Power of Attorney question

[DavidY]

If Person A has Power of Attorney over Person B

and

Person B has Power of Attorney over Person C

does this automatically give Person A Power of Attorney rights over Person C ??

[Green1man]

I don’t know….. but I hope not… the whole concept seems suspect. The whole point of a POA is that your are controlling things that the person is unable to do themselves. If they can’t look after their own affairs then I can’t see how they could be expected to look after someone elses.

I suspect there is some condition/clause that the person with the POA must be physically/mentally able to perform those duties, the above scenario seems to suggest that is not the case.

[deckster]

Although a PoA gives you extensive powers (and, of course, responsibilities) over a person's affairs, they are quite narrow in their scope. I can't imagine any situation in which the PoA will reflect up a chain.

[Dark Star]

I always thought the POA had a named person/persons?

So to answer the question then No, A wouldn’t have POA over C unless named by C.

[DavidY]

Thanks for the replies, I assumed that it would not go up a chain

[Jasandjules]

No.