California Elder Law Attorney Blog

15 Red Flags of Fiduciary Abuse, Exploitation, Neglect, and Misappropriation
1. Protected person has no relatives or active friendships
2. Large estates
3. Late or no accountings filed
4. Multiple ATM transactions
5. Health or personal problems of the fiduciary
6. Use of several attorneys by the fiduciary
7. Attorneys representing the fiduciary withdrawing from the fiduciary's cases
8. Singular control of information by the fiduciary
9. No automated record keeping by the fiduciary
10. Financial difficulty of the fiduciary (tax liens, judgments, bankruptcy, divorce)
11. Revocation or failure to renew fiduciary bonds
12. Large expenditures in the accounting not appropriate to the client's setting
13. The fiduciary has minimal experience
14. Pattern of letters and verbal complaints against the fiduciary
15. Lack of oversight on the case by Counsel assigned or Court staff