Corrections and Clarifications

For Thursday, October 13, 2011

By Star-Advertiser staff

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 13, 2011

~~<p>The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Ed Lynch, managing editor/ news, at 529-4758.</p>
<p>» Jim Pietsch, director of the University of Hawaii's Elder Law Program, brought an elderly woman and her caregiver into his elder law clinic where the woman signed a blank piece of paper. Pietsch wanted to illustrate that the woman had the ability to sign her name but could not understand a legal document. He first determined that the woman was incapacitated and had the permission of the caregiver. A Page A1 article Wednesday said Pietsch had the woman sign a document.</p>
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Ed Lynch, managing editor/ news, at 529-4758.

» Jim Pietsch, director of the University of Hawaii's Elder Law Program, brought an elderly woman and her caregiver into his elder law clinic where the woman signed a blank piece of paper. Pietsch wanted to illustrate that the woman had the ability to sign her name but could not understand a legal document. He first determined that the woman was incapacitated and had the permission of the caregiver. A Page A1 article Wednesday said Pietsch had the woman sign a document. Login for more...