Nov. 13, 2026
Why elder abuse cases like the Krivitskys usually walk in through someone else's door
Elder neglect often surfaces first in conversations with estate planners, conservatorship attorneys and other lawyers who have known a family for years. California's fragmented licensing system makes those early conversations more important than they should have to be.
Yosi Yahoudai
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
J&Y Law
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Elder abuse cases rarely begin with a family saying, "I think my mother has a legal claim."
More often, a warning sign slips into an otherwise routine conversation. A longtime client calls her trusts and estates lawyer to update her mother's advance directive and mentions that Mom moved into a care home last spring. The staff seems nice, she says, but there is a sore on her mother's lower back that the nurses are "watching."
The client is not cal...
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