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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>It is rare to allow an Agent to change the Principal’s estate plan, although I have seen DPOA’s allowing such action. The question is, if you can share, what is the purported reason for the change? Will the Agent benefit from any new Will. If yes, I would decline to make any changes. This just screams of a lawsuit by other heirs.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jeff<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Doran<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 11, 2019 9:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Power of Attorney and Wills<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Ladies and Gentlemen:</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Is it valid for the Attorney in Fact to make a new Last Will and Testament for an incompetent Principal?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Jim Doran</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><br clear=all></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>James R. Doran<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>100 E. Pine Street - Suite 205<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Bellingham, WA 98225<br>(360)393-9506<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jim@doranlegal.com" target="_blank">jim@doranlegal.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.doranlegal.com" target="_blank">www.doranlegal.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>