Plan B: Why You Need a Power of Attorney Before You Need One
Picture this: your father has a stroke on a Tuesday afternoon. By Wednesday, the hospital needs someone to approve his treatment plan, and the bank needs someone to keep his mortgage payment from bouncing. Nobody in the family has the legal authority to do either one. That gap, the space between someone needs to act and someone is allowed to act, is exactly what a power of attorney is built to close. What a Power of Attorney Actually Does A power of attorney, or POA, is a doc

AnnMarie Everett
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