Legal Question in Elder Law in California
nursing homes
If you have power of attorney over a nursing home resident are you financially responsible for their stay in that facillity?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: nursing homes
Generally, someone with a POA is not responsible as a principal debtor unless the sign an agreement without authority or sign personally. The simple answer is you would not be responsible unless you sign an agreement in your own name to be responsible. As long as you sign in their name as a Attorney in Fact you should not have any personal responsibility.
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Re: nursing homes
You are not personally liable to pay from your own assets, unless you have a written agreement to be held responsible personally. If you have used assets of the resident for your own purposes (for example, paid your own bills from the resident's bank account or transferred funds from that person's account to your account), you might find yourself liable to the extent of what you have taken.
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