You will want to get a Financial Power of Attorney anyway for all of his finances if he is still in clear enough mind to sign one. Even the most trivial stuff will require it. Also, make sure all of his bank accounts have someone designed as Pay on Death (POD) or as a joint signee on the account so you will be able to get to the money if necessary. You will also want a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and an Advanced Directive.
Never have I been so thankful that I have the paperwork in order than this week. The funeral home would not even let me pick out a casket until I produced the Power of Attorney for Health Care because I was not Dan's wife. The worst of it was dealing with Priceline on our travel reservations. They refused to change the driver on the rental car, or the reservation on the hotel from him to me. I had to cancel them and rebook at higher prices. To say I am furious would be an understatement. On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Greg Morphis <gmorp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks guys.. it's not Power of Attorney, it's a bit different. > Basically I'm a representative of my dad's benefits and I'll be > responsible to pay bills and stuff. While in the bank, the manager > contacted SS, but they said that it was a RRB (Railroad Retirement > Board) thing, since he worked there. They sent an application, it was > one of many things I've had to fill out this week. Hopefully we can > get this all squared away. > > Thanks again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344785 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
