How to Use power of attorney in a Sentence

power of attorney

noun phrase
  • Get that will and trust and financial power of attorney done too.
    — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • My health care proxy, power of attorney and other legal papers are with them.
    — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
  • The first is through being given power of attorney for their finances.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • He currently is listed as power of attorney for health and finances on her trust but that needs to stop.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Haart has also been granted power of attorney over the half belonging to her ex.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Kruse was also named a co-trustee of Priscilla’s trust and was granted powers of attorney.
    — Chloe Melas, NBC News, 22 July 2024
  • So Williams and his daughter, who has power of attorney, hired Citron and sued.
    — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Both these options cede less control than giving a child or someone else a power of attorney over your account.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • This includes power of attorney, a healthcare directive, a will, and a trust.
    — Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • 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
  • The new law allows a court to merely suspend the power of attorney during guardianship.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Her daughter, who had power of attorney, says she was never consulted.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Ensure your will, trust, and powers of attorney reflect your current wishes.
    — James Brewer, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Financial power of attorney matters more if your child has assets.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 July 2025
  • But the power of attorney was never revoked after Sawusch’s release from jail.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
  • Polk obtained power of attorney by fraudulent means, then told the hospital staff to take the man off of life support, deputies said.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
  • In the above story, the author suggests that older clients need a financial power of attorney.
    — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The results found that medical/healthcare powers of attorney are more common than wills or living trusts.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
  • 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
  • In our case, Medicaid also required my cousin to obtain a new power of attorney.
    — Dawn Alley, STAT, 16 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The recruits were forced to hand over power of attorney and bank cards to the gang, giving them almost complete financial control.
    — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Having a health care power of attorney and a living will in place is an essential part of planning for the unexpected.
    — Darren T. Case, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Having a power of attorney in place, or at least a capable spouse or adult child, can make an elder’s wishes known, if not respected.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The financial powers of attorney and healthcare directives are about your retirement years and not your death.
    — James Brewer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • His two brothers have challenged the validity of the power of attorney, court documents show.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • Among the most important documents that every adult should consider having are a health care power of attorney and a living will.
    — Darren T. Case, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • How to complete a health-care directive for free A health-care directive consists of a living will and a health-care power of attorney.
    — Judy Lagrou, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025

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