Abstract

This chapter presents an overview of financial and legal issues. This chapter elaborates matters relevant to abstinence control. Its concern is eliminating immediate access to money, building a fence, so to speak, around temptation. The range and scope of these legal issues vary enormously. Typical charges include outfight theft, embezzlement, misappropriation of funds, failure to pay taxes, tax evasion, bank or credit card fraud, writing bad checks, mail fraud, forgery, securities violations, and making false statements on financial reports. This chapter examines a broader range of financial issues that are essential to long-term stability. Financial concerns are an essential focus of treatment, for they trigger impulses to gamble. Moreover, this chapter also illustrates pathological gambling lifestyle that leads to legal problems either through neglect of financial obligations or through illegal attempts to obtain money. Therapists must raise client and family awareness over potential legal issues and the need for legal advice.

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