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Prairie Gates

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8. Power of Attorney allows one to make personal decisions, not job decisions

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:45 PM

Jun 23

Good God.

If somebody's mother runs the school cafeteria and has a stroke, and the eldest daughter has power of attorney, she can decide about health care options and her Mom's Roth IRA distribution, not making purchasing orders for tater tots for the K-4 lunch time.

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