<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">That sounds a little fishy to me. Your suggestion is that by use of the POA the attorney in fact creates a Trust for the incompetent Principal and puts the beneficiary designations in the Trust. These designations will be different than in the Principal's Will. When the Principal dies the assets in the Trust are distributed as per the terms of the Trust. </font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Isn't this the same problem? The Trust was made when the Principal is incompetent.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">JIm</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4"> </font><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>James R. Doran<br></div>Attorney at Law<br></div>100 E. Pine Street - Suite 205<br></div>Bellingham, WA 98225<br>(360)393-9506<br></div><a href="mailto:jim@doranlegal.com" target="_blank">jim@doranlegal.com</a><br></div><a href="http://www.doranlegal.com" target="_blank">www.doranlegal.com</a><br></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 9:51 AM Bryce Dille <<a href="mailto:Bryce@dillelaw.com">Bryce@dillelaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I don’t think so if you read the Will statute and that power is not specifically given in the POA statute but on behalf of the party under appropriate POA you
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Power of Attorney and Wills<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">For many years I have used language in the Durable Power of Attorney that allows the attorney in fact to modify the Principal's Last Will and Testament or make a new Will altogether. However, I have always
had my doubts about that clause. Now I have a situation where the client wants to make a new Will for the Principal who is incompetent by virtue of dementia.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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