The Senate recently passed Sen. Keith Kelley’s Senate Bill 41 to prohibit people who are convicted of elder abuse and neglect or financial exploitation of an elderly person from profiting from that person’s death.
State law already says those convicted of killing a person can’t inherit from them through their will or the division of their assets. Kelley’s bill adds language to include those who abuse or take advantage of the elderly.
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“We’ve seen an increase of this around the country and here and Alabama and we want to put an end to it,” Kelley, R-Anniston, said on the Senate floor.
Rep. Mark Gidley, R-Gadsden, is the sponsor of the House version of the bill.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Mary Sell and originally published by Alabama Daily News.
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