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{{REVIEWEDPLS | reviewer = [[Kevin Smith]]|date= January 2018}}{{Managing Someone Else's Money TOC}}==What if there are others involved in making decisions?== | {{REVIEWEDPLS | reviewer = [[Kevin Smith]]|date= January 2018}}{{Managing Someone Else's Money TOC}}==What if there are others involved in making decisions?== | ||
===If there are multiple attorneys=== | ===If there are multiple attorneys=== | ||
The adult making a power of attorney may name more than one attorney | The adult making a power of attorney may name more than one attorney. | ||
In making an enduring power of attorney, your friend Martina should set out how multiple attorneys are to act—for example, whether they can act on their own, as a group or in some combination. If it doesn’t, the attorneys must act '''unanimously'''. That means they have to all agree before they can act. | In making an enduring power of attorney, your friend Martina should set out how multiple attorneys are to act—for example, whether they can act on their own, as a group or in some combination. If it doesn’t, the attorneys must act '''unanimously'''. That means they have to all agree before they can act. | ||
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Where the power of attorney says one attorney can act independently, you must coordinate with any other attorneys and share information about decisions. | Where the power of attorney says one attorney can act independently, you must coordinate with any other attorneys and share information about decisions. | ||
Even where you and another attorney don’t have to agree on all decisions, you cannot let another attorney do something that harms Martina. You are still responsible for her and must act in her best interest. | Even where you and another attorney don’t have to agree on all decisions, you cannot let another attorney do something that harms Martina. You are still responsible for her and must act in her best interest. | ||
===If the power of attorney names an alternate attorney=== | ===If the power of attorney names an alternate attorney=== | ||
Martina may have named an “alternate attorney” to act for her if you are not able to be the attorney. An alternate attorney has no authority if you are willing and able to act as Martina’s attorney. | Martina may have named an “alternate attorney” to act for her if you are not able to be the attorney. An alternate attorney has no authority if you are willing and able to act as Martina’s attorney. | ||
