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 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.
+For example, in making an enduring power of attorney, your friend Martina might name you and two other people as her attorneys. If she does, she 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 the power of attorney doesn’t say, the attorneys must act '''unanimously'''. That means they have to all agree before they can act.
 Where the power of attorney says one attorney can act independently, you must coordinate with any other attorneys and share information about decisions.