A General Durable Power of Attorney (POA) is an extremely important estate planning document. This document allows a competent adult to appoint an agent to act in their place with regard to their ...

Seven documents stand between your family and chaos. Learn what they are, why they matter and how to get them done this week.

When people ask me what they can do to make things easier for their loved ones if something happens to them, the first question I ask is if they have power of attorney documents in place. A good ...

When you assign someone power of attorney you give them the authority to make decisions for you and on your behalf. Whatever the agent, as this person is called, decides will be as binding as if you’d ...

It's never too early to consider how you want your financial affairs to be managed if something happens to you. One solution is to grant a power of attorney (POA) for your investment-account assets to ...

Power of attorney (POA) is a crucial legal tool that allows an individual to delegate decision-making authority to another person. Whether managing financial matters, healthcare decisions or other ...

If you’re someone’s agent under their financial power of attorney you could be responsible for filing a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts—aka an FBAR—and subject to draconian penalties for ...

Said shortly, bluntly and as diplomatically as possible, the Patent Office needs to immediately revise its Power of Attorney form. I bet most patent attorneys and patent agents have never thought ...

Effective October 1, 2016 Connecticut will have finally updated its 1965 law governing Powers of Attorney (POA’s). The new law, called the Connecticut Uniform Power of Attorney Act, or “CT UPOAA”, ...

Many factors determine the type of POA you need, and whether it will hold up when needed. FINRA is issuing this alert to provide tips and information when considering a POA for your investment-account ...