Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 11-68 - Exploitation of Elder Persons

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Business relationship: means a relationship between two (2) or more individuals or entities where there exists an oral or written contract or agreement for goods or services. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-68-1
• Caregiver: means a person who has been entrusted with or has assumed responsibility for the care or the property of an elder person. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-68-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Deception: means misrepresenting or concealing a material fact relating to:

  (i)  Services rendered, disposition of property, or use of property, when such services or property are intended to benefit an elder person; or

  (ii)  Terms of a contract or agreement entered into with an elder person; or

  (iii)  An existing or preexisting condition of any property involved in a contract or agreement entered into with an elder person; or

  (iv)  Using any misrepresentation, false pretense, or false promise in order to induce, encourage, or solicit an elder person to enter into a contract or agreement. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-68-1

• Elder person: means a person sixty (60) years of age or older. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-68-1
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Intimidation: means the communication by word or act to an elder person that the elder person will be deprived of food, nutrition, clothing, shelter, supervision, medicine, medical services, money, or financial support or will suffer physical violence. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-68-1
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.