A Power of Attorney has the authority to handle your property and finances. They are also able to sign for you while you are still living. However, when you pass away, this power also ends. On the other hand, an executor for your Will has the authority to handle your property and finances after you have passed…
Click here for Part 1: Over the Counter Formed Wills Click here for Part 2: Over the Counter Divorces When I went to waste money buy the first packet – Over the Counter Wills kit – I also picked up a General Power of Attorney kit made by the same people. It cost me about…
There’s a really interesting article this week at Slate. [An Affair to Remember: She was 82. He was 95. They had dementia. They fell in love. And then they started having sex.] The article recounts the story of Bob and Dorothy who met each other at an assisted living community. Just as the title says,…
A power of attorney (POA) in general is a legal document that allows someone else to speak and act on your behalf. You give a power of attorney to someone who is then called an attorney-in-fact (as oppose to an attorney-at-law who are lawyers). The uses of a POA are many. Some people give POAs…