Establishing a conservatorship or durable power of attorney.
How do I set up a conservatorship or durable power of attorney for my mother who is residing in a skilled nursing facility due to age and dementia. She is unable to talk, write or communicate in any way. I am a signer on her accounts and able to pay her bills but cannot make critical decisions regarding her care.
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durable power of attorney My mother and her partner have been together for 27…
durable power of attorney
My mother and her partner have been together for 27 years. My mother needs to access his accounts to pay for his care. She does not have durable power of attorney and he is not capable of signing the document. What can she do?
Brother transfered title to himself.
Brother transfered title to himself.
After loosing our home in Sept. we went to stay with my mother. She is 78. In December my brother sent a letter to us telling us to vacate the property 10 days before X-mas. He then informed us that mother had Alzhimers and that he had durable power of attorney, and that he was now the legal owner of the property and we had to leave. Mother does not have Alzhimers, and she was not aware that her property had been transfered out of her name. Now we have been issued a notice of termination of tenacy, that has our names and ”all others in possession of the premises”. Can he legallly do this to us and his mother? Is the paperwork valid with the clause ”all others” it does not preclude the mother so would it mean her also? She does not want us to go and told us to hire an attorney.
my parents’ medical dr.
my parents’ medical dr. honoring power of attorney
Both my brother and I have medical power of attorney and durable power of attorney granted to us by our elderly parents, age 80 and 84. They gave this to us for a variety of reasons, but most specifically so we could freely talk with their health care providers, etc. Their primary care Dr. REFUSES to honor the power of attorney documents, even though he has notorized copies. He says it is his office policy to not discuss anything about our parents unless it is in their presence. We cannot even call to make appts. for them, ask questions…….nothing. My mother has been diagnosed with early dementia, and she is in complete denial about this. It is impossible to discuss her numerous problems with her present. In fact, she has come to resent us being at her medical appts. I could write a book about the frustrations we are experiencing, and largly because of their Dr. and his refusal to have conversations either in person, or by letter, or email with us. What can we do???? Even my father is extremely frustrated because he wants us to help him navigate the medical help our mother needs. My mother’s behavior is erratic and unpredictable, and we fear for her safety.
I am the agent (attorney in fact) named on a statutory durable power of…
I am the agent (attorney in fact) named on a statutory durable power of attorney for my mother. The DPOA grants me (the agent) a list of powers, including the power to conduct banking and other financial institution transactions on my mother’s behalf. Several years ago several CDs were titled with my mother and me as co-owners. I recently went to the bank (with the DPOA in hand) to have the CDs re-titled with my mother as the sole owner but was told by the bank employee that my mother would have to be present to make those changes and the DPOA wasn’t sufficient. It’s my understanding that the DPOA gives me, the named agent (attorney in fact), authority to perform or undertake any action my mother could perform or undertake if she were personally present. Was the bank employee misinformed?