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What type of Power of Attorney do you wish to create?
Property Power of Attorney
Please Read this Section Carefully
To make a valid power of attorney, you must be 18 years of age or more and "mentally capable" of giving a continuing power of attorney for property.
You should:
- know what property you have and its approximate value
- be aware of your obligations to those people who depend on you financially
- know what your attorney has the authority to do
- know that your attorney must account for all the decisions he or she makes about your property
- know that, if you are capable, you may cancel your power of attorney
- understand that unless your attorney manages the property prudently, its value may decline
- understand that there is always the possibility that your attorney could misuse the authority
To start creating your Power of Attorney declaration, please complete the PDF form and fax it to the Kitchener office at 519-744-8008.
Review, complete and print the form online now without sending any data to Paquette Travers and Deutschmann. Once printed, fax it to our Kitchener office. (You may also print or save a copy for completing it off-line. If you start filling it out on your computer, data you enter in the form will not be saved! Only a blank form will actually be saved.)
Proceed to Form for Property Power of Attorney (PDF)
Personal Care Power of Attorney
Please Read this Section Carefully
The Substitute Decisions Act allows you to appoint someone you trust, in advance, to make decisions for you if you become mentally incapable. If you decide to appoint an attorney for personal care, it is important that you do so of your own free will, without pressure from anyone else. To appoint an attorney for personal care, you must be 16 years of age or more and have the mental ability to know whether your attorney truly cares about you and that he or she may make personal care decisions for you if necessary.
Certain people are NOT allowed to be your attorney. Do not appoint anyone who provides you with health care or residential, social, training, advocacy, or support services for compensation, unless that person is also your spouse, partner or relative.
Decisions about personal care involve things such as where you live, what your nutrition, and the kind of medical treatment you receive. Your attorney may become responsible for profoundly important decisions about your well-being and quality of life. The person you appoint should be someone you know very well and trust completely with your personal decisions. Your attorney must be 16 years of age or more.
To start creating your Power of Attorney declaration, please complete the PDF form and fax it to the Kitchener office at 519-744-8008.
Review, complete and print the form online now without sending any data to Paquette Travers and Deutschmann. Once printed, fax it to our Kitchener office. (You may also print or save a copy for completing it off-line. If you start filling it out on your computer, data you enter in the form will not be saved! Only a blank form will actually be saved.)