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Abstract: 

On August 13, 2007, the heiress Brooke Astor died at the age of 105. Allegations of her being financially abused and neglected had become public in July 2006, when a grandson petitioned the New York Supreme Court to end the guardianship held by his father, Anthony Marshall, 83, and appoint a new one. With more developments coming— Marshall was indicted in November 2007 on charges of fraud and grand larceny—the issue of who is guarding the guardians is, once again, in the public eye. A number of new reports and resources (see “Other Reports and Resources,” sidebar to this article) on guardianship monitoring have been published, including the second report by the ABA and AARP.

Keywords: guardianship; monitoring; elder abuse complaints

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