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A power of attorney and a guardianship are tools that help someone act in your stead if you become incapacitated. With a power of attorney, you choose who you want to act for you. In a guardianship proceeding, the court chooses who will act as guardian.

This Power of Attorney authorizes another person (your agent) to make decisions concerning your property for you (the principal). Your agent will be able to make decisions and act with respect to your property (including your money) whether or not you are able to act for yourself.

In Wisconsin, there are two main types of powers of attorney: the power of attorney for finances and property (also called a financial power of attorney) and the power of attorney for health care.

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.

(b) A principal may revoke a Wisconsin basic power of attorney for finances and property and invalidate it at any time by destroying it, by directing another person to destroy it in the principal's presence or by signing a written and dated statement expressing the principal's intent to revoke.

In 1982, Wisconsin (and other states) passed the Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act (sec. 243.07, Stats.), which allows the Principal to appoint an Agent whose authority may continue even if the Principal becomes incompetent or incapacitated. A power of attorney giving an Agent this authority is ?durable.?