
It is recommended to consider having Powers of Attorney as follows:
Lasting Power of Attorney for your property and affairs: Allows a person to hand over the decision making powers in regard to their property and affairs to a responsible person of their choosing.
Lasting Power of Attorney for your personal affairs: Allows a person to hand over decision-making powers in regard to their healthcare and welfare to a responsible person of their choosing.
Limited Power of Attorney is where you authorize another person to do specific things for you for a limited period of time, or in certain circumstances. The limited Power of Attorney ends if you become incapacitated or die. It also could end at a time that you specify.
General Power of Attorney gives another person the authority to do whatever you can do. Think very carefully before signing this type of document. It should be used sparingly. This document also ends when you become incapacitated or die.
Durable Power of Attorney authorizes your agent to continue to act for you after you become incapacitated. This document also ends at your death.. It takes effect as soon as you sign it.
Springing Power of Attorney can be written so it goes into effect if you quickly become incapacitated. Be extremely careful with this one. be careful to define clearly exactly how others will determine how that sudden event has occurred.
More Power of Attorney info later.