Legal assistance or help from a lawyer is very important to make sure that necessary steps are performed to avoid the document being challenged. The power is granted to an attorney-in-fact or agent that would have the authority to decide on different matters. The person who is granting the authority would, of course, identify the scope of the mandate. Although the word attorney is a synonym to a lawyer, in United States, it is mostly used to refer to these people who are given the power of attorney. They are also called agents because they also serve as liaison officers and go-between or more formally, attorney-in-fact because they are only licensed by a common person. What will happen if you don t have an attorney-in-fact and you are incapable of acting or deciding for your affairs? The court will then use its discretion in deciding who will be in charge of making decisions regarding your finances, properties, or health care. A judge will choose a person who will serve as your legal representative, and this agent may be someone who you do not fully trust. Anybody can be given the power of attorney, even people who are not lawyers, although most of those who are given such responsibilities are family lawyers of rich people or corporate lawyers of big corporations, whose job entails them to represent the CEOs or the big bosses, which are often required to be in three places at the same time, which is of course, not humanly possible. The law mandates the person to use your money and assets only to uphold your benefit. But he/she could freely make several inappropriate acts with regards to your money. That is why it very important to choose and appoint a person whom you fully trust. You should not appoint just about anyone. Before you choose an agent of an attorney-in-fact for your special power of attorney, it would be best to ask yourself the following questions first. Various situations call for authorizing another person to take care of your finances, real estate, health care, or other affairs as well as make legal decisions on your behalf. Preparing power-of-attorney documents is not as complex as it seems. Listed here are seven easy steps to help you come up with a proper power-of-attorney document.