MY MOM’S POWER OF ATTORNEY WAS PREPARED SOME YEARS AGO IN ANOTHER STATE. WHEN I TOOK A COPY TO HER LOCAL BANK IT WAS REFUSED. AMONG OTHER THINGS I WAS TOLD IT WAS OUTDATED. DOES MOM NEED TO HAVE A NEW ONE PREPARED?

It is always a good practice to have out-of-state legal documents reviewed when you establish a new domicile and it is not unusual for there to be problems with a document. The concept of a durable power of attorney was…