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For your POA to be valid in South Carolina, it must meet certain requirements. Mental Capacity for Creating a POA. Witnessing Requirement. Notarization Requirement. Recording Requirement. Create the POA Using a Form, Software, or an Attorney. Sign the POA in the Presence of Two Witnesses and Get It Notarized.
If you execute a general POA, one of the biggest potential disadvantages is that your Agent has the ability to devastate you financially. With a general POA your Agent can withdraw funds from all your financial and investment accounts, sell your property, and even enter contracts in your name.
When someone makes you the agent in their power of attorney, you cannot: Write a will for them, nor can you edit their current will. Take money directly from their bank accounts. Make decisions after the person you are representing dies. Give away your role as agent in the power of attorney.
What does power of attorney durable mean? A durable POA gives someone else legal authority to act on your behalf, and it continues in force even if you lose your mental capacity. Financial POAs give your agent financial powers that may include managing your assets, paying bills, and buying and selling real estate.
BY SIGNING THE DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY, YOU ARE AUTHORIZING ANOTHER PERSON TO ACT FOR YOU, THE PRINCIPAL. BEFORE YOU SIGN THIS DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY, YOU SHOULD KNOW THESE IMPORTANT FACTS: YOUR AGENT (ATTORNEY-IN- FACT) HAS NO DUTY TO ACT UNLESS YOU AND YOUR AGENT AGREE OTHERWISE IN WRITING.
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However, a general power of attorney only operates while you are still coherent and mentally capable. It automatically expires upon incapacity or death. A durable power of attorney remains operational upon incapacity, although it expires upon death.
One major downfall of a POA is the agent may act in ways or do things that the principal had not intended. There is no direct oversight of the agents activities by anyone other than you, the principal. This can lend a hand to situations such as elder financial abuse and/or fraud.

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