Can a power-of-attorney be changed without consent?
Situation: Elderly woman who cannot make decisions on her own is living with her daughter, daughter is taking advantage of her financially, the other siblings are legal power of attorney as a matter of checks and balances to prevent this very situation. The daughter hired a lawyer and says she has changed it ands they are no longer able to tell her what to do. Is is possible/legal to change without notifying the previous power of attorney?
Can anyone sell your property without your consent or without you knowing?
The short answer is yes. Anyone can sell your property without your consent. Is it legal? No. Will you get your property back? Yes. Does this happen often?No. Extremely rare. A person who does this without a title interest in the property or authority from you commits a criminal act. It’s called fraud, but he is really “stealing” your property.The long answer is for someone to do this they would have to have a good knowledge and understanding of how real estate works, how titles are conveyed, all the legal documents required, and have a “buyer”. I’ve been doing this for almost 40 years, and I have only known of one case—-mine. Two years ago, a complete stranger from a different city offered properties in my town to real estate investors online. He sold my house(and many others) and issued the internet buyer a deed. Problem was, he had no title interest in the property. A complete fraud. It took a state investigator over a year to unravel his scheme and stop him. Not sure of the final outcome.My analogy would be this: Can anyone sell your car without your knowledge and consent? Well, yes. Is it legal? No. They would be committing a criminal act and be liable both criminally and civilly. And the “buyer” would have no right to your car.My experience is that it is a pain in the rear, nevertheless.
Can my parents have power of attorney over me?
i am 18 years old... and my parents said that the courts granted them power of attorney over me until im 19. this happened when i was 17. can they actually do that? i was never presented with papers to sign for it. ... oh yea... and i live in missouri where you can move out of your house at the age of 17.
Is it legal in Florida to sell a property without the other co-owners consent?
No.It’s that simple.No.All owners of a property (or their legal representatives, such as the holder of a power of attorney) must consent in writing to the sale.
Can an attorney make deal without client permission?
In actuality, the answer is yes. I disagree with the other answers because you used the word “can” in your question instead of the word “should.” Legal ethics require a lawyer to get client authorization before accepting a deal. That authorization may be given before or after the terms of the deal are worked out by the attorneys. For instance, the client may tell the attorney to accept any offer that is for $50,000 or more. If the attorney can get the other side to agree to pay $75,000, the attorney can and should accept the deal right then. That will prevent the other side from backing out of it before the attorney can consult with the client and get back to the other side. On the other hand, if the client has not given any directions about settling the case or has authorized the attorney to settle for $100,000 or more, if the two attorneys work out a deal to settle for $75,000, the client’s attorney is required to take that offer to the client before accepting it.While the foregoing explains the attorney’s obligation, it does not explain the attorney’s power. The attorney is an agent for his client. As the client’s agent, the attorney has the power to represent the client. That includes the power to settle the case. It is this way because the other side, which is not allowed to communicate directly with a party that has an attorney, has to be able to rely on what the attorney says. Thus, if the attorney does accept an offer from the other side, even though the client has not agreed to it, the client will be bound to that agreement. Of course, the client can then go against the attorney for any losses or damages they suffer as a result of such actions. They can also complain to the attorney’s bar, which may choose to discipline the attorney.
Can you sue the person you granted a power of attorney to for doing things without your knowledge or consent?
A2A - U.S. perspectiveThis question is so general - so few facts are provided - that it is difficult to provide definitive answer.The agent (the person receiving the power) has a fiduciary obligation to act in the best interests of the principal (the grantor of the power).However, the principal has no such obligation to the agent.At most, if the principal takes actions without the agent’s knowledge and that lack of knowledge adversely affects the agent’s ability to carry out his or her duties, then the agent conceivable could have a defense against any alleged breach of duty.Finally, as concerns all questions of the form “Can you sue?”:In the U.S., anyone can sue anyone else at any time for any reason.The real question is whether there are reasonable grounds for bringing such a suit.In this case, the answer is “No.”
Do utility workers have implied consent to come onto your private property?
Hi, I've tried Googling for this, to no avail, so I'm asking you...A few weeks ago, a worker from Comcast came onto my property without an appointment or any warning and laid out a new cable line (also causing me to lose service for 45 minutes). After calling and first being told that nothing was scheduled, and that it was probably some random check, they later informed me that a new line had been necessary to correct some other problem reported further down the line. Fine, I get that, a warning, setting up a convenient time would have been nice, but fine. Fast forward, now they need to come bury the line (right now, it's just laying on the ground) and a comedy of errors ensues. Here, you need to call to have all utility lines marked before any digging can be done. We did that, but they didn't do it properly, and have not come back to fix and complete it. My problem is that Comcast people and people I presume they subcontracted to do the digging keep showing up (the latest time being 8:15 am Thanksgiving morning - I kid you not) without calling or anything (they do knock), without knowing if anyone will be here. When no one answers the door, they feel free to walk all around my property, doing I don’t know what (can’t always see them) and finally leaving about 10-15 minutes later, I guess upon finding that all utility lines have not yet been marked. I’m really tired of this (it’s happened about 4 times). I don’t know who these people are or when they’re coming. I don’t know why the lines haven’t been properly marked, but I was told by the marking people that it’s Comcast’s job to arrange and wait for the marking, so be it, but why not just call me to find out if the lines are marked yet? Or ask me to call them to come dig once they’ve been marked? I learned from the men the second time they came that they are paid when they come here, whether they do the work or not, so I get that that’s part of it, but do I have any rights to tell Comcast that they need to stop randomly and repeatedly stopping by and walking all around (I don’t mind the coming, I mind the walking around - and did I mention that the last few times, the people didn’t even have the digging machine, so they clearly did not come ready to work)? I feel very violated, and, frankly, endangered. Thank you for reading, any response is helpful and appreciated.