POA applicability in other states

[Anonymous]

My (60M) elderly mother (85F) recently came across Power of Attorney documents that were prepared in 1990 in our home state of AZ that assigned me PoA - both medical and general.

In 2005, she moved East to MD to be closer to me and we had a medical PoA drawn up. She had forgotten about the previous docs.

Now that the earlier documents have been found, is any additional documentation needed to identify me as general PoA?

[Anonymous]

This article covers the issue well:

https://legalclarity.org/does-power-of-attorney-transfer-from-state-to-state/

If you expect to handle a lot of legal and financial paperwork as POA shortly, it's likely worth a call to her attorney (or yours) for a quick clarification on whether the 1990 document is still valid and/or likely to be readily accepted.

[Anonymous]

If she is still with it mentally, it’s absolutely worth refreshing the POA.

[Anonymous]

I had the same concern so I just went ahead and got local POA done. I didn't use an attorney, just the state forms and a notary. I really do everything for my mom--finances, healthcare, etc, and she is in memory care, and so far everyone has been fine with the papers that I got online. I have not done major financial transactions, like selling real estate, but I do oversee all her payments. I also did medical POA at the same time.