Replace, do not Amend, Powers of Attorney
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News and other Hearst Newspapers on October 1, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: Can a Durable Power of Attorney and a Medical Power of Attorney be amended to change the alternate agent without a new document being issued? – RLD A Durable Power of Attorney is legally intended to delegate to an Agent authority to assist with the Principal’s financial and business matters. A Medical Power of Attorney, likewise, delegates to an Agent a