{"id":56858,"date":"2024-04-05T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/?post_type=publications-page&#038;p=56858"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:25:47","slug":"how-do-i-make-a-power-of-attorney-2","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/how-do-i-make-a-power-of-attorney-2","title":{"rendered":"How do I make a power of attorney?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can make a power of attorney using:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a lawyer. This will cost you money but the lawyer will make sure that your power of attorney follows the law.<\/li>\n<li>CLEO&#8217;s Guided Pathways, which are free tools that help you make or cancel a power of attorney. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/guided-pathways\/wills-and-powers-of-attorney-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stepstojustice.ca\/GP-POA<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>a government form. Call <strong>1-800-891-0504<\/strong>. For TTY, call <strong>1-833-813-5696<\/strong>. Or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/office-public-guardian-and-trustee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ontario.ca\/OPGT<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"box-orange-outline\">\n<p>Some banks have their own rules about powers of attorney. Make sure that your bank will accept your <strong>Power of Attorney for Property<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you decide to use a form from the bank, it usually deals with only the money and property you have at that bank. And it might end any earlier power of attorney you have.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>To make a <strong>Continuing Power of Attorney for Property<\/strong>, the document must be called a Continuing Power of Attorney. Or it must say that it lets your attorney act for you if you become mentally incapable.<\/p>\n<p>It usually starts working when you and your witnesses <strong>sign it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For it to start working <strong>only<\/strong> if you become mentally incapable, you must say this in your power of attorney. If you do that, a capacity assessor must decide if you&#8217;re mentally incapable, unless you name someone else to assess you.<\/p>\n<p>Your attorney could also start managing your property if a doctor finds you incapable while you&#8217;re a patient in a psychiatric facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-56858","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>How do 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\/how-do-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=\"How do I make a power of attorney? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You can make a power of attorney using: a lawyer. 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