In re Petition of Judith Ann Chapman

Mother, who was sixty-nine years old, filed a petition for relief from elder abuse, naming her son John Wilkinson as the defendant. After a hearing, the district court entered a final protective order against Wilkinson, finding that Wilkinson committed elder abuse by financial exploitation as an adult child. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the legislature intended that if a person’s age makes a person unable to protect himself or herself from elder abuse, that person is a vulnerable elder as defined by the Iowa Code; and (2) Mother was a vulnerable elder under Iowa Code 235F.1(17). View "In re Petition of Judith Ann Chapman" on Justia Law