“Mental suffering” means fear, agitation, confusion, severe depression, or other forms of serious emotional distress that is brought about by forms of intimidating behavior, threats, harassment, or by deceptive acts performed or false or misleading statements made with malicious intent to agitate, confuse, frighten, or cause severe depression or serious emotional distress of the elder or dependent adult.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 15610.53
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Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 248 Cal. Rptr. 3d 672 - Tanguilig v. Valdez (2019)
Most recently applied in 248 Cal. Rptr. 3d 672 - Tanguilig v. Valdez (May 2019)
Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 559, Sec. 3
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