24 May Proving Abuse of Power of Attorney
When someone is granted a power of attorney over another person’s financial assets or healthcare decisions, they assume a fiduciary duty requiring that they act in the best interest of the principal who gave them that power. Unfortunately, despite the highest hopes of the person granting power of attorney, some who are entrusted with a POA betray that trust and convert the principal’s money or other property to their own use. In this blog post, we discuss the ways in which someone may abuse a POA and what can be done to stop the abuse of power....