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GRADINARU v. STATE, DEPT. OF SOCIAL

No. 70138-0-I.

325 P.3d 209 (2014)

Estera GRADINARU, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication ordered May 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teymur Gasanovich Askerov , Christopher Robert Black , Law Office of Christopher Black, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Angela Coats McCarthy , Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

VERELLEN, 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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