What to do about competing powers of attorney?
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What to do about competing powers of attorney?
My husband holds the most recent, comprehensive, durable power of attorney, for personal and family care for his mother. It has been recorded, notorized/registered. His brother holds an old medical power of attorney only, for her, it is not recorded and I am not sure if it’s notorized. How do these two powers of attorney compare?
Asked on February 21, 2013 under Estate Planning, North Carolina
Answers:
Victor Waid / Law Office of Victor Waid
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
The latest power of attorney governs, as the older medical power of attorney is revoked by the terms of the newest power of attorneygiven to your husband by his mother.
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