The first step to setting up power of attorney is deciding who should receive that designation and the responsibility that ...

With a durable power of attorney, you immediately transfer the power, legally allowing the agent to start making decisions on your behalf right away. The agent’s decision-making power continues ...

Second, if her durable power of attorney was signed after September 2017 when the law was changed, it may include a provision allowing her agent to delegate authority to someone of his selection.

A comprehensive estate plan should include a Power of Attorney. A Power of Attorney or “POA” is a legal document in which a person appoints another to make decisions and carry out specific ...

A Durable Power of Attorney is an inexpensive means to provide an individual with the authority to act on behalf of an incapacitated person (principal) when they can no longer act on their own behalf.

There is also a durable power of attorney for medical care, which appoints someone to make medical decisions on your behalf should you be incapacitated. This is a separate document.

A durable power of attorney continues after you are incapacitated and ends after your death. A springing power of attorney takes effect upon a triggering condition, typically your incapacitation.

After nearly a decade and a half of war, service members and their spouses are likely familiar with general powers of attorney. The most common type of power of attorney is a durable, general ...