Power of Attorney

When To Get A Power Of Attorney

Learn here the best time to create a power of attorney and why this time is the best time.

When to get a power of attorney is a question many people are unsure of the answer to. Since a power of attorney is in place to protect you in the event that the unexpected (illness or injury) happens, you can’t know in advance when you will need the power of attorney.

So, when trying to decide when to get a power of attorney, you should consider when something might happen to you to force you (or someone else) to implement the power of attorney.

Could you get into a car accident tomorrow that could debilitate you? Does your family have a history of catastrophic illness, such as Alzheimer’s disease? While no one knows for sure in advance when these types of things will occur, it makes the decision of when to get a power of attorney something that is easily put off by many people.

Another reason that many people put off the question of when to get a power of attorney is because no one wants to believe that there will ever come a time that they will be incapacitated. Everyone likes to believe that disability will never happen to them and that they will be in good health and be able to make their own decisions until the day they die. While this would be great, it is not usually the way it happens.

Many times, people put off getting a power of attorney, only to find that they put it off too long when something terrible happens. This means that the true answer of when to get a power of attorney is: right now. Even if you are young, anything could happen that could disable you, and this can be made a lot easier if you know that someone you love is in charge of making your decisions if this were to happen.