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Power of Attorney
My daughter will be leaving next week and told me yesterday she needs to do a power of attorney. This one hit me hard. I know I was at graduation, prepared a candio box, sent letters, read the orders, watched her unpack all the yellow tshirts from OCS, but now it's real. It was a topic I never even thought to address.
Anyway, we do not have a family attorney so I started looking on line. I found a military one for noncommissioned officers, but nothing for commissioned officers. Any suggestions?
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Permalink Reply by J/J Mom on
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We bought a Wills software program that included POAs. I'm hoping they'll stand up in court, if it ever comes to that. Hoping it doesn't haha
Did you do a search on here? I'm thinking i recall info about on-line POAs or some such thing.
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Permalink Reply by Noni on
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I just as my daughter and she knows not a thing about it....I assume your daughter is going abroad.
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Permalink Reply by beachmom76 on
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A power of attorney simply authorizes someone to act on her behalf while she is away. She really only needs one if you are going to be handling a shipment of her household goods or paying any of her bills or managing her finances while she is gone. It is super-simple for her to arrange. She should contact her base legal office and they will help her fill it out. She can mail it to you and you only need to present it if you have to handle something for her. There are two types: general POA and specific. Most experts recommend specific POAs to authorize someone to handle a specific task (sale of a car, etc.) Odds are you will never need to use it. She can find the legal office at her location here: http://legalassistance.law.af.mil/content/locator.php
Hope this helps! My husband always gave me a POA when he deployed. The only time I used it was to sell a house.
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Permalink Reply by HeloMOM2016 on
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Hi,
Where is she stationed?
My son is an officer in Milton (training to fly) and he went to Pensacola and took care of everything on the base. Have her ask around as to where to go in her area.
Gina
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Permalink Reply by Beglish on
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it is good to have in case you need to conduct business on their behalf (esp for my son who will be on a sub!). I may need to sell his car, file his taxes, pay bills. He wasn't able to get to it until week 10 but they offer this on base at OCS. Just received my copies. It'll be ok - I totally understand that "oh my God" feeling but it gradually eases a bit (I say that now, knowing I'll see him for graduation this weekend....ask me again when he is getting deployed!).
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I understand completely. Unfortunately, legalities are a fact of life. I recommend the general POA. In addition, a living trusts and a will and testament. The JAG office on base will take care of everything. These aren't pleasant things to talk about. I hope this helps. Like you, I wasn't prepared for that conversation.
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