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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The purpose of the power of attorney is to convince non-lawyers to recognize the requests of a person’s authority to act on behalf of the principal. In that respect, I believe that “</span></font>adding weightiness and looking important” can come in quite handy. That’s why I always added that notary stamp to a lot of documents which did not legally require one, such as Health Care Directives and Health Care Powers of Attorney. It’s there to give doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and administrators a level of comfort in dealing with legal matters they are not trained to interpret. If every other similar legal document comes with witnesses and acknowledgments, those without such raise a warning flag. If, on the other hand, your document has even more authentication than others, such as an acknowledgment in addition to witness signatures, such serves, in my opinion, to add validity. Of course, if you use the form standardized and in common use by the institution where you know your client will be going, that also should be easily accepted. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>S </span></font><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Paul Neumiller<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 02, 2015 3:34 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [WSBAPT] HCDPAs for Minors Signing Requirements<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>After reviewing 11.94 and the estate planning deskbook, I can’t find the signature requirements for an effective HCDPA for minors. They will not be recorded so I have no independent need to have the DPA notarized. I don’t find any requirement for witnesses. Other than adding weightiness and looking important, any other reasons for doing more than the signature and date of the signing parent? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>