We notarize financial, healthcare, durable, and limited Power of Attorney documents at your home, office, hospital room, or online through remote online notarization. Sending your student off to college? A Young Adult Power of Attorney gives parents legal access to help once their child turns 18.
What to Know Before You Sign
General information, not legal advice
Power of Attorney Documents We Notarize
Financial and durable POAs, medical or healthcare POAs, limited or special POAs, and Young Adult Power of Attorney packets for college students. We notarize them at your home, office, hospital room, or online through remote online notarization.
Every signer needs a current government-issued photo ID, and the document should be filled out but not signed until we meet. We can't draft a Power of Attorney or tell you which one you need; an estate planning attorney can prepare it.
Young Adult Power of Attorney
Privacy laws treat an 18-year-old like any other adult. If your child is hurt or sick away from home, doctors may not be able to share information with you without a signed authorization.
Documents Families Commonly Consider
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Medical power of attorney: names someone to make health care decisions if the young adult can't.
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HIPAA authorization: lets doctors share medical information with the people named.
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Durable financial power of attorney: lets a parent help with banking, bills or school paperwork.
Which documents fit your family is a question for an estate planning attorney. This page is general information, not legal advice.
Getting Them Signed
We notarize these documents at your home, before move-in day, or online if your student is already away at school. Families often book one appointment for siblings at the same time.
Frequently Asked Questions
When should we sign?
Many families sign the summer before college, so everything is in place before move-in.
Can my child sign online from campus?
Yes. With remote online notarization, your student can sign from anywhere with a phone or computer and their photo ID.
Where do we get the documents?
An estate planning attorney can prepare them. We notarize the signatures; we can't draft documents or give legal advice.