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Committee hears bill to let courts freeze assets quickly in suspected financial exploitation of vulnerable adults
Summary
Senate File 2,146 would create a civil injunction allowing courts to freeze or restrain transfers when a vulnerable adult faces financial exploitation. Attorneys and a family member of a victim testified that faster relief could have preserved assets; the bill was laid over for further consideration.
Senate File 2,146 would authorize a civil petition and expedited hearing to obtain an injunction restraining financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, including the ability to serve a remote or online scammer by the same method used to contact the victim.
Certified elder-law attorney Jill Sauber testified that the current tools commonly used — emergency conservatorship or protective proceedings — are…
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