2011年4月9日 星期六

Defending the misuse of power


I will recommend lawyers must be retained. Power of Attorney is an important document that allows someone else to handle your affairs if you have difficulty or are unable to do so. With age and disease, proxy often becomes necessary. Usually the person who gave authority to act done with the best intentions. However, what happens if you trust the person who abuse power for personal gain or benefit? Proxy may seem like a simple document, but can have far-reaching consequences and unintended. Power of attorney can be very tempting for someone with it.

Authorization of a legal document that gives a person ("master") another person ("customer" or "Attorney in fact") authority acting in the home. If the key becomes disabled or patients who are unable to deal with financial affairs, or choose just let someone else do it for them, and the person or persons designated and power she can pay the Bills, dealing with banks, lawyers and other professionals, and do other things in the main interest.

Can be a power of Attorney, in the sense that it gives the Attorney in fact authority for doing everything for themselves, or limited, which means that they are limited in scope and/or time. For example, a power of attorney may be limited to one specific law or type of business, such as the limited power of attorney to attend real estate closing and signing of final documents for the buyer or seller, or it may be time-limited, such as power of Attorney is effective only during the time that someone outside the country on a trip. Proxy may also be permanent, which means that in effect when its execution (or date), remains valid even if the principal becomes unable, or impressions, meaning only requires following after disabled key (or some other definite future act or circumstance). Problem with proxy sbringing they need judgement of failure the authority should take effect. This process can take considerable time-plus initiate legal proceedings, and contracted an independent person Court interview and investigate the circumstances of the alleged failure, and a hearing in court-there are often just trying most of the time when you need to take immediate or prompt.

In New Jersey, could include a provision for health care decisions, including the authority to approve any medical care or treatment, service or procedure. Health care power of Attorney differs from "the will to live" a written statement of a person's health care and medical, but wishes to appoint another person to make health care decisions.

A useful and powerful tool. Unfortunately, as with so many good things for something can still be used for improper purposes. Power of Attorney allows the agent or Attorney in fact to do almost anything major may or may do the same. As a result, can be an invitation to abuse and dealing.

May not be a victim of abuse Attorney often know what's happening, or may feel incapable of saying or doing anything because they are dependent on the abuser to care and companionship. The nature and extent of ill-treatment had come to light until after the death of the person and someone else can get access to their banking and other financial records.

Conflicts can arise when you use an agent or Attorney in fact of Attorney asset transfer master of himself or his family. This can be done as a possession of the technical planning, such as offering gifts to the annual gift tax exclusion. Meanwhile, family members may be denied a share of the main assets of others may eventually inherit otherwise. Someone, for example, you might use a power of attorney to withdraw money from bank accounts and deposit funds in their country or possess a bank account. We saw this and had participated litigation in making money again.

Under New Jersey law, the traditional rule by proxy shall not be construed to allow the agent or Attorney is giving key assets to itself or to third parties without the clear permission with the language such gifts. See domestic f. peruzzi, 44 Super, NJ. 227 (nuggets involved 1957). In 2004 in the New Jersey law provides that a power of attorney shall be construed to authorize the Attorney fact justification for the transfer of property of MP truth or anyone else except Attorney expressly and specifically so authorized. N.J.S.A 46:2B-8.13a. If this happens, the Supreme Court, at the request of any other heir or next friend, may require the Attorney fact submission hold (no explanation of when and what funds used) if there is doubt or concern whether the Attorney in fact acted under authority delegated by the power of key interest. N.J.S.A. 46:2B-8.13(b).

Power of Attorney has been attacked as purchased by undue influence, or when it was out already inefficient and thus legally unable to perform authorization. This type of work like will contest alleging that was purchased by undue influence, or allegedly inherited disorder and was unable to legally make will.








Neil Solomon in estate litigation lawyer in Princeton based law firm of bilitiri, rabestin & Altman. Specialist in wills, trusts, and estate litigation, possibly reaching 609 520-0900 http://www.pralaw.comor


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