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Get your GuideI have a power of attorney (POA) for my mother (she is 90 years old with dementia) who lives with me and my wife in Texas. She has gone to visit my sister in California, and my sister wants her money. Can my sister have the POA rewritten to have her designated as POA and revoke my POA? My mother has not been declared i...
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