During the lifetime of the person who signed a power of attorney (hereinafter the “Principal”) which gave broad powers (including the right to deed property) to the Agent, the Agent deeded certain real property owned by the Principal to himself (the Agent). After the Principal...
If you rely on your agent under your Power of Attorney to handle real estate transactions, you better record your Power of Attorney within 10 days after the instrument related to the real estate transaction (such as a deed, deed of trust, oil, gas or...
A Texas appeals court has upheld the conviction of an agent under a power of attorney who transferred funds to himself, supposedly to qualify his former grandmother-in-law for Medicaid. In an earlier proceeding, a jury sentenced the agent to 25 years in prison. Natho v....
