Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania
spouses making medical decisons for spouse
my mother-in -law is ill, not terminal she is 90+ & suffering from old age. She has not been legally declared incompeent, does her husband have the right to make her med decisions for her?
Asked on 7/03/09, 2:11 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Solomon Weinstein
Solomon Weinstein, Esquire
Re: spouses making medical decisons for spouse
If your motherin law is competant and exercises a health care power of attorney naming your husband as power of attorney for health decisions he would have the ability to make decisions
Answered on 7/06/09, 12:06 pm