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My father passed recently and his girlfriend was able to make arrangements because of a clause in the POA. I've never heard of this and would like more details. Thank you.
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Maryellen Sullivan
Powers of Attorney generally allow an agent to stand in the shoes of a principal, and so are only effective when the principal is alive. Once dead, the principal's assets are now estate assets and require court appointment of an executor.
There are specific documents that appoint someone to dispose of remains, so this may be what your father executed with his power of attorney. I suppose it also could have been included in a power of attorney. At any rate, it is somewhat common for someone to designate a certain person that they want to make the decisions about where they are buriedor cremated, organ donation, etc.
Answered on Mar 14th, 2017 at 3:37 PM