VALLE EGYPT

<p><em>Valle Egypt</em> is a provocative story of financial elder abuse and the demise of a sixty-year family farm.</p><p><em>Valle Egypt </em>is a case study that affords readers the opportunity to better understand the serious consequences of financial elder abuse while providing an increased awareness of how to mitigate this escalating problem. Using a personal family story as a vehicle for learning the author presents readers with a preparatory tool kit which includes educational components such as fiduciary duty mental capacity legal trusts and estate planning. The story presents a legal case calling attention to the mental capacity of an aged parent undue influence by children and breach of fiduciary duty by the trustees.</p><p>Illustrative of how unethical business practices may impact untold generations to follow this case study highlights how financial elder abuse perpetrated by a family member was aided by a lawyer employed by a prestigious law firm.</p>