How Much Power Does a POA Have?

Q: My husband is POA durable and medical, executor and trustee of his grandmother's estate. She has dementia and does not handle any of her financial matters anymore. Her doctor says she is incompetent. We have moved her down here with us from another state to take care of her. At times she wants to move back due to having lived there all her life.

She can no longer live alone. She is here with us so that... we can take care of her. We are concerned that she may ask another relative to take her back. She does not remember what she says within an hour. What protection does my husband have or what can he do to prevent this from happening with out going to court? If she does try to get someone to take her back?

A: He can control her finances and medical decisions but still not have control over her person. To do that, he needs to be appointed her guardian. That is something that the courts will have to be involved in.

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