Appointing Your Power of Attorney for Property: The attorney for property and the attorney for personal care serve very different functions. You should choose the right person for each role. This decision should not be made lightly. The attorney for property (does not have to be and usually is not a lawyer, despite the use of the word “attorney” in
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Having More Than One Person as Attorney (POA) Yes, more than one person can be named as attorney for property or attorney for personal care. Power of Attorney Designations: Sole Power of Attorney (Sole POAs): It is possible to name one attorney under the POA document. However, there will be a decision-making vacuum if that solely-named attorney dies, loses capacity,
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An attorney for property or attorney for personal care is someone named in a Power of Attorney (POA) document to have decision-making authority over another person. In the POA context, attorney doesn’t mean lawyer – it means the person given legal authority through the POA document. A person making a POA document must consider who will be best suited to
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An attorney for property or attorney for personal care is someone named in a Power of Attorney (POA) document to have decision-making authority over another person. In the POA context, attorney doesn’t mean lawyer – it means the person given legal authority through the POA document. A person making a POA document must consider who will be best suited to
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What is a Power of Attorney for Personal Care? There are generally two kinds of Power of Attorney (POA) documents: Power of Attorney (POA) for property, and Power of Attorney (POA) for personal care. Each document serves a different purpose. The person making the Power of Attorney document is called the “grantor”, because they are granting authority upon another person.
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What Is a POA for Property? As explained in an earlier article, there are two kinds of POA documents in Ontario: a Power of Attorney (POA) for property, and a Power of Attorney (POA) for personal care. Each serves a different purpose. The person making the POA is called a “grantor” and the person named to make decisions is called
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Living Will vs. POA POA: A power of attorney (POA) for personal care, as it is called in most parts of Canada, or a POA for health, as it is called in many parts of the US, is a document by which a person gives someone else decision-making authority over their health care, nutrition, safety, hygiene, admission to a
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Power of Attorney (POA) A power of attorney (“POA”) is a document which grants decision-making authority to another person. The person making the POA is called the “grantor.” The person named in the POA to have decision-making authority over the grantor is called the “attorney.” In this context, an attorney is not a lawyer ─ he or she is simply
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