When judges can take away senior citizens' basic rights

May 26, 2015

Some wealthy American seniors have discovered the dark side of getting a court-appointed guardian

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When judges can take away senior citizens' basic rights

Imagine losing control of the most basic decisions in your life: the right to speak for yourself, how to spend your money or even what medicines you should be taking. Dorothy Luck was in a dispute with family over trust money. After a court-ordered medical exam, she was declared incompetent to make big financial decisions and ended up a ward of the state. In this excerpt from America Tonight, Sheila MacVicar investigates shocking cases of elderly Americans at the mercy of court-appointed guardians.


 

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