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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 for 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 Email: jeffreyb@legalhelper.ws This article was posted on September 28, 2004 Read More Articles from the "Legal" Category: Dissolution by Affidavit - Personal Appearance Not Required by Lloyd M. Nolan The Costly Truth About Bringing New Business Into The Firm... by Tony Merlino An important part of lifetime planning is the Power of Attorney. by Jeffrey Broobin Unclaimed Tax Refunds: How To Claim Yours by Gray Rollins What the Credit Industry Doesn't Want You to Know About Bankruptcy by Tiffany Sanders Social Security Attorneys: At Your Service! by Marlon D. Ludovice The Stages of Civil Litigation by Gerard Simington Spinal Cord Injury can put your Life at Risk by Karen Nodalo Accessing Legal Forms For All by Laura Jeffries Social Security Disability Secrets by Nash Ville << Back to "Legal" Index

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