ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Learn how to avoid catastrophes that will result under Florida's new Durable Power of Attorney Law, for powers of attorney signed after September 30, 2011. The new statute requires enumeration of all authorized powers in a power of attorney document, separate signing or initialing next to a number of powers that would normally be assumed effective, and prohibition against springing powers of attorney signed after September 30, 2011. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090105/56509LOGO)
ARBITRATION – arbitration agreement; nursing home; procedural unconscionability; substantive unconscionability; relative bargaining power; payment of attorney fees; 30-day period to review agreement; not contingent upon admission; separate document.
Dear Abby: In a recent column I noted the comments of a reader and your response concerning the need to have a will and a living will. As an elder law attorney, I feel strongly that my clients should have two additional documents in place: a health care proxy and a durable power of attorney. I have, in my practice of the last 25 years, concluded that the single most important document a client can have is a durable power of attorney. Many of the issues that were raised in your reader's letter could be addressed if someone had a power of attorney. This document, like the others, can be as broad or as narrow as the individual giving the power of attorney wishes. It is not a relinquishing of authority but rather a granting of parallel authority and can easily be revoked.
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A military power of attorney is a critical document for managing affairs on the home front when a spouse is deployed overseas. A Kentucky military family had to learn the hard way that only having a photocopy of that document can stop a real estate transaction dead in its tracks. Lyndon and Latonya Bartholomew have a home near Lexington, Kentucky. In the course of refinancing, they needed to have an original deed and mortgage recorded with the Fayette County Clerk's Office.
' Scott Miller, another elder-law attorney here, says the durable power of attorney is a critical document for these reasons, and preparing one in case an estate owner becomes incapacitated can save the estate money since it prevents the need for a court-appointed guardian to be named to make decisions. The alternative is a guardianship, which can cost several thousand dollars, Miller says, as opposed to a durable power of attorney, which can be prepared as part of a package of estate planning documents that together can cost between $500 and $1,500, depending on the complexity of the client's estate.
A comprehensive estate plan will also provide for the ongoing care of the animal should the owner lose the capacity to handle his own affairs, whether due to physical or mental illness. The health care proxy, which is a document naming someone to make health care decisions for the owner, and the durable power of attorney which is a document naming someone to make financial decisions for the owner, should contain special provisions acknowledging the animal and providing for the animal's ongoing care.
Where we have heard complaints is where family members have refused to allow a patient's partner to visit or have chosen to disregard what the patient has indicated in their Durable Power of Attorney for Medical Care document regarding visitation," [Jay Kaplan] said. "I am aware of one particular incident, where a lesbian patient's partner was not informed about the progress of the patient's surgery by the hospital, even though she was the listed contact person on the Power of...
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