Legal Opinion
Gradinaru v. Department of Social & Health Services
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided March 24, 2014No. 70138-0-IPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVerellen, J.
¶1 — When a caretaker uses a vulnerable adult’s property to further the caretaker’s own goal, even if self-destructive, such use constitutes “financial exploitation” as defined by former RCW 74.34.020(6) (2010). The Department of Social and Health Services (Department) did not err in concluding that Estera Gradinaru financially exploited a vulnerable adult when she used that adult’s morphine in a failed suicide attempt. We affirm.
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¶2 In October 2010, Gradinaru was the co-owner of an adult family home in Bellevue. Elaine, one of the residents of the home, was in hospice care and had been…
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