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A power of attorney doesn't let someone change your will. If a grandmother lacks capacity or is pressured into changing it, that's fraud and elder abuse. The testator must understand what they're signing and act freely.

A power of attorney doesn't let someone change your will. If a grandmother lacks capacity or is pressured into changing it, that's fraud and elder abuse. The testator must understand what they're signing and act freely.
My grandmother's boyfriend had her change her will, leaving everything to him. She did not understand what was going on. He did this through his power of attorney. The first thing to know here is that a power of attorney does not give the agent the power to change someone's will. That is uniformly the law in most states. But here the question says he had her grandmother change her will. So if her grandmother changed her will, her grandmother had to have the capacity to know what she was doing. She had to know what she was signing and the effect of her signature on that document. If she did not have capacity to sign the document or if she was doing it under undue duress, in either situation, that could constitute fraud on his part as well as elder abuse. And go to my link for my newsletter. And if you would like to work with me to create a trust,

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