influence
Chapter 5: Fraud and Duress Are Different Than Undue Influence
Chapter 6: The Presumption of Undue Influence
Chapter 7: Rebutting the Presumption
Chapter 8: No-Contest Clauses and the Importance of Probable Cause
Chapter 9: A Litigation Perspective
Chapter 10: Using Experts and Understanding the Medical Evidence
Chapter 11: The Attorney-Client Privilege
Chapter 12: Video Recording, Electronic Wills, and Remote Witnessing and Notarization
Index

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Bar Association
• Seitenzahl: 207
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781641056175
• Artikelnr.: 70400984

Autorenporträt

Sandy is an equity shareholder in Lipson Neilson, P.C.'s Bloomfield Hills, MI office. She concentrates in probate litigation, estate planning and administration and family law. She is active in the OCBA, having held numerous leadership positions and is currently a member of RPTE's Diversity and Inclusion Committee, is the vice chair of the Elder Law and Long-Ter Care Committee and remains active with RPTE's TE CLE committee and a Commissioner to the Commission on Law and Aging.

She is a nationally recognized author in legal publications and has presented nationally on issues such as undue influence, ethical duties owed to vulnerable adults, defending fiduciaries, and the attorney client privilege. She has also co-authored the update to the Bloomberg Tax Porffolio on Divorce and Separation. She was awarded the OCBA's Distinguished Service Award, and has received "Top Lawyer", "Super Lawyer", "Leading Lawyer" and AV Preeminent attorney designations.

She was awarded the Trust & Estates Magazine 2018 Distinguished Author in Thought Leadership and Bloomberg Tax's 2018 Estates, Gifts and Trusts Tax Contributing Author of the Year Award. She is an advisor to the Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, is on the editorial advisory board for Trust & Estates Magazine, has a AEP certification, is a fellow of Litigation Counsel of America, and is co-author of the ABA Book "Undue Influence and Vulnerable Adults".