QUESTION
Can I get a temporary power of attorney to take care of a neighbor?
Asked on Oct 16th, 2011 on Estate Planning - Indiana
More details to this question:
I am a neighbor. This is not about his estate, but about getting him out of a mental facility that he has been in for over twenty years. I now have the means to care for him, but he is viewed as incompetent. Can I have temp power of attorney?
1 ANSWER
If your neighbor has been declared to be or is in fact mentally incompetent, he doesn't have the mental capacity to give you a power of attorney over him. Perhaps, you can initiate legal proceedings to get a guardianship.
Answered on Oct 17th, 2011 at 3:57 PM