Elder Law
The “Dash”: Filling That Space
by Anita Schnee, Attorney at Law On the face of it, our job as elder-law attorneys is to help our clients hold on to what
Anita Schnee
September 29, 2019
by Anita Schnee, Attorney at Law On the face of it, our job as elder-law attorneys is to help our clients hold on to what
by Anita Schnee, Attorney at Law Powerful “power of attorney” (POA) documents are essential, if there ever comes a time when you or your elder
by Anita Schnee, Attorney at Law Your sister Martina asks you to serve as her power of attorney. She is concerned that if she gets
by Anita Schnee, Attorney at Law The short answer: Both share similar concerns. The longer answer? The differences make all the difference. The Concerns Are
by Anita Schnee, Attorney at Law Contemplating our own death is one of the hardest challenges we will ever have to face. Yet, if we
by Anita Schnee, Attorney at Law We lawyers prepare powers-of-attorney documents so that when our clients can no longer act for themselves, the documents will
by Anita Schnee, Attorney at Law I’ve been focusing my legal practice on elder law for around five years now, and it seems as if
Your right to vote is a fundamental lynchpin of what it means to be a citizen – yet you could lose your right if you become a ward in a guardianship. Having a strong power of attorney is essential to avoid that drastic, but little-known, consequence.
Have you thought about what would happen if you got so sick you couldn’t communicate with your doctors? Would you be surprised to hear that it can be rewarding to think about such difficult questions?
Does my power of attorney cover this? Maybe? “Maybe” is not what you want to hear in an emergency. A reliable attorney can make sure the answer is “yes!”