Panel Reverses Conviction For Financial Exploitation Of Incapacitated Adult

Mealey's (March 30, 2022, 9:01 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia appellate court on March 15 reversed and dismissed a conviction for financial exploitation of a mentally incapacitated adult related to a daughter’s use of her elderly mother’s Social Security money, finding that evidence at trial establishing the mother’s incapacity related to her health care decisions “could not, by itself, justify the trial court in finding beyond a reasonable doubt that” the mother lacked mental capacity related to financial decisions....

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