Elder abuse is on the rise in Ventura County. It is important to contact an experienced criminal defense attorney who understands the law if you are charged with elder abuse in Ventura.

If you are being accused of elder abuse in California, this how our experienced elder abuse attorneys can defend you today.

If you are accused of elder abuse in California, your elder abuse attorney can use these defenses to fight the charges against you. Call Wallin & Klarich today to speak with a criminal defense attorney.

Under California Penal Code section 683, it is unlawful to willfully cause or permit unjustified physical pain or mental suffering to an elder adult. An elder adult is anyone who is 65 years or older. This section also applies to dependent adults, those who are physically unable to care for their own physical or mental …

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One can only hope to never be charged with a crime, let alone a crime that qualifies as Elder Abuse. While Elder Abuse has always been frowned upon, Elder Abuse laws have become more severe and stringent in recent years due to the public’s heightened sensibility to Elder Abuse, which means harsher consequences upon defendants. …

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Frequently, we get asked if a client will go to jail for charges that are pending against that person. And while some crimes have mandatory minimum jail sentences attached to them, frequently there are numerous factors that are all considered before that question can be answered. However, even if someone is sentenced to a jail …

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Penal Code Section 368 defines elder abuse as: “Any person who, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any elder or dependent adult, with knowledge that he or she is an elder or a dependent adult, to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental …

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Recently a granddaughter was convicted of elder abuse and grand theft by in affect accessing and taking her grandmother’s money and jewelry and selling it without her consent and then placing her grandmother in a nursing home. The mental abuse consisted of the conditions of the nursing facility in addition to her isolation her abandonment …

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