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Protecting unmarried
couples relationships
by: Jeffrey Broobin
A power of attorney is a legal document
that allows you to dictate who you would like to make
decisions on your behalf. While there are many useful
purposes for a power of attorney, they are especially
important to unmarried couples, which live together, when a
partner becomes incapacitated and unable to make decisions.
In such situations, the law usually
designates the incapacitated person's next of kin as the
decision maker. With a power of attorney, unmarried couples
can give their partners the power to make such decisions.
Powers of attorney can be as general or
specific as you decide. You can give your partner the power
to make decisions on your behalf at any time or only when
you become incapacitated. You can also dictate what types of
decisions you are authorizing your agent to make. A health
care power of attorney (also referred to as a durable power
of attorney for health care, medical power of attorney,
health care proxy and appointment of health care agent of
surrogate) would authorize your partner (or other agent) to
make decisions about your medical treatment and dictate who
you would like to be able to visit you while receiving
medical treatment.
By executing a power of attorney for
finances (also referred to as a durable power of attorney
for finances) you could dictate whom you want to make
decisions about your legal and financial matters. You can be
very specific about what actions you are authorizing your
partner (or other agent) to make, including which accounts
he or she has access to and the types of decisions he or she
can make.
Note that Legal Helper Corp. -
http://www.legalhelpmate.com/power-of-attorney.aspx -
provides an easy-to-use, quick, and economical online method
for creating completed power of attorney for any occasions.
About The Author
Jeffrey Broobin is a free-lance writer on
family and finance issues; his main goal is to help people
during their complicated period of life.
Website:
http://www.legalhelpmate.com
Email:
jeffreyb@legalhelper.ws |
