wow that has to be a wake up call for us all - I find in increasingly anxiety producing to be getting older.

poor choice of doctors & other "helpful" professionals can do that to you, if you don't have progeny.

The South has a similar system called The Justice Network which is designed to shackle the poor and strip them of everything. A typical case: a young woman with a broken taillight paid, in the end, more than $7200.00 in penalties, interest, fines, and contempt of court charges. Typically, the judge's wife is hired as a consultant with the The Justice Network and her fee is a percentage of the fines levied by her husband, the judge.

What a horrifying story!

This is why we need strung advocates who be trustworthy friends with the elderly while being standing up for elders.

That is so incredibly appalling. The ease with which all those people lost their rights and everything they owned is criminal. Makes it even more important for us to keep on top of these things, so we don't end up suffering the same fate. I have to admit, I'm really freaked out after having read that.