Your family might need a power of attorney right now. Here’s why.
People are likely to become mentally incapacitated before they die. Giving someone you trust power of attorney helps protect you.
Author: Katherine Snow Smith
Katherine Snow Smith has covered business, parenting, the arts and other beats since graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After stints at the Greenville News in South Carolina and the Charlotte Business Journal she spent 23 years at the Tampa Bay Times as a reporter, parenting columnist and magazine editor.
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