A practical FAQ explaining how undue influence and elder financial exploitation happen, who is most at risk, and what steps can help protect vulnerable individuals.

A concise breakdown of commonly misused emotional and psychological terms related to elder abuse, offering clear definitions that help distinguish normal reactions from indicators of undue influence or intentional harm.

A practical guide to evaluating whether an “expert” is truly qualified to assess undue influence, including key questions attorneys and families should ask before relying on professional opinions in complex cases.

Key guidance for choosing and working effectively with an expert witness, including when to involve them, how to manage communication, and what legal considerations to keep in mind during complex undue influence cases.

An overview of the critical ways a qualified expert can support complex undue influence or capacity cases, from clarifying scientific details to assessing opposing testimony and strengthening discovery and litigation strategy.

An overview of Dr. Blum’s expert witness and consultation services for cases involving diminished capacity, undue influence, elder financial abuse, and related legal matters, backed by decades of international experience and high-level presentations.

A clear explanation of the limits of common cognitive tests in legal settings, and why attorneys should rely on behavior-based tools like PARADISE-2 when evaluating mental capacity or susceptibility to undue influence.

An overview of the PARADISE-2 protocol, a behavior-based mental capacity assessment tool that helps attorneys identify cognitive impairment, understand susceptibility to undue influence, and present clearer evidence in litigation.

A clear explanation of dementia and its impact on cognitive functions relevant to mental capacity evaluations, helping families and attorneys understand how conditions like Alzheimer’s or vascular disease may affect vulnerability to undue influence in cases reviewed by Dr. Bennett Blum.

An overview of how mental capacity and legal competency differ, with insight into the PARADISE-2 protocol developed and used by Dr. Bennett Blum to evaluate decision-making ability and susceptibility to undue influence in complex litigation.

A practical overview of how mental capacity issues affect modern litigation, offering attorneys clear guidance on competency assessment, dementia, cognitive testing limitations, and behavior-based tools like Dr. Bennett Blum’s PARADISE-2 protocol.

An overview of Dr. Bennett Blum’s work in international war-crimes tribunals, highlighting his expertise in mental capacity evaluation, diminished capacity, and undue influence assessment in high-stakes legal settings.

A look at how undue influence can arise in attorney-client interactions, and how Dr. Bennett Blum’s expertise helps courts distinguish legitimate legal guidance from coercive or unethical manipulation.

An overview of how undue influence claims arise in financial planning and investment settings, and how Dr. Bennett Blum’s behavioral assessment expertise helps firms and investors evaluate manipulation, protect clients, and strengthen litigation outcomes.

A detailed look at how informed consent, diminished capacity, and undue influence can impact medical decision-making, and how Dr. Bennett Blum’s expertise helps clarify manipulation concerns and professional misconduct in complex healthcare cases.

An overview of how undue influence and psychological manipulation can arise in clergy misconduct cases, and how Dr. Bennett Blum’s expertise helps courts evaluate mental capacity, authority dynamics, and the impact on vulnerable congregants.

A concise overview of how professional misconduct and undue influence claims arise, and how Dr. Bennett Blum’s behavioral analysis helps clarify allegations of manipulation, coercion, or exploitation across legal, medical, financial, and religious settings.

A brief look at how undue influence and manipulation can affect prenuptial and post-marital agreements in blended families or divorce cases, and how Dr. Bennett Blum’s expertise helps clarify whether claims of coercion or exploitation are valid.

An in-depth overview of elder financial abuse and how undue influence, impaired mental capacity, and relationship manipulation contribute to exploitation—offering context for how experts like Dr. Bennett Blum evaluate these complex cases.

An introduction to the Undue Influence Wheel, a model outlining how manipulators use tactics like isolation, fear, and dependency to control victims, with context for how experts such as Dr. Bennett Blum evaluate these patterns in undue influence and elder abuse cases.

A clear explanation of the SODR model for evaluating undue influence, outlining how susceptibility, opportunity, disposition, and results are assessed in legal cases and how experts like Dr. Bennett Blum analyze intent and manipulation in elder abuse and coercion claims.

An overview of the SCAM model for assessing undue influence, explaining how susceptibility, trust relationships, active procurement, and financial loss are evaluated in cases involving manipulation and elder financial exploitation reviewed by experts like Dr. Bennett Blum.

An introduction to the IDEAL Protocol and the Undue Influence Worksheet, explaining how attorneys and investigators use these tools to evaluate coercion, manipulation, and undue influence in complex litigation involving wills, trusts, elder abuse, and financial exploitation.

An overview of Dr. Bennett Blum’s IDEAL model for assessing undue influence, outlining how factors like isolation, dependency, emotional manipulation, acquiescence, and loss help courts and attorneys identify excessive manipulation in elder financial abuse and probate cases.

An introduction to the Cult Model of undue influence, showing how manipulative tactics like isolation, dependency, fear, and controlled environments mirror patterns seen in elder abuse and coercion cases evaluated by experts such as Dr. Bennett Blum.

A review of the major behavioral models used to assess undue influence, explaining how experts like Dr. Bennett Blum apply multiple frameworks to evaluate manipulation, elder abuse, and diminished capacity in complex legal cases.

A clear explanation of the biological, psychological, and social factors that increase a person’s vulnerability to undue influence, helping attorneys and families understand how susceptibility is evaluated in elder abuse and diminished-capacity cases reviewed by Dr. Bennett Blum.

A breakdown of the two core types of undue influence — coercion and “false goodwill” — explaining how deception, betrayal, and covert manipulation are evaluated in elder abuse and financial exploitation cases reviewed by Dr. Bennett Blum.

A summary of the “active procurement” factors courts use to identify undue influence in will contests, outlining behaviors that may signal manipulation or exploitation in cases evaluated by experts like Dr. Bennett Blum.

A detailed list of suspicious behaviors that may indicate undue influence in probate or elder financial abuse cases, helping attorneys and families recognize red flags commonly analyzed by experts like Dr. Bennett Blum.

A concise overview of the red flags that raise suspicion of undue influence in elder financial abuse and probate disputes, helping attorneys and families recognize behavioral and relational warning signs commonly evaluated by Dr. Bennett Blum.

A clear overview of undue influence and how manipulation, power imbalances, and vulnerability factor into elder abuse, probate disputes, and professional misconduct cases, with insight into how experts like Dr. Bennett Blum evaluate these claims.