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What is a Power of Attorney: It’s a legal document you sign and appoint a person, called your agent, to handle legal, tax and financial matters for you if you cannot do so. Why Every Adult Needs a ...

If you've ever sat through a pre-deployment legal brief, you've heard the mandate: Make sure your spouse (or whomever is handling your financial affairs) has a power of attorney. Sounds simple enough, ...

There may come a time when you need a trusted loved one to manage your finances for you. It's never too early to consider how you want your financial affairs to be managed if something happens to you.

A lasting power of attorney is a legal document that appoints someone – your ‘attorney’ – to make decisions on your behalf.

Power of attorney can be a very powerful tool when it comes to legal documentation. It essentially means that someone, usually a lawyer, is given the authority to act in your place regarding a ...

A. It depends on what needs to be signed. In order to engage in financial transactions with respect to assets solely owned by the incapacitated person who did not execute a power of attorney, a ...