Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Illinois

Financial POA
If you have financial POA for your mother and she goes into a nursing home (she applied for
medicaid/has a spend down), do you become financially responsible
for all her old debt (credit cards etc.)?

Asked on 10/10/08, 3:32 pm

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Jeffrey R. Gottlieb Law Offices of Jeffrey R. Gottlieb, LLC

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Re: Financial POA

No.

Answered on 10/10/08, 3:50 pm

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