{"id":368,"date":"2011-04-25T15:13:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T19:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dev.atiqbd.com\/power-of-attorney-will-executor\/"},"modified":"2011-04-25T15:13:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T19:13:15","slug":"power-of-attorney-will-executor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/power-of-attorney-will-executor","title":{"rendered":"What is the Timeline for a Power of Attorney to End and the Execution of a Will to Begin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When an individual or an estate has one person who is named with Power of Attorney and a different person named as Executor for a Last Will and Testament, a circumstance can exist where questions arise as to who takes responsibility &#8212; and at what point &#8212; for financial matters of the Maker of each document.<\/p>\n<p>But the law makes it clear when each person&#8217;s fiduciary responsibilities are in force. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A Power of Attorney document is effective only while the person who created the document is alive.<\/p>\n<p>Upon the death of that person, the Will should be submitted for probate &#8212; and the terms and provisions of the Will would then dictate the distribution of property.<\/p>\n<p>The person exercising the Power of Attorney should immediately cease any and all activity related to the estate upon the death of the maker, allowing the Executor of the Will to ensure the probate process from that point forward.<\/p>\n<p>To easily create each of these legal documents yourself without the expense of an attorney, see <a title=\"Standard Legal's Last Will and Testament legal forms software\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.standardlegal.com\/product\/last-will-testament-legal-forms-software\/\">Standard Legal&#8217;s Last Will and Testament legal forms software<\/a> and <a title=\"Standard Legal's Power of Attorney legal forms software\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.standardlegal.com\/product\/power-of-attorney-legal-forms-software\/\">Standard Legal&#8217;s Power of Attorney legal forms software<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When an individual or an estate has one person who is named with Power of Attorney and a different person named as Executor for a Last Will and Testament, a circumstance can exist where questions arise as to who takes responsibility &#8212; and at what point &#8212; for financial matters of the Maker of each &#8230; <a title=\"What is the Timeline for a Power of Attorney to End and the Execution of a Will to Begin?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/power-of-attorney-will-executor\" aria-label=\"Read more about What is the Timeline for a Power of Attorney to End and the Execution of a Will to Begin?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-last-will-and-testament-questions","category-power-of-attorney-questions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is the Timeline for a Power of Attorney to End and the Execution of a Will to Begin? - Ask Standard Legal<\/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.standardlegal.com\/blog\/power-of-attorney-will-executor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the Timeline for a Power of Attorney to End and the Execution of a Will to Begin? - Ask Standard Legal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When an individual or an estate has one person who is named with Power of Attorney and a different person named as Executor for a Last Will and Testament, a circumstance can exist where questions arise as to who takes responsibility &#8212; and at what point &#8212; for financial matters of the Maker of each ... 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