Dear Mr. Premack: My mother recently named me as Agent in a perfectly valid, attorney prepared Durable Power of Attorney. Mother is of sound mind but is physically frail, and she asked me to go to her Credit Union to make some changes to her accounts. I presented the Durable POA, and the staffer at the Credit Union said that they don’t accept POAs and could not help me. Now I am angry and confused. How can they turn away a legal, valid POA and deny my mother the help she need

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and its MySA.com website on July 26, 2015. The US Supreme Court, in Obergefell v. Hodges, has ruled that marriage between two people is protected by the Constitution’s guarantee of due process and equal protection. Marriage is a liberty that has been protected by the Constitution and prior Supreme Court decisions. Same-sex couples are accorded the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples. Further, the Constitution