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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?==
 ===If there are multiple attorneys===
-Martina may have named more than one attorney in her power of attorney. If she named multiple attorneys, she might have assigned areas of authority to each of them.
+The adult making a power of attorney may name more than one attorney. If the adult names multiple attorneys, the adult might assign areas of authority to each of them.
-Martina’s power of attorney document 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.
 Where the power of attorney says one attorney can act independently, you must coordinate with any other attorneys and share information about decisions.