Legal Question in Elder Law in Tennessee

Re: Power of Attorney

I have good news for you. Did you know there are 1,000 different varieties of powers of attorney? You and your mother seem to be aware of the usual comprehensive power of attorney over financial matters. However, you can construct a limited power of attorney, still called Power of Attorney at the top of the document, for just decisions concerning gym memberships. Your gym does not know the law, because having a power of attorney does not make someone your dependent either legally or with respect to the U. S. Tax Code. Therefore, I suggest you confirm one last time with your gym that if you have a Power of Attorney, they will let your mother participate on your family plan. Get that person's name, and if he will put it in writing all the better. Then you can construct a Power of Attorney based on free forms that you can find on the Internet. You can download them for free and fill in the content. Your content will be something like "I vest in my daughter the power to make decisions for me concerning gym memberships and to include me as part of her family in any organization offering discount membership plans for families." Hopefully, your gym won't be smart enough to realize the document is not a comprehensive and complete power of attorney over all financial, health, and legal matters. You can contact me directly if you need further assistance.