Power of Attorney Legal Questions and Answers
What can be done to enforce a durable power of attorney?
I have Durable Power of Attorney for both of my relatives. Also, I am the Executor of both Wills. I was told by Chase Bank that no one can change their or alter the annuities in anyway except the owners of the annuity. Both of the owners have been certified by their physicians that they are unable to make such decisions. Is this true? The male wants to leave his to the hou...
11/12/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: Texas | #19590Is a Power of Attorney Created in California Good for Use in the UK?
Will a Calif. limited power of attorney be valid in the Unite Kingdom or the European Union? My daughter is doing a study abroad next January in the U.K. and vacationing in Germany, and her school recommends she execute a power of attorney in case of emergency. She is 21.
11/03/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: California | #19442Can a Power of Attorney Made in the US Be Used Overseas?
I gave a 'General Durable Power of Attorney Effective upon execution' on Dec 12 2008 in front of Notary public Jeanne Robinson Carroll county Maryland, to my sister. The purpose was to act on my behalf with regards to bank matters of my deceased mother. Such matters were to be executed overseas in India where the deceased held accounts.1. What is the validity of this Power of A...
10/31/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: Massachusetts | #19401Special Power of Attorney in Illinois
I want to give power of attorney to my daughter to handle all my financial matters I do I need a special poa? Also I have a trust. Do I need a special one for this?
10/27/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: Illinois | #19314May I challenge the validity of a power of attorney and be a guardian for another?
I'm the representative payee for my best friend. On 8/21/09 she was in a bad car wreck and as of today she is in ICU. She has no family, husband, kids nobody but me. Now all of a sudden the Caseworker at the hospital appointed power of attorney to these 2 ladies where she used to stay at a half way house over a year ago. My friend doesn't get along with these ladies anymore. As...
09/26/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: Arizona | #18808How Do I Enforce an Oral Promise To Transfer Land?
if one lives on a property that parents verbally gave to you and you were told not to leave that in the passing you would be given the deed and stayed 26 years, father passed away mother now feeble and sisters have taken over affairs unfairly and have taken away part of the property and will not allow mother to sign deed what are my options? I have tried to buy in payments but ...
09/16/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: Virginia | #18642How Do I Change the Successor Agent in A Power of Attorney in Illinois?
My wife is disabled and I have POA over her affairs. I need to change the designated backup POA person. How do I do this?
09/01/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: Illinois | #18376Can I Keep a Home Free From Claims of the State for Nursing Home Care?
I am due to inherit an estate fo my dying brother and his wife. She has dementia and I am afraid I would have to put her in a home sooner than later, would the state take the house if I cannot make the facility payment? my brother will live maybe a week longer. I need to know if my power of atty, I can change the name on the real estate
08/24/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: North Carolina | #18238Can My Mother Change Her Power of Attorney if She Has Dementia?
My mother signed a POA appointing me as her Atty. in fact and my children as the Successor AIF's. In doing so, she removed my sister as the Successor (my sister was having substance abuse issues and was under a psychiatrist's care for depression (a 25 year bout with depression) and substance abuse). About 6 months after signing the new POA, mother was diagnosed with early dem...
08/24/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: Minnesota | #18230Can I Give a Power of Attorney to Someone to Sue Another While I Am Deployed?
I am stationed at Shaw Air Force Base and have been deployed to Iraq for the next 9 months. I want to file a small claim in Small Claims Court but won't be able to be there in person. Can someone stand in proxy for me or can my Power-of-Attorney plead my case for me? I have several witnesses that can be there, if needed also.
08/21/2009 | Category: Power of Attorney | State: Ohio | #18196