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Power of Attorney Response Archive

• If the person giving a financial POA in Illinois did not have any real estate, does the document need to be notarized? (9-26-2004)
• I am a resident of Connecticut state and want to give my power of attorney to my father who is in India. (10-7-2004)
• Does a guardian have access to a minor's estate savings account after the minor has turned 18 yrs. of age? (10-19-2004)
• My husband has left for military duty in Iraq and executed a POA in my favor. How do I execute documents that require my husband's signature? (10-28-2004)
• Can a woman fleeing criminal sentencing use a POA to seek her share of a probate estate in the jurisdiction from which she is fleeing? (11-16-2004)
• Is it common for two individuals to be named as joint attorneys-in-fact under a POA? (12-1-2004)
• My mother has executed a durable power of attorney and I am the attorney-in-fact. I want to exercise my right to do so, because my mom is mentally incapable of handeling her affairs. What must I do to exercise my rights under the POA? Right now I only have a copy of the document and cannot locate the original. (1-29-2005)
• I recently was given durable power of attorney for my mother who can no longer move and can only make an "X". The "X" was made, witnessed and then notarized. How am I to proceed forward?
• Does a legal representative have the same powers as a power of attorney? (2-20-2005)
• I am a POA for a person who wants to give me their property which is in another state (NC). It feels awkward to be both the signer and receiver of this property. Is there anything additional that I need to do to insure that it does not seem strange? (2-22-2005)
• How can a Power of Attorney be witnessed and signed in SC (where the person is a resident) but filed and registered in NC? Is this legal and binding? (3-10-2005)
• My mother has middle stage Alzheimer's disease and my father has not yet acquired durable power of attorney over her finances. Does a POA form need to be notarized and if so, could they deem her not of 'sound mind and memory'? (4-1-2005)
• My mother is being cared for in a nursing home (she has alzheimers). My sister was appointed by my mother to be her power of attorney. The problem now is that my sister has terminal cancer and has only 6 - 12 months to live. (4-4-2005)
• How do I revoke a Power of Attorney (durable) in Wyoming? (4-14-2005)
• Mom has a previous POA with son. She wants to give me (daughter) POA now. Does she just have to fill out new POA? Does she have to revoke previous POA ? (6-2-2005)
• Must an attorney-in-fact appointed under a North Carolina POA be a resident of the state? (6-5-2005)
• Is it legal for my brother who is attorney-in-fact under a POA executed by my father to sell my father's assets and use the proceeds for his own benefit? (6-14-2005)
• Does a person given temporary power-of-attorney have the right to change the beneficiary of a death benefit that the person he represents had assigned to his offspring and make himself the beneficiary? (7-26-2005)
• Can my parents set up their power of attorney in a way that medical decisions are made jointly by two children and financial decisions are made by two different children? (7-29-2005)
• I have placed my grandfather in a nursing home in North Carolina and the nursing home had me to sign a power of attorney form and the forms didn't have to be notarize. Is this still legal?
• When a person has Power of Attorney, do they have the right to sign the other persons name or must they sign their own name on the other persons behalf?
• My Father has had Alzheimer for 21 years. My Mother had a Power of Attorney drawn up for him at a time when he was incompetent. She also had all joint property/accts. etc... put in her name only. Is this legal? (8-31-2005)
• In Mississippi, is it necessary to revoke a power of attorney given to one party prior to giving a different person power of attorney? (12-3-2005)