by Laurie Ohall | Aug 5, 2011 | End of Life Issues, Estate Planning, Florida Laws, Power of Attorney for Estate Planning
Last time, I talked about some of the more relevant changes to the DPOA statute such as doing away with “springing” POA’s and how POA’s signed before the new statute is enacted (which is on 10/1/11) will be treated. Some other changes to the statute include the...
by Laurie Ohall | Jul 30, 2011 | End of Life Issues, Estate Planning, Florida Laws, Power of Attorney for Estate Planning
The purpose of a durable power of attorney (DPOA) is to provide the least restrictive alternative to having someone act on your behalf to make health care and financial decisions. The current DPOA statute (which can be found at Florida Statute Section 709.01 through...