The First Department upheld revocation of powers of attorney where agents paid themselves without invoices, billed legal rates for personal services, and mismanaged the principal’s accounts.
The Fourth Department upheld a three-month retroactive limit on a nursing-home resident’s Medicaid undue-hardship waiver because she did not request the waiver with her original application.
The Fourth DCA reversed the denial of an attorney’s petition for fees under section 744.108(1), holding that the statute is not limited to attorneys who represent the ward but extends to attorneys who render services that benefit the ward, including those who petition for appointment of an emergency temporary guardian.
The First District affirms a financial exploitation of elderly person conviction, rejecting challenges to evidence sufficiency, confrontation clause compliance, and counsel effectiveness.
The Eighth District found a nursing home arbitration agreement unconscionable, with a notable concurrence arguing that courts should analyze contractual capacity as a threshold issue before reaching unconscionability.