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They all may have a copy of the POA doc, especially the physician.
My Power of Attorney is 17 pages long, it covers a lot of things that a POA off the internet wouldn't have. Plus my Elder Law Attorney requested that I have two names on the POA. One is my sig other, and the other is the Attorney herself [or the firm] as I have no immediate heirs.
What would you do now?
One would need to dig through a parent's file drawers or desks to see if the original is there. Sometimes elders will place such documents in a Bank Safety Deposit Box. Or in what is called a "strong box" which my Dad had hidden in his closet with a hatch lock... finding the key was another matter :P I was lucky, my parents had given me a copy of their Power of Attorneys and copies of their Wills many years ago. That is when I noticed such documents were older then dirt.
I agree with GardenArtist about the name of the law firm being in left upper corner of any legal documents that they have created. Usually there is also a heavy blue or grey paper cover.
Also, check who witnessed the Will and who notarized it. Often the attorney witnesses and one of the staff notarizes. If the notary is the same as one of the witnesses, there's a high possibility execution took place at the law firm of the attorney who prepared it.
Since you're co-signers on the bank account, I assume you've been handling her finances for a while? Do you have old checkbooks, old bank statements that you can check for payments to an attorney or law firm?
Check with the county to see if POAs are required to be filed/recorded. If so, pay the small charge to get a copy of it.
did someone have this done?
you have copy of will?
are you POA or is someone else?
do you know for sure there is a POA? but it just got mis-placed or lost?