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Monday, April 6, 2020

Preparation of Power of Attorney during Covid 19 Law Offices closed

Kenneth Vercammen’s Law Office Power of Attorney preparation online with follow up consults by phone and online


To assist potential clients who are staying home we now offer consults and document preparation remotely. We are concerned about your health and wellbeing.
1. For Wills, Power of Attorney, Living Wills, Deeds, Expungements please email Vercammenlaw@njlaws.com. We will email the interview form.

2. Type response/ Fill in details., email completed Will Questionnaire back. For Wills Please type up & fill out completely and email to vercammenlaw@njlaws.com.. Typing name and details is required. Save as word doc or text, not pdf. This form is extremely important. Your accuracy and completeness in responding will help us best help you. All sections and information must be filled out prior to discussing with the attorney.

3. Ken V will call to discuss.

4. After you pay by credit card online or payment confirmed from PayPal, legal plan or Barter Depot, we will draft documents and email to you.
5. Ken V will call to answer further questions
6. Sign documents in front of notary and two witnesses. Signing instructions provided.
Stay safe but still get your important documents done. We strongly recommend all adults have a Power of Attorney prepared in the event they are temporarily incapacitated or hospitalized. We do require interview forms be completed in full and emailed back so we can provide accurate advice. The doctor’s office similarly has patients fill out details prior to the consult.

To have documents paid for client will email us:
1. The credit card number, minus last four digits [or Legal Plan # or Barter #]
2. zip code for card
3. Authorization to charge the card for the amount
4 Expiration date
5 Three digit code on back of credit card.
6. any other relevant information regarding the case

After email, we will call over phone to obtain 5 Last four digits of credit card
Otherwise you will need to mail check, or drop off cash via mail slot in Edison office.

Power of Attorney POA Signing Instructions in front of Notary:
Notary and one witness almust be present in room at the same time. No one is to leave room until signing completed.
1. Write out date, where indicated, on first page of the POA. (1st paragraph)
2. Have the person that is signing the POA sign in blue ink and have the witness also sign in blue. (second page of the POA) witness can be notary
3. Ask the person do they want A -POA to be effective now upon signing or B- only upon disability. Have them sign in blue ink in the appropriate place after they decide. (second page of the POA). Don’t sign both A & B.
Have the witness sign and date in blue ink next to both signatures as well.
4. Notary signs and dates. Notary puts seal.
5 Make sure to make copy of POA. Person signing keeps original POA.
Reasons to sign a Power of Attorney now / Why a Power of Attorney
A Power of Attorney allows your spouse, child or another trusted person to administer your assets during your lifetime, either upon disability or now. The lack of a properly prepared and executed Power of Attorney can cause extreme difficulties when an individual is stricken with severe illness or injury rendering him/her unable to make decisions or manage financial and medical affairs. Any persons are calling now to have a Power of Attorney prepared during the world wide health issues. We can help
In the absence of a Power of Attorney or other legal arrangement to distribute property if you become disabled, your family or partner cannot pay your bills or handle your assets. The result can be lengthy delays.
The term "durable" in reference to a power of attorney means that the power remains in force for the lifetime of the principal, even if he/she becomes mentally incapacitated. A principal may cancel a power of attorney at any time for any reason. Powers granted on a power of attorney document can be very broad or very narrow in accordance with the needs of the principal.

If there is no Power of Attorney, the family has to go through an expensive and complicated Guardianship in the Superior Court. New Jersey has a detailed, expensive legal procedures, called Guardianships or conservatorships, to provide for appointment of a Guardian. These normally require lengthy, formal proceedings and are expensive in court. This means involvement of lawyers to prepare and file the necessary papers and doctors to provide medical testimony regarding the mental incapacity of the subject of the action. Court Costs and fees typically exceed $4,000. A $100 Power of Attorney avoids this aggravation.
The procedures also require the involvement of a temporary guardian to investigate, even intercede, in surrogate proceedings.