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Expanding Slayer Statutes to Elder Abuse

Jennifer Piel
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2015, 43 (3) 369-376;
Jennifer Piel
Dr. Piel is Assistant Professor, University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Staff Psychiatrist, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
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    Types of Abuse Triggering State Slayer-Abuser Rules (Adapted From Hunt15)

    StateFinancial ExploitationPhysical and Financial Abuse
    ArizonaX
    CaliforniaX
    IllinoisX
    KentuckyX
    MarylandX
    MichiganX
    OregonX
    WashingtonX
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    Standard of Proof for Elder Abuse by State Slayer Rules

    StateCriminal Conviction of AbuseCivil Clear and Convincing Evidence of Abuse
    ArizonaX
    CaliforniaX
    IllinoisX
    KentuckyX
    MarylandX
    MichiganX
    OregonX
    WashingtonX
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    Table 3

    Comparison of Challenges to Inheritance

    Cause or Effect of ChallengeTestamentary CapacityUndue InfluenceExpanded Slayer-Abuse Statutes
    Relevant bad behavior of the heirXX
    Invalidates the will when successfully challengedXX
    Abuser may inherit outside probate despite successful challengeXX
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