Power-of-Attorney Changes Scramble Property Transfers

By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman As of Sept. 1, New York has abolished its old easy single-sheet statutory power of attorney form (POA) and replaced it with a tremendously complicated new law1 describing a highly complex new document with a misleadingly named optional rider.2 The 1948 original form and its successors were designed … Continue reading Power-of-Attorney Changes Scramble Property Transfers