When a Person Gives Power of Attorney to Another, Is the Maker Prevented from Conducting Legal Business?

The maker of a Power of Attorney document is not giving up the right to do anything  on his or her own behalf after naming a Power of Attorney or executing the document.

A Power of Attorney document merely permits the named person to engage in the same acts (or those  acts specifically delineated within the document) as the maker.

A Power of Attorney document is not a total substitution of the maker’s authority or a  forfeiture of the right to act on one’s own behalf.

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