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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they squabble and fight, it'll happen no matter what the legal document says.[/quote]

Pretty much this. We were raised where my paternal aunt basically grabbed everything for herself and her children, leaving nothing really for her two siblings and offspring after their mother died. On my mom's side, everything was divided equally. Perhaps a little pathology there, but the lesson my siblings and I took away is that you have to work it out amongst yourselves so everyone benefits. There was only one instance over five years there was any real disagreement and it was fairly muted in the moment and forgotten now.

DH and sibling have this division. I strongly urged him to be transparent on the finances even if he has the POA. It's potentially loaded as the sibling sometimes doesn't "get" things, especially when they think they will not be the primary beneficiary (the equal-equal approach could work here) and will throw a bit of a fit (I've been on the receiving end more than once). Even with that in mind, I told DH he still needed to do it as it was the right thing and will serve him and the situation over time. So far it seems to be working.[/quote]

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