Articles by author: Courtney Desoto

"Experts say that it’s difficult to know exactly how many older Americans fall victim to financial abuse each year because much of the time, the crimes go unreported. What is well understood is that the financial exploitation of seniors causes significant economic losses—and not only for the elders themselves, but also for other family members, businesses, and programs."

"In the past people automatically named an adult child, close friend or financial institution as executor of their estate. But today there’s another option: the private professional fiduciary. A relatively new phenomenon, the professional fiduciary takes the burden off loved ones at a difficult time and, frankly, does a better job of it."

Paragon Academy's Rock Steady boxing program improving symptoms of Parkinson's patients

Less than a year after putting on their boxing gloves, some Parkinson's patients are starting to see bonafide results from the "Rock Steady" Boxing program offered at Paragon Academy in Santa Barbara. NewsChannel 3 profiled the class in July, 2016 and promised to revisit the story in several months to review the participant's progress.

At the beginning of the program, Parkinson's boxing students were videotaped to demonstrate their current level of agility, balance and flexibility. Several months later after taking the boxing class consistently, they were videotaped again and in many cases the results were dramatic.

Those of us who think of our companion animals as family members are becoming aware of the fact that part of our responsibility to these dependent creatures is to make sure that their care and comfort continue uninterrupted should we become incapable of caring for them ourselves. One way to plan for that contingency is to set up something called a pet trust. To help you decide if this might work for you, here are some basic definitions and guidelines to keep in mind:

Paul Greenwood, San Diego's Deputy District Attorney, has been investigating crimes against the elderly for over two decades. As head of San Diego's Elder Abuse Unit, he's been a front-row witness to the tragedies such crimes have left in their wake.

"I have seen for myself many instances where victims in their seventies, eighties, nineties, never recover," he said. "They don't recover financially; they don't recover psychologically. And emotionally, it can be devastating for them."

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Following in the footsteps of numerous other states, California became the newest state to pass a digital assets bill, which allows individuals to access social media accounts, music accounts, gaming accounts or other digital accounts on behalf of a deceased individual.

The California Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act provides guidelines for how companies can share deceased individuals’ emails, IMs and other digital records following death.

CIFG's DeSoto Goes On Air at Santa Barbara Station 1290 to Discuss "Money Talk."

Westmont alumna Courtney (Fetter) DeSoto '94, who launched Channel Islands Fiduciary Group to continue assisting vulnerable adults in the local community, has opened a new office in downtown Santa Barbara, California.