The Bay Area’s premier trust and estate law firm Hartog, Baer & Hand will be known as Hartog, Baer, Zabronsky (HBZ), effective immediately.
When most people hear about elder abuse, they think of cruel or apathetic caregivers leaving elderly family and friends unattended or physically abusing them. But elder abuse is more than physical abuse: when someone takes any property - including real estate, cash, or any other asset or interest - from a person over the age of 65 by fraud or undue influence, it constitutes financial elder abuse.
The closure of nearly all superior courts in California and limitations on court filings have raised a practical issue for parties.
