recycbride
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New Jersey
My mother, who lives in New Jersey and is now 94, had given me durable Power of Attorney 10 years ago. I live in Ohio and even though I have an older sister who lives in New Jersey, my mother decided I would be best suited for POA as opposed to sister in New Jersey because of previous incidents with my sister and my sisters son which concerned my mother regarding trust issues with them. I have been informed by my sister that on December 28, 2011, while my mother was visiting her, my mother requested to go to her attorney and have a new Power of Attorney drawn up naming my sister as her Power of Attorney and that my mothers instructions to my sister were that I was not to know of this. Sister told me not to mention to mother that she told me. I am under the impression that when you revoke someone's Power of Attorney that they need to get a written notification from the principal. Is this correct? From what I understand, until I receive written notification I still have the authority to act as mother's attorney-in-fact if needed. I don't understand why my mother has not mentioned any of this to me and I am beginning to smell a rat (sister).
My mother, who lives in New Jersey and is now 94, had given me durable Power of Attorney 10 years ago. I live in Ohio and even though I have an older sister who lives in New Jersey, my mother decided I would be best suited for POA as opposed to sister in New Jersey because of previous incidents with my sister and my sisters son which concerned my mother regarding trust issues with them. I have been informed by my sister that on December 28, 2011, while my mother was visiting her, my mother requested to go to her attorney and have a new Power of Attorney drawn up naming my sister as her Power of Attorney and that my mothers instructions to my sister were that I was not to know of this. Sister told me not to mention to mother that she told me. I am under the impression that when you revoke someone's Power of Attorney that they need to get a written notification from the principal. Is this correct? From what I understand, until I receive written notification I still have the authority to act as mother's attorney-in-fact if needed. I don't understand why my mother has not mentioned any of this to me and I am beginning to smell a rat (sister).