How to Use power of attorney in a Sentence

power of attorney

noun phrase

• The new law allows a court to merely suspend the power of attorney during guardianship.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
• His financial assets are held in a trust, with Hard named as trustee as well as Wilson’s power of attorney.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
• Signing a power of attorney on a gloomy day in January?
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
• For that reason, passports, powers of attorney and wills should normally not be placed in a safe deposit box.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 25 June 2023
• In the above story, the author suggests that older clients need a financial power of attorney.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• My sister had power of attorney for financial matters for my mom and now the funds that my mom received from the reverse mortgage are gone.
  — Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2023
• By that point, Goodwin had helped manage her medical care and finances and been named her power of attorney.
  — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
• But the power of attorney was never revoked after Sawusch’s release from jail.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
• Flores used the power of attorney to open bank accounts in Sawusch’s name and gain access to his money, prosecutors said.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• In our case, Medicaid also required my cousin to obtain a new power of attorney.
  — Dawn Alley, STAT, 16 Nov. 2023
• Her other son, Anthony Gonzales, by means of a power of attorney from his mother, signed the deed on her behalf.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2023
• But the next day, Kruse says Froch sent her a cease-and-desist on behalf of Presley, revoking her power of attorney and alleging self-dealing.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
• In May 2020, her mother’s condition led Stevens to receive power of attorney.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2023
• The results found that medical/healthcare powers of attorney are more common than wills or living trusts.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
• His two brothers have challenged the validity of the power of attorney, court documents show.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2023
• His adult daughter, Mallory, had persuaded him to grant her and Susan power of attorney a few years earlier.
  — Robert Kolker, New York Times, 20 July 2023
• All these wishes should be executed through a durable power of attorney form and what is sometimes called an advance health directive or living will.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 20 July 2024
• But then there are also limited powers of attorney that are used for a particular purpose.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• That violated the scope of the power of attorney agreement, prosecutors say.
  — The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
• Prior to his death at the Dachau concentration camp in 1941, Grünbaum was forced to transfer power of attorney to his wife, Elisabeth, who was later coerced to hand over her husband's art collection to the Nazis.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• An elderly mom names her oldest son her agent under her financial power of attorney.
  — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• The power of attorney could also be used if a person were to become incapacitated.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2023
• Losing that would be devastating for Ramos, said Jacquie Richardson, who co-founded the boxers foundation and now has power of attorney to help with Ramos’ medical care and finances.
  — Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
• Sign your medical power of attorney and directive to physicians.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 9 July 2023
• The will should also provide for a power of attorney and healthcare proxy should someone become incapacitated.
  — Jim Farmer, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Eloise Ayala, an immigration attorney in town, said she’s consulted with clients and advised some to get their children's passports in case they get deported and complete power of attorney forms.
  — USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
• The bills addressed decedent’s estates, guardianship, durable power of attorney, disposition of remains, anatomical gifts and trusts.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 30 July 2023
• The task force organized by the state clerks and comptrollers last year said hospitals should find a less drastic way to deal with patients costing them money, such as authorizing someone to be their power of attorney or health surrogate.
  — Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
• Reports now about Senator Feinstein turning over power of attorney to her daughter.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• Through this collaboration, an estate lawyer helped an individual living with ALS create a will and power of attorney.
  — Anna Chu, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024