Displaying articles by tag: power of attorney

Getting started : Estate Planning with your parents

The death of our parents is not something any of us want to think about, let alone talk about. But, as Leah Chenoweth from Penderlaw’s Wills, Trusts and Probate department explains, facing up to these difficult conversations and beginning some Estate Planning with your parents now is likely to save you a lot of heartache…

Power of Attorney – when is the right time?

A sad story in the news this week got me thinking.  Poor Kate Garraway, the well-known TV presenter whose husband is still in hospital fighting the lasting effects of coronavirus, is apparently struggling to manage their personal financial affairs because her husband did not have a Power of Attorney.  At 53, this is not at…