Power of Attorney (POA): Meaning, Types, and How and Why to Set One Up

A power of attorney (POA) is legal authorization for a designated person to make decisions about another person's property, ...
JD Supra

A Properly Notarized Power of Attorney Provides Authority to Execute Mortgages

In Forbes v. Platinum Mortgage, Inc., No. 1180985, 2020 WL 746533 (Ala. Feb. 14, 2020), the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the validity of a home mortgage. There, the husband borrowed $175,000, securing ...

Free events will help residents set financial power of attorney

Senior Resources & Benefits, LLC, is teaming up with MedicRx to host free events in November to help people set up a financial power of attorney and learn why it’s an important legal document. Each ...
The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Notarization Translation Services: What It Is & Why It’s Critical for Legal Documents

Notarized translation is a two-part service. First, a qualified linguist translates the full text of the source document, ...
MassLive

Coronavirus: Attorneys could notarize powers of attorney, deeds remotely under Beacon Hill bill during state of emergency

A Beacon Hill bill would offer a workaround for people seeking to notarize power of attorney documents, wills, deeds and other forms during the coronavirus pandemic, offering them a remote option to ...
Barron's

‘It Broke Me’: Everyone Says You Need a Power of Attorney, but Nobody Tells You How Hard It Is to Use.

When I went to the bank to execute my mother’s durable power of attorney during her recent hospital stay, the manager peered at me through the glass partition at the front desk and shook his head no.