Dr. Armstrong, who was forced to battle her own siblings in a million-dollar court battle to place her competent mother in an involuntary conservatorship, reveals how these arcane conservatorship and guardianship codes function in our courts today; unfortunately, as the author learned firsthand, the actual application of these codes is determined almost solely by the competence and attitudes of individual judges and investigators. She highlights the key problem areas common to the codes that should be changed and recommends ways that seniors can protect themselves to preserve their personal and financial freedom in their retirement years. She also suggests alternatives to conservatorships and guardianships that exist in every state to help the elderly with various aspects of daily living, such as balancing cheque books, paying bills, grocery shopping, preparing meals, etc. This breakthrough book exposes the secretive world of involuntary 'protective proceedings' and more importantly gives seniors the tools they need to protect themselves from this predatory litigation.
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"...as close as you'll get to a first-rate piece of modern-day muckraking . . . a painstakingly documented and frightening expose..." -- Bloomberg Wealth Manager, August 2000
"...shows how unsuspecting seniors can fall victim to involuntary conservatorships and guardianships that label them incompetent..." -- The Legal Reformer, Summer, 2999
"...shows how unsuspecting seniors can fall victim to involuntary conservatorships and guardianships that label them incompetent..." -- The Legal Reformer, Summer, 2999
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THE RETIREMENT NIGHTMARE would not exist had it not been for the eighteen-month involuntary conservatorship battle waged against my mother by four of her seven children. To you, Mom, and to my remaining sisters, Cathy and Cynthia, I give my thanks. Let us hope this book will help others avoid the legal nightmare that befell our family.
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By M. Sherwood (California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Retirement Nightmare: How to Save Yourself from Your Heirs and Protectors : Involuntary Conservatorships and Guardianships (Golden Age Series) (Paperback)
As a lawyer, I found this book to be a tour de force compendium of the guardian and conservatorship laws in our country. For both lay readers and lawyers, it is an invaluable reference tool - comprehensive and clearly written. Full of actual stories of actual individuals, it also makes for eye-opening human interest drama.
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This review is from: The Retirement Nightmare: How to Save Yourself from Your Heirs and Protectors : Involuntary Conservatorships and Guardianships (Golden Age Series) (Paperback)
If you are elderly, or even think you may someday become so... then...you need to read this book and keep it close at hand as one of your most valuable reference sources. Dr Armstrong draws on her tragic family experiences with involuntary guardianship litigation and combines that with excellent and scholarly research, to produce a book containing historical background, the law, a broad range of case studies covering most aspects of the subject, and many answers/recommendations concerning this potential problem that we might all someday face. The appendices covering the various state laws and hundreds of resources for the elderly, are alone worth the cost of admission! I found the book to be alarmingly informative and I feel much more knowledgeable and secure now that it is sitting on my research shelf.
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Finally the real truth about this national disgrace!,
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This review is from: The Retirement Nightmare: How to Save Yourself from Your Heirs and Protectors : Involuntary Conservatorships and Guardianships (Golden Age Series) (Paperback)
This is a must read book about the truth of the rampant fraud and abuse of conservators and guardians. While this author writes about family members trying to get "Granny's dough", she does touch on another perverse type of guardian, that is a "court appointed" guardian. In Florida, and in many other states, they only require a high school education and a 40 hour course. But whether educated or not, from the lawyers/guardians in the recent New York case, to the high-school educated sociopaths here in Pinellas County, Florida, they are getting away with fraud and abuse.
To avoid a guardianship in the State of Florida should be of paramount importance. Find out how to protect yourself and your loved ones with alternatives: health care surrogate, durable power of attorney, mediation and more. Consider that if you leave your parents to fend for themselves, and ignore the deterioration associated with aging, a guardian can gain a guardianship over them and their assets, without informing you. That guardianship will nullify the most meticulous of plans. To really cover your aging parents, make sure they create a "Pre-need" guardianship and name someone they trust, this is the only way predators in the retirement homes will not be able to force guardianship on them. Also create an irrevocable trust.
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Court of Appeals, United States, New York, Martha Lundgaard, Virginia Grant, Glen Hawkins, Jan Ellen Rein, Los Angeles Times, Van Etten, Mary Cummings, Area Agency, Beulah Holt, Charlie Dobbins, Delphine Wagner, Department of Social Services, Helen Conrad, Mary Sanderson, West Virginia, Alison Barnes, Esther Bolander, Five Wishes, Martha Wurm, Nelta Bradner, Verna Haggerty, Washington Post New!
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- The Rights of Older Persons, Second Edition: A Basic Guide to the Legal Rights of Older Persons under Current Law (ACLU Handbook) by Professor Robert N. Brown on 8 pages
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- Personal Financial Planning by G. Victor Hallman on page 217, page 235, and Back Matter
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