Prepare Your Power of Attorney Documents
You’ve heard of a Power of Attorney (POA) and you probably have a fair idea how important it is to have a POA assigned for the best interests of your most important family members in the event of your health’s depletion. It’s why you’re here, and you’ve come to the right team of lawyers and clerks who can offer you a sensitive approach in this most important process. We will guide you through the steps to complete your legal POA documents to assign a power of attorney that you have full faith in carrying out your wishes, while helping you to understand the expectations your document will be outlining for certain occurrences.
Power of Attorney Creation
This is a legal authorization of a person you trust to make decisions about your personal care including healthcare, and/or property including financial, on your behalf while you are still alive. Its primary purpose is to allow the person you have named as your “attorney” to make decisions if you are unable to do so yourself, in the event you become mentally Incapacitated.
Your power of attorney documents can be completed as part of your Will preparation process or separately. You can have two legal POA documents assigning a power of attorney specifically for healthcare, with a second entrusted authority for financial and property decisions. The choice is yours.
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Power of Attorney for Personal Care
A Will is never a static document. Individuals will probably tweak it throughout their lives, particularly when their circumstances change significantly; for example, due to marriage, divorce or the death of a beneficiary.
Your attorney can make decisions about:
- personal care, such as where you live, what you eat, what you wear, your washing and bathing, and keeping you safe
- health care, including:
- agreeing to or refusing health-care treatments
- moving into a long-term care home
- getting personal assistance services in a long-term care home or retirement home
Power of Attorney for Property & Financial
The POA responsibilities for financial decision making after you have lost the competency to control your affairs, can include:
- Selling, leasing, or dealing with real estate
- Controlling your finances to cover home and family expenses
- Filing and managing your tax information
- Sending gifts to family or charity
- Managing your business, shares and investments
- Employing professionals to care for you or your family
Consult With our Will and Estate Planning Lawyers
Ness Law (Lawyers Orillia) understands the importance of Wills, Estates and Trusts, and the sensitivities that come with creating or changing your Will, so contact us today to talk to an experienced wills and estate law team member about how we can help you.
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Updating a Will
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A Will is never a static document. Individuals will probably tweak it throughout their lives, particularly when their circumstances change significantly; for example, due to marriage, divorce or the death of a beneficiary.
If you have been meaning to update your Will, we strongly advise you to get the process moving—even if that involves tough conversations.
Ness Law understands the importance of Wills, estates and trusts, and the sensitivities that come with creating or changing your Will, so contact us today to talk to an expert about how we can help you.
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