{"id":56852,"date":"2024-04-05T13:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/?post_type=publications-page&#038;p=56852"},"modified":"2024-04-05T13:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:51:12","slug":"can-i-make-a-power-of-attorney-2","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/can-i-make-a-power-of-attorney-2","title":{"rendered":"Can I make a power of attorney?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You must be at least 18 years old and mentally capable.<\/p>\n<p>You are <strong>mentally capable<\/strong> of making a power of attorney if you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>know what property you have and roughly what it is worth,<\/li>\n<li>know if someone depends on you financially and what you need to do for them,<\/li>\n<li>know what power you are giving your attorney,<\/li>\n<li>know that your attorney must be able to explain what they do with your money and property, and<\/li>\n<li>know that as long as you are mentally capable, you can cancel your power of attorney.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As well, to be <strong>mentally capable<\/strong>, you must understand that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>your property could lose value if your attorney does not do their job well, and<\/li>\n<li>your attorney might act in ways that are not proper, such as using your money for themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-56852","publications-page","type-publications-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can I make a power of attorney? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/can-i-make-a-power-of-attorney-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can I make a power of attorney? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You must be at least 18 years old and mentally capable. 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