Make your own medical & financial powers of attorney
Edition: 3rd edition.
Series: Estate planning series; Estate planning series
Publisher: Enodare Limited
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ireland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781906144623
Subjects: Power of attorney; Forms; Medical care; Decision making; Mandat; Formulaires
Other titles: Make your own medical and financial powers of attorney; Medical and financial powers of attorney
Description: Powers of attorney come in two forms, namely ordinary and durable. Ordinary powers of attorney can be useful where you wish to simply authorise someone to tend to some financial or commercial matter on your behalf such as buying or selling real estate. However, they come to an automatic end if you become mentally incapacitated. Durable powers of attorney, on the other hand, do not come to an end when you become incapacitated. As such, they can be used to appoint someone you trust to manage your legal and financial affairs during any period in which you are incapacitated. They even allow you to appoint someone to make medical decisions on your behalf if you are incapacitated and unable to make those decisions yourself. This self-help book provides you with step-by-step instructions, detailed information and all the forms necessary to ensure that your legal, financial and medical affairs can be managed during any period in which you are unable to do so yourself.
Notes: "Power of attorney forms included!"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Powers of attorney overview; title: Types of powers of attorney; title: Who needs a power of attorney?; title: Creating a power of attorney; title: Commencement and cessation of powers of attorney; title: The principal and the agent; title: Alternatives to using a power of attorney; title: Preparing your own powers of attorney; title: Appendix 1. Make your own power of attorney; title: Appendix 2. Signing instructions; title: Appendix 3. Sample powers of attorney for finance and property; title: Appendix 4. Agent's acceptance of appointment; title: Appendix 5. Durable power of attorney for healthcare & living will; title: Appendix 6. Notice of revocation of a power of attorney.