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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 55. Actions, Suits and Arbitration; Judicial Sale » Article 7J. Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person, Protected Person or Incapacitated Adult » §55-7J-1. Action for Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person, Protected Person, or Incapacitated Adult; Definitions

(a) Any elderly person, protected person, or incapacitated adult against whom an act of financial exploitation has been committed may bring an action under this article against any person who has committed an act of financial exploitation against him or her by filing a civil complaint for financial exploitation, a petition for a financial exploitation protective order, or both.

(b) For the purposes of this article:

(1) “Incapacitated adult” has the same meaning as prescribed under 61-2-29 of this code;