Section 2950 Of Article 1. General From California Probate Code >> Division 4. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
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. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the
following:
(1) Reduce the incidence of financial abuse perpetrated against
mentally impaired elder adults.
(2) Minimize monetary losses to mentally impaired elder adults as
a result of financial abuse.
(3) Facilitate timely intervention by law enforcement, in
collaboration with the public guardian, to effectively protect
mentally impaired elder adult victims of financial abuse, and to
recover their assets.
(b) Any peace officer or public guardian of a county that has both
of the following, as determined by the public guardian of that
county, may take the actions authorized by this chapter:
(1) The existence of sufficient law enforcement personnel with
expertise in the assessment of competence.
(2) The existence of a law enforcement unit devoted to
investigating elder financial abuse and the enforcement of laws
applicable to elder abuse.
(c) This chapter shall be coordinated with existing mandated
programs affecting financial abuse of mentally impaired elders that
are administered by the adult protective services agency of the
county.