Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare Decisions

If you get to a point in your life where you are unable to make medical decisions for yourself, it is important to have a healthcare Power of Attorney (POA).  Your healthcare POA names the people you have chosen to make medical decisions on your behalf, and to carry out your stated desires regarding life sustaining measures.  By nominating an agent and making your desires known, you remove the burden from family/friends of having to make those decisions on your behalf.

Durable Power of Attorney for Financial Decisions

The financial POA allows your nominated agent(s) to make financial decisions on your behalf, and to manage your assets, except those assets that are in your RLT (provisions in your RLT dictate how your Successor Trustee can manage Trust assets).

You can make your POA effective immediately or have it effective only upon your incapacity.  You can also limit your agent’s powers or grant them broad powers.