chevelle70ss
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York
Good afternoon,
My mother just passed away a few months ago she had all her wits about her. I was executor since 2000 I'm an only child & got the house & some insurance money. I'm single & the only one I have is my German Shepherd I have one uncle & one aunt these are the only two relatives I have since I never knew my fathers side of the family.
My uncle took over & took care of all the paper work since he was a CPA. He told me it was very important for me to make out a Will. So instead of using my mothers lawyer he used his. From what I see if anything should happen to me his sons. I have no problem with this but it is moving very fast & really not knowing this stuff I'm lost.
Here is what I would like to know there is another sheet that is about 10 pages long which states that my uncle if I sign it would be Power of Attorney from what I understand & have been told this means he controlls everything without me having a say!.
I really don't understand why I need a power of attorney there is nothing wrong with me I have been paying the bills for as long as I can remember.
I was never power of attorney over my mother just executor I could not touch her bank account or sell anything of hers. This paper says my uncle can without me knowing.
So my question is why do I need Power of Attorney? is this normal? I can see if I could not make decisions but that is not the case. I just don't understand this if someone could explain it this would be very helpful?
I'm sorry for being so dumb but I have been told by friends not to sign it.
Thank you!
Will
Good afternoon,
My mother just passed away a few months ago she had all her wits about her. I was executor since 2000 I'm an only child & got the house & some insurance money. I'm single & the only one I have is my German Shepherd I have one uncle & one aunt these are the only two relatives I have since I never knew my fathers side of the family.
My uncle took over & took care of all the paper work since he was a CPA. He told me it was very important for me to make out a Will. So instead of using my mothers lawyer he used his. From what I see if anything should happen to me his sons. I have no problem with this but it is moving very fast & really not knowing this stuff I'm lost.
Here is what I would like to know there is another sheet that is about 10 pages long which states that my uncle if I sign it would be Power of Attorney from what I understand & have been told this means he controlls everything without me having a say!.
I really don't understand why I need a power of attorney there is nothing wrong with me I have been paying the bills for as long as I can remember.
I was never power of attorney over my mother just executor I could not touch her bank account or sell anything of hers. This paper says my uncle can without me knowing.
So my question is why do I need Power of Attorney? is this normal? I can see if I could not make decisions but that is not the case. I just don't understand this if someone could explain it this would be very helpful?
I'm sorry for being so dumb but I have been told by friends not to sign it.
Thank you!
Will