Power Of Attorney

[catsrcool]

Can I grant my wife power of attorney automatically after my death?

[bhg481]

I think power of attorney ceases on death, so NO.

[grasscarp]

BHG is correct. Purpose of Power of Attorney is to be able to look after the finances (and/or medical decisions) for someone who is no longer mentally capable to make the decisions themselves. It is arranged when the person is still capable as they agree to the particular person/s taking on this role. e.g. it was suggested to me arrange this when my husband had to attend the memory clinic.

[Peter Pedant]

no you cant dont try

to achieve:
// Can I grant my wife power of attorney automatically after my death?//


you write a will .....

lots of advice on here on how to do so
go to a will-writer is simplest and best and cheapest in the long run....
and we even have a tame one on AB

[fiction-factory]

Do you mean make her the Executor?

[Peter Pedant]

FF we are answering the question as it is

not as we think it should be to make it sound better

[fiction-factory]

Yes, PP- and very good answers they were. But sometimes people just use the wrong term by mistake and I'm thinking that's what has happened here