Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
If a person is of mind and sound and the family wants him to do a power of attorney,without his other siblings being notified.Will that work he has a will.We think his sister wants him to move money.
1 Answer from Attorneys
There are 2 kinds of powers of attorney - one for medical purposes and one for financial purposes.
The financial power of attorney is VERY POWERFUL. A person should not do it unless they are 100% confident that they trust the person they make their power of attorney.
A person does not need to notify anyone that they are signing a power of attorney.
Be advised that many financial institutions will not accept a power of attorney that is not prepared on their special form. Why? Because they have been sued so many times by unhappy relatives claiming that the person that signed the power of attorney was taken advantage of by unethical people.
YOU SHOULD TALK TO AN ATTORNEY BEFORE SIGNING THIS OR ANY LEGAL LEGAL DOCUMENT!
You should NOT sign any legal document unless you understand what you are signing 100%!
If you sign anything, you can change your mind and REVOKE IT later! You can REMOVE the person from being your power of attorney any time you want.
However, it is much simplier just to not sign the legal document in the first place.
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