A financial power of attorney authorizes someone to handle your financial affairs if you can’t. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

A General Durable Power of Attorney (POA) is an extremely important estate planning document. This document allows a competent adult to appoint an agent to act in their place with regard to their ...

When you assign someone power of attorney you give them the authority to make decisions for you and on your behalf. Whatever the agent, as this person is called, decides will be as binding as if you’d ...

Power of attorney (POA) is a crucial legal tool that allows an individual to delegate decision-making authority to another person. Whether managing financial matters, healthcare decisions or other ...

It's never too early to consider how you want your financial affairs to be managed if something happens to you. One solution is to grant a power of attorney (POA) for your investment-account assets to ...

A power of attorney is a legal document that gives a person the authority to act on another's behalf. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) has announced the official publication of the SMART Doc V3 ...

Michigan’s new Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA) becomes effective on July 1, 2024. This law serves several purposes, which include preventing financial exploitation of vulnerable individuals and ...

Effective October 1, 2016 Connecticut will have finally updated its 1965 law governing Powers of Attorney (POA’s). The new law, called the Connecticut Uniform Power of Attorney Act, or “CT UPOAA”, ...

Many factors determine the type of POA you need, and whether it will hold up when needed. FINRA is issuing this alert to provide tips and information when considering a POA for your investment-account ...