Many states, including North Carolina, allow people to execute certain legal documents called Powers Attorney. In a Power of Attorney, a person, called the Principal, can appoint other trusted ...

Durable and springing powers of attorney are related, but distinct, concepts. A durable power of attorney continues after you are incapacitated and ends after your death. A springing power of attorney ...

A power of attorney is a legal document that transfers control of some of your personal responsibilities to another person. There are a few basic types of power of attorney, one of which is a durable ...

We all make important decisions and engage in regular financial transactions without giving a second thought about our capacity to do so. But what if you suddenly lost the ability? What would happen?

The concept of giving another person total agency over your finances could be unsettling. Who wants to hand over the reins to someone else? What business is it of theirs to know about your money? Why ...

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Dear Mr. Premack: My father is agent in the durable power of attorney for my aunt who is now incapacitated with severe Alzheimer’s. He is putting his affairs in order and wants to transfer his rights ...

But Roslyn Savings Bank wouldn’t accept the New York state power of attorney that the relative had signed three years earlier, when she sold her house. (In this case, the bank wants a longer state ...