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KeyboardCowboy Asked January 2021

Do we need to cancel a durable POA before splitting it into multiple POAs?

My mom (my dad's ex-wife) has Durable POA for my dad. We'd like to change this to give me Durable POA and give my mom Medical POA. Do we need to formally cancel the first POA before signing the split POAs?


The cancellation form is very simple and I fear that if they all have the same date, the cancellation form could be inferred as removing the Medical POA from my mom, which is the new one we want to institute. Maybe we just need to wait a day in between so it's clear that the new POA was signed after the cancellation? Or do we even need to create the cancellation document at all?

GardenArtist Jan 2021
Your father is the ONLY one who can make changes.  None of you have any authority to do that, unless by some unique reason your father created that authority (which I doubt, as it's not typical). 

There seems to be some confusion though.  Durable POAs and Medical POAs typically are not created in the same document, but in separate documents. 

Who drafted this apparent combined POA?   Not an attorney, I assume?

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