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S.B. 1084 and Digital Assets

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Daniel EvansJuly 1, 2024

Both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature have passed S.B. 1084, which makes a number of changes to Title 13 (the Uniform Commercial Code) relating to electronic transactions, and also makes a technical change to Chapter 56 of Title 20 (the...

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Posted in News, Statutes | Tagged Digital assets, Power of Attorney

Decedent Approved Sale of Real Estate

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Daniel EvansDecember 20, 2023

The testimony of decedent’s lawyer showed that the sale of the real estate previously used by the decedent as his home and accounting office to his son who had worked with the decedent was at the direction of the decedent, … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Power of Attorney

Fiduciary Duties of Agent

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Daniel EvansDecember 20, 2023

Although the decedent’s daughter denied acting as agent for her father under the power of attorney for which she had signed an agent’s acknowledgement, she was found to have acted as agent, and to have fiduciary duties to her father, … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Agent's duties, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Confidential relationship, Fiduciary duty, Power of Attorney, Undue influence

Trust Created by Agent under Invalid Power of Attorney is Void

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Daniel EvansAugust 24, 2023

The Supreme Court has reversed the Superior Court and ruled that when a trust is created by an agent acting under a power of attorney that is void ab initio, the trust is also void. In re: Joseph L. Koepfinger, … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Power of Attorney

Appeal on Validity of Power of Attorney and Trust

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Daniel EvansAugust 24, 2023

[Update (8/24/2023): The Supreme Court has reversed the Superior Court and reinstated the judgment of the Orphans’ Court.] The Pa. Supreme Court is allowing an appeal from a decision of the Superior Court on the following issue (as stated by … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Opinions | Tagged Agent's liability, Power of Attorney

Son Nominated as Guardian Not Appointed

The incapacitated person’s son, who was nominated to be her guardian in her durable power of attorney, but the son had neglected and abused his mother, had failed to cooperate in making arrangements for her care, was more interested in … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Guardian, Health care power of attorney, Power of Attorney

Trusts Amendments by Agent Invalid

Amendments to inter vivos trust document signed by agent (one of settlor’s daughters) were invalid even though the trust document allowed amendments by agents because the power of attorney did not authorize the agent to amend the trust. The attempted … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Power of Attorney, Removal of trustee, Trust amendments

Powers of Attorney and the Unauthorized Practice of Law

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Daniel EvansFebruary 15, 2019

I received some emails recently from someone who was very unhappy that a court was not allowing him to represent a family member in court, even though he had a power of attorney authorizing him to “pursue claims and litigation” … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Agent's powers, Power of Attorney

Agent Failed to Preserve Intestate Distribution

Trust created by agent under power of attorney was invalid because the agent failed to preserve the principal’s estate plan, the principal having no will and the trust benefiting only three of the principal’s seven children.  Capobianco Estate, Power of Attorney, … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Accounting by agent, Agent's duties, Intestacy, Power of Attorney

Gifts by Principal to Agent

The power “to make gifts, including gifts to my agent,” that was included in a power of attorney signed in 2006, was unlimited, and not limited to gifts to spouse and issue, when the principal had no spouse or issue … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Agent's duties, Power of Attorney, Unlimited Gifts

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