Revised and upgraded 9th edition!
Includes a Guide, Forms, and CD-ROM.
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Revised and upgraded 9th edition!

• Understand Representation Agreements
• Plan your future — your way
• Assign authority to act on your behalf
• Cover all aspects of your life — not just medical
• Appoint someone you trust to manage your affairs
• Are you in charge of your own affairs?
• You may be organized and have all your financial papers filed and ready to access if something should suddenly happen to you. You may update your will regularly and rest assured that your family is well taken care of.

But what would happen if you and you suddenly became incapacitated? How would your spouse or family access your bank account or take care of your affairs?

You might want to grant a power of attorney to your child to provide for your care as you grow older, or you might want someone to take care of your financial affairs while you take an extended vacation. In any case, a power of attorney is a useful legal document giving someone the authority to act on your behalf on certain matters you specify.

Now, you can draw up your own power of attorney. This booklet tells you everything you need to know and provides blank forms for your convenience. Among other things, it answers these questions:

• What is a power of attorney?
• What if I want to hand power over only for a limited time?
• Will my money be safe under a power of attorney?
• Can I make arrangements for my Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security cheques?
• Is the procedure different depending on which province I live in?
• How can I terminate a power of attorney?
• How do I write my own power of attorney?
• Use this booklet now and plan for a safe, comfortable future!

About the CD-ROM

This new edition comes complete with blank forms for your use. The forms are provided on a CD-ROM in both MS Word and Acrobat formats.

Minimum system requirements to use the CD-ROM:

• MS Windows 95 or later or Macintosh OS System 8.1 or later
• A working CD-ROM drive
• MS Word 6.0 or later or a compatible word processor that can import formatted .DOC files
• Acrobat Reader to use the .PDF files (a copy of Acrobat Reader is supplied on the CD-ROM)

Enduring Powers of Attorney in British Columbia. On March 12, 2002, the Attorney General announced that the B.C. Government had accepted the key recommendation by A.J. McClean, Q.C. that “except for agreements made under section 7 of the Representation Agreement Act, the enduring power of attorney should be the sole instrument available for making advance arrangements for the management of a person’s financial affairs in anticipation of possible incapacity."

Thus, the decision of the previous government to phase out enduring powers of attorney beginning September 2002 has been reversed.

This kit includes information describing how you can make a Representation Agreement and what such an agreement is used for.

About the author:
M. Stephen Georgas received his LLB from York University in 1978 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1980. He specializes in corporate and commercial law and is also a Registered Professional Engineer of the Province of Ontario. Mr Georgas is the author of Incorporation and Business Guide for Ontario, another title available from Self-Counsel Press.

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