Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Utah

Power of Attorney

I'm the administrator of a website for somebody who doesn't own his domain name because a friend registered it for him. The friend recently died without transferring ownership of the domain name to the website owner. The domain name registrar won't transfer ownership of the domain name to the website owner without a death certificate and a power of attorney. How can we get a power of attorney for the friend's widow when her deceased husband can't sign it?

Thank you.


Asked on 4/04/06, 1:16 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Scott Linden Scott H. Linden, Esq.

Re: Power of Attorney

The widow will sign the Power of Attorney. Since he was married, (I am assuming CA Law) then she is an equal owner of the whole under community property laws.

With the Death Certificate (and possible the marriage certificate) you can show that he is passed away and she is the next of kin. This is why she is the only one who can sign the Power of Attorney. Now, if he had incorporated and the business owned the domain name....that's another story.

I also build sites (see No-Probate.com and theLawShack.com for starters) so I understand your plight. Please feel free to contact me if you need additional assistance.

Scott Linden

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Answered on 4/04/06, 3:55 pm


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