National Commission important step towards preventing elder abuse

You're a loving daughter whose mother recently passed away. You cared for her deeply, took her shopping and to appointments, cooked and cleaned for her each week, and assisted in any other way she requested, particularly in her later years. Yet you've just discovered upon reading her last Will and testament that she transferred ownership of her house to your brother a few years before she died. Why would she do that?

This is one of the many elder abuse scenarios I am confronted with all too often in my work as a wills disputes lawyer.

Luckily, the courts have been willing to scrutinise questionable property transactions such as this from a parent to a child. But legal proceedings, which are sometimes required, can be expensive, time consuming and not without their associated risks.