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A Power of Attorney is a legal instrument that is used to delegate legal authority to another. The person who signs(executes)a Power of Attorney is called the Principal. The power of Attorney gives legal authority to another person(called an Agent or Attorney-in-Fact) to make property, financial and other legal decisions for the Principal.
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There are times in life when someone may be asked to fill out a power of attorney form. At another time, someone may decide that they need a formal means of allowing someone to act on their behalf. Some people may have heard of a power of attorney, and some may simply be aware of […]

There are times in life when someone may be asked to fill out a power of attorney form. At another time, someone may decide that they need a formal means of allowing someone to act on their behalf. Some people may have heard of a power of attorney, and some may simply be aware of […]

A living will is a document in which the signer requests not to be kept alive by medical life support systems in the event of a terminal illness. Durable power of attorney is a person you have asked to make your medical decisions if you suddenly become incapacitated. Together these two items combine into something […]

You get a call and hear the bad news that a loved one was in a car accident and is in the hospital. Your heart drops and you madly run to the emergency room and as you rush in, the nurses and doctors are forcing you to sign papers through a flurry of the stressful […]

Not too many years ago life insurance was considered to be the indispensable platform upon which all other estate planning efforts should be based. Sitting down with a financial advisor to plan the transfer of all of your personal assets upon the event of your death to your chosen beneficiaries is called estate planning. As […]

A Durable Power of Attorney authorizes the principal’s named representative [attorney-in-fact] to continue to act for him or her after he or she become incapacitated; the legal document must contain the words, “This Power of Attorney shall not be affected by my disability” or “This Power of Attorney shall become effective upon my disability” or […]

The main purpose of a medical power of attorney form also known as a health care power of attorney form, is made to give some one the right to control the decisions relating to your medical care if you can not communicate those decisions yourself.
You can also use a medical power of attorney form to […]

Through a limited Power of Attorney, the “principal” can authorize another person, i.e. “agent”, to carry out specified tasks on his or her behalf for limited time duration or only under certain circumstances. The Power of Attorney is therefore “limited” or tailored to meet the needs of a particular transaction or set of transactions (i.e., […]

What do you mean I can’t find out about my husband’s accident injuries? Why can’t we move my mother to the nice nursing-home down the street? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA caused two of my clients to live through these very situations.
A husband and wife were involved in a terrible automobile […]