Exploitation means the wrongful or unauthorized taking, withholding, appropriation, conversion, control, or use of money, funds, securities, assets, or any other property of a vulnerable adult or senior adult by any person by means of undue influence, breach of a fiduciary relationship, deception, extortion, intimidation, force or threat of force, isolation, or any unlawful means or by the breach of a fiduciary duty by the guardian, conservator, agent under a power of attorney, trustee, or any other fiduciary of a vulnerable adult or senior adult.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-358
Exploitation, defined
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Vanderford (2022)
Most recently applied in State v. Vanderford (October 2022)
Laws 1988, LB 463, § 11; Laws 2012, LB1051, § 6; Laws 2016, LB934, § 4.
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Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.