http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/2009/05/legal-insight-from-the-times/ Insight into your digital afterlife Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:44:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/2009/05/legal-insight-from-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-13101 Jeff Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:48:02 +0000 http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/?p=404#comment-13101 I'm not an attorney, but I have been told by our attorney that a "durable power of attorney" is only a legal document while the person is alive. Once the person passes, the POA is no longer usable. Control of the testator's estate passes to the executor. I’m not an attorney, but I have been told by our attorney that a “durable power of attorney” is only a legal document while the person is alive. Once the person passes, the POA is no longer usable. Control of the testator’s estate passes to the executor.

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