[WSBAPT] POA effectiveness

[Lisa Schuchman]

Hello, listmates,

A client has a financial POA effective on disability.  Her AIF (brother) has reason to believe that he needs to take over her finances.  Her doctor at Group Health recently completed a battery of tests that resulted in a finding of "average to severe cognitive impairment."  The doctor used this to have her driver's license suspended.  Now the doctor says he can't sign the certification that's attached to her POA:
"I hereby certify that Client is disabled or incompetent within the meaning of Section 2 of the Durable Power of Attorney to which this Certification is attached."  Section 2 says: "inability to manage property and personal affairs..."

Apparently the doctor has to send it to another department at Group Health, but they say they need her consent to do this.  Really.

Has anyone faced this problem and found a solution?  Thanks.

Lisa E. Schuchman
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