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###(a) the property the adult has and its approximate value; | ###(a) the property the adult has and its approximate value; | ||
###(b) the obligations the adult owes to his or her dependants; | ###(b) the obligations the adult owes to his or her dependants; | ||
###(c) that the adult's attorney will be able to do on the adult's behalf anything in respect of the adult's financial affairs that the adult could do if capable, except make a will, subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in the enduring power of attorney; | ###(c) that the adult's attorney will be able to do on the adult's behalf anything in respect of the adult's financial affairs that the adult could do if capable, except make a will, subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in the enduring power of attorney; | ||
###(d) that, unless the attorney manages the adult's business and property prudently, their value may decline; | |||
###(e) that the attorney might misuse the attorney's authority; | |||
###(f) that the adult may, if capable, revoke the enduring power of attorney; | |||
###(g) any other prescribed matter. | |||
#POAA, s. 17 (1). | |||
#POAA, s. s27 (1). | |||
#Online: www.nidus.ca (Last accessed: May 1, 2014). | |||
#The enduring power of attorney or a representation agreement for property is suspended if the person granting the power has been “certified” under the Patient Property Act. [RSBC 1996] c. 349, s. 19.1. | |||
#POAA, s. 30 (4) (b). For some people, the duties may continue but only under other legal authority, e.g. as executor of will, administrator of the estate, representative grant. | |||
#POAA, s. 28. | |||
#POAA, s. 31 (3). | |||
#POAA, s. 35 (2). | |||
#POAA, s. 35. | |||
#POAA, s. 35 (1). | |||
#POAA, s. 29 (2) (d) (i). | |||
#POAA, s.29 (2) (d). | |||
#POAA, s. 34 (2) (a). | |||
#POAA, s. 34 (2) (c ) (i). | |||
#POAA, s. 34 (2) (b). | |||
#POAA, s. 34 (2). | |||
#POAA, s. 34 (3). | |||
#Adult Guardianship Act [RSBC 1996] c. 6 [“AGA”] | |||
#Patients Property Act, [RSBC 1996] c. 349. {“PPA”] | |||
#Goodrich v. British Columbia (Registrar of Land Titles), [2004] BCCA 100 | |||
#Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, Bill 29. | |||
#Canadian Bankers Association. Consumer Information. “Protecting yourself from financial abuse”. Online: http://www.cba.ca/en/consumer-information/92-protecting-yourself-from-financial-abuse/695-powers-of-attorney-bank-requirements {“CBA, 1”] (Last accessed: May 1, 2014). | |||
#Canadian Bankers Association. Preventing Financial Abuse. Online: http://www.cba.ca/contents/files/misc/msc-preventing-finabuse-print-en.pdf [“CBA, 2”] (Last accessed: May1, 2014). | |||
#CBA, 2, ibid. | |||
#L. Beachell, of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, comment in Tomlinson, K. (Nov. 12, 2012). “RBC blocks housebound senior from getting her money .” CBC News. Online: | |||
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rbc-blocks-housebound-senior-from-getting-her-money-1.1210222(Last accessed: May 1, 2014). | |||
#POAA, s. 19(1). | |||
#POAA, s. 19(1). | |||
#POAA, s.19. | |||
#POAA, s. 19. | |||
#POAA, c.370, 19 (3) (c). | |||
#POAA, s.19 (3). | |||
#There is an exception made where the individual working the facility is a child, parent or spouse of the adult. | |||
#POAA, s. 32 (1) (a) and (b); also, s. 32 (2). | |||
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