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 fo
 r
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 |