DEFENDING YOUR RELATIONSHIP

DEFENDING YOUR RELATIONSHIP
BY: JAMES WOOD
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 LEGALHELPER
(http://www.legalhelper.net) provides an
easy-to-use, quick, and economical online method
FOR CREATING COMPLETED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR ANY
occasions.

about the author:
james wood is a free-lance writer on family
ISSUES; HIS MAIN GOAL IS TO HELP PEOPLE DURING
their complicated period of life, to find a
right legal solution in regards to family
RELATIONSHIP.

www.legalhelper.net/power-of-attorney.aspx
WJAMES@LEGALHELPER.NET

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