If you are acting as an Executor or Administrator of an Estate, a court appointed guardian, an agent acting under a Power of Attorney, or a Trustee, you are a Fiduciary. By law, a Fiduciary is accountable for their acts and must act in the
Dementia creates serious problems, no doubt. Among them is the compelling issue of who will make decisions for a person suffering from dementia, and who has the right to appoint such a decision-maker? What are the spouse’s rights? How about the children, individually? More importantly,
A Power of Attorney and a Health Care Power of Attorney for Young Adults Peace of Mind for Parents and A Measure of Safety for College Students A Power of Attorney and a Health Care Power of Attorney are important documents for young adults to prepare. Once
Guardianship is a legal decision made by a court. The decision made is that a particular person has become incapacitated. He or she can no longer make decisions about him or herself. The Court also appoints a “guardian” to make decisions for the person it
Increasingly, we Baby-Boomers are being called to care for a parent, or another, who has dementia. At the more advanced stages of this disease, the individual will lose capacity to make decisions about their finances, health care, living arrangements and the like. Unless the person
Being an Elder Care attorney for over fifteen years, I have seen so many people in anguish over caring for their aging parents. Many times, I have heard men and women say, "The pressure is killing me." Most of the time, it is the women