Have you looked at mom and dad's health care proxy lately? We assume that when mom and dad go to their lawyer to get their estate in order, that there is nothing left for us to do at that point. Unfortunately, this is a common error. All too often, people create a health care proxy or a durable power of attorney, but they leave no instruction to the named fiduciary as to what is expected of her. In fact, many people are not even aware that they are even responsible for mak [...]
