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Most Power of Attorney for Health Care documents provide that the document becomes ?activated? when two physicians or one physician and one psychologist personally examine the principal and then sign a statement certifying that the principal is incapacitated.

No, in Wisconsin, you do not need to notarize your will to make it legal. However, Wisconsin allows you to make your will "self-proving" and you'll need to go to a notary if you want to do that. A self-proving will speeds up probate because the court can accept the will without contacting the witnesses who signed it.

While Wisconsin does not technically require you to get your POA notarized, notarization is strongly recommended. Under Wisconsin law, when you sign your POA in the presence of a notary public, you signature is presumed to be genuine?meaning your POA is more ironclad.

A Wisconsin medical power of attorney lets a person select a health care agent to step in and make decisions if a patient becomes incapacitated. The patient can make special instructions for the agent and must be signed with two (2) witnesses to be legal.

General (Financial) Power of Attorney ? This type of document is similar to the durable type because it allows you to grant someone the ability to act in your stead in your financial matters. The difference lies in the duration. This type terminates automatically when the principal becomes incapacitated.

If you wish to change this Power of Attorney for Finances in the future, you must complete a new document and revoke this one. You may revoke this document at any time; a suggested method is a written and dated statement expressing your intent to revoke this document.