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I. How We Work in Washington. Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services. APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
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Yes, you do. Suppose your cousin becomes incompetent and you need to do placement. That can be done legally most easily with POA. Get this done by an attorney, not by pulling documents off computer that you have notarized. A notary attests only to a signature, not to competency to create a good POA document.
Yes. It gives you wide ranging powers over property while cousin is alive. If you are primary caregiver, you need to be able to access assets for cousin’s care.
A health care directive is from the "patient" to the doctor, explaining what the "patient's" wishes are in terms of end-of-life care or catastrophic medical events.
Whether or not you need a POA really depends on what sort of relationship you have with your cousin; for example, are you their closest relative? Are you the person your cousin wants to speak for him/her in the event they can't advocate for themselves? Is there a chance you are going to wind up being your cousin's primary caregiver at some point? If the answer to any of these is "yes", then it would serve you well in the future to have POA. Without it, you might encounter difficulties in getting your cousin care, placement, etc.
However, if you don't envision having to be an advocate/caregiver/etc. for cousin, and you're only talking about the disposition of your cousin's assets after death, then no, a POA is not necessary to inherit.
If you and cousin are unsure as to the necessity of a POA, your best bet would be to contact the lawyer who drew up the will and speak with them as to the necessity of it. If your cousin's will was drawn up by a lawyer, I'm actually a little surprised a POA wasn't done at the same time; my husband and I had our wills, POA's and living wills/health care proxies all drawn up together by the lawyer, at his suggestion. Are you sure your cousin hasn't assigned POA to someone other than you?
If the OP is on cousin's bank account, the OP can legally get money from the account without a POA. In fact, the OP can take every last cent out of the account if she so chooses; it would be legal, although morally and ethically wrong.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
B.
APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
C.
APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
D.
If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Suppose your cousin becomes incompetent and you need to do placement. That can be done legally most easily with POA. Get this done by an attorney, not by pulling documents off computer that you have notarized. A notary attests only to a signature, not to competency to create a good POA document.
A health care directive is from the "patient" to the doctor, explaining what the "patient's" wishes are in terms of end-of-life care or catastrophic medical events.
Whether or not you need a POA really depends on what sort of relationship you have with your cousin; for example, are you their closest relative? Are you the person your cousin wants to speak for him/her in the event they can't advocate for themselves? Is there a chance you are going to wind up being your cousin's primary caregiver at some point? If the answer to any of these is "yes", then it would serve you well in the future to have POA. Without it, you might encounter difficulties in getting your cousin care, placement, etc.
However, if you don't envision having to be an advocate/caregiver/etc. for cousin, and you're only talking about the disposition of your cousin's assets after death, then no, a POA is not necessary to inherit.
If you and cousin are unsure as to the necessity of a POA, your best bet would be to contact the lawyer who drew up the will and speak with them as to the necessity of it. If your cousin's will was drawn up by a lawyer, I'm actually a little surprised a POA wasn't done at the same time; my husband and I had our wills, POA's and living wills/health care proxies all drawn up together by the lawyer, at his suggestion. Are you sure your cousin hasn't assigned POA to someone other than you?