Power Of Attorney Life Or Death

<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.legal-vu.com/2016/04/power-of-attorney-life-or-death.html">Power Of Attorney Life Or Death</a></h2> <br /> Need a Trusted Individual to Help Maintain Your Finances? Take the following into consideration<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Powers of Attorney v. Adding a New Co-Trustee</div> <br /> A document entitled Power of Attorney and Durable Power of Attorney are powerful estate planning documents.  One difference between the two documents is that a Power of Attorney can terminate upon incapacity, however, a durable power of attorney can remain in effect.  They are quite simple documents at first glance, but it is important to understand your state specific laws that regulate the requirements for drafting. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtA-AkYt81fHS7NL2Y1YgnDy9zRNciqOecD5YNmRYBteFKiNlQEhmfP38_cwGuEDQe4cxw-3Y-y86ZAhX8VI6LWbBUZAWNkzbIAmF4UJ0epTLxWP0ngRSJLo5AXYtEm1XqNe2s-EhJowE/s1600/Power+Of+Attorney.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtA-AkYt81fHS7NL2Y1YgnDy9zRNciqOecD5YNmRYBteFKiNlQEhmfP38_cwGuEDQe4cxw-3Y-y86ZAhX8VI6LWbBUZAWNkzbIAmF4UJ0epTLxWP0ngRSJLo5AXYtEm1XqNe2s-EhJowE/s320/Power+Of+Attorney.png" width="320" /></a></div> I recently encountered a case where co-trustees of a revocable living trust (RLT) wanted their successor trustee to immediately begin having power over their finances in order to help pay bills.  All of the assets had already been moved into the RLT at this point.   <br /> <br /> This was a question I felt I knew the answer to quickly, however, when I delved deeper into my real understanding behind powers of attorney I learned quite a lot. <br /> <br /> My first question was should I amend the trust to allow the successor trustee to now serve as co-trustee or should I amend the durable power of attorney and give the successor trustee an immediate power of attorney?<br /> <br /> Adding a co-trustee to a trust gives the new individual full authority to act on behalf of the trust assets, but the agent within the power of attorney may not.  A trustee has power to amend and change the terms of everything, therefore, I felt in my gut that changing the power of attorney was a much better solution. <br /> <br /> <h3> <a href="http://blog.attorneyshapiro.com/2016/04/what-to-do-before-you-die.html">What To Do Before You Die - Continued</a></h3> <br />                                                                             /s/ Natalie A. Staroschak, Esq.<br /> <br /> <br /> Other Article Of Interest:<br /> <a href="http://blog.attorneyshapiro.com/2016/04/what-to-do-before-you-die.html">What To Do Before You Die</a><br /> <a href="http://www.legal-vu.com/2016/04/power-of-attorney-life-or-death.html">Power Of Attorney Life Or Death</a>

Power Of Attorney Life Or Death

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