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Shortly before my father passed away, he gave his roommate POA to cover some bills and whatnot. Before my father actually passed away, this roommate took the POA and changed himself to beneficiary of my fathers sizeable pension plan. There was only one witness on the form and the signature looked very questionable to my brother, mother and I. My questions are: Can a POA form give one the power to change ones self to beneficiary? Shouldn't my father, who was alert until the end, have been the one to change it? Is the form any good with only one witness? The state laws get confusing because my father and the roommate lived in Hawaii, the Board of Pensions is in Minnesota, I'm currently in Mississippi and my brother is in Texas. To confuse things more, my lawyer (my uncle) lives in Kansas. My brother and I are the orginal benificaries. My basic and most urgent question is, Under Minnesota law, can a person use a Power of Atty form to change himself to beneficary of a pension, esp. when the person is still alive?! Thank you