Dealing with Adult Protective Services During an Orlando, Florida Area Guardianship or Injunction for Protection Against Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult Case
- September 28, 2020
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Many times, when you have a client filing an Injunction for Protection Against Exploitation or Elder Abuse, you will deal with Adult Protective Services. Your client or someone else may have already called Adult Protective Services, or you will advise your client to call the abuse hotline in order to report the abuse and/or exploitation of the elderly person. When someone calls the 1-800-NO-ABUSE Hotline, and the alleged victim is an elderly person, then Adult Protective Services which is referred to as APS is the agency that will be sent to investigate the complaint.
If there has already been a report that has been investigated, you may want to speak to and subpoena the APS worker for the Injunction and or Emergency Temporary Guardianship Hearing so they may tell the court the findings of their investigation regarding the exploitation and abuse. Since they are a neutral witness, they may be a valuable witness when you have a case of one person accusing another person or family member of exploitation and/or abuse. The APS investigator may have already sent their investigative report to the State Attorney’s office to determine if criminal charges can be filed. This information can be invaluable. That information should be included in your Petition for Emergency Temporary Guardianship and Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult.
Any records and documents pertaining to the APS investigation can be a great resource also. They can be used as evidence at the Emergency Temporary Guardianship Hearing and Injunction for Exploitation Against Vulnerable Adult Hearing. That evidence should also be included in your Petition for Protection Against Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult and Petition for Emergency Temporary Guardian.
If you have more questions regarding a Guardianship Law matter, you may call Ann Marie Giordano Gilden at Ann Marie Giordano Gilden, P.A. at 407-732-7620 and set an initial consultation. You may also visit my website at: https//:www.AnnMarieGildenLaw.com; and check me out on these other sites: Ann Marie Giordano Gilden on Face Book; Ann Marie (Giordano) Gilden on Linked In; and Ann Marie Giordano Gilden on AVVO and Lawyers.com.
This article is for informational purposes only; and it does not form an attorney client privilege.