<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Greetings List Members - </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Here is the situation: blended family for multiple decades. Originally had a pre-nup drafted at the start of everything due to kids from each side....well, the parents have lasted into the 80's and 90's. Sadly, one is completed demented without any capacity. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>As the children of the wedded couple have been talking and helping their parents out (they are a functional blended family - at this time - and everyone is helping everyone) it has been discovered that Dad did a great job keeping separate separate. Mom, not so much. Example, her RMD's from her separate retirement have been going into the joint checking. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Additionally, there is property that was left to go to the wife, if she survived by 30 days otherwise it would be separate property of the husband and go only to his kids. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">All things that seemed great 30 years ago but now, not so much. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The question - since the parties to the pre-nup are not both capable of making legal decisions and there is a generic POA my question is two-fold</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">1) can a general durable POA sign a new pre-nup on behalf of the principal?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">2) Can the kids get together and do a TEDRA-style agreement that is enforceable later when the death's occur or do they need to just wait until the actual time arrives to take any action?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Again - the good news is that there is no animosity of the parties. Just a realization that the parents never updated documents from prior to their marriage despite saying they would over and over again through the years. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Appreciate any insights!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Brent</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
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