Establishing Undue Influence & Elder Financial Abuse | CA Trust Litigation

Elder financial abuse is a serious crime that reverberates throughout our communities, and it's a growing problem across the state of California. When an elder's estate or trust is suddenly changed without explanation to produce an unjust outcome, an unscrupulous family member, caretaker, or a bad trustee could be violating your beneficiary rights, with the means of coercion known as undue influence. If you are faced with a wrongdoer exercising undue influence in an estate case, there are certain key elements required to establish your claim.
The Double-Edged Sword: From January 1st, 2014, the definition of undue influence was updated under California's Welfare & Institutions Code Section 15610.70. Now undue influence claims that are used to overturn invalid wills and trusts in probate court can also be filed in your local county superior court as a potential case of elder financial abuse. Civil court trials, decided by a jury, allow you to pursue damages and punish a wrongdoer for elder financial abuse.
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[@janner2121]

I have this happening right now ! My sister in law has fitted all three aspects . and yes going to make sure justice is served sweetly

[@reginamartinez6482]

Would financial abuse having initially occurred before the 2014 update of the term undue influence need to meet the new definition standards or the previous definition?

[@ricosbar9643]

why can you trail cases outside of California ,,,like under federal laws?