My DF is making LPAs, both health and financial. The health one is joint between his wife and my sister. The financial one is jointly and severally between them both. I'm a replacement attorney, that's all fine.
Me and my sister have concerns about his wife being able to make financial decisions on her own as it were. Yes, if we were unhappy about anything we could go to court to challenge this but we'd rather be in a position where financial decisions are agreed first under the joint decision option rather than resorting to this. Are we being unreasonable about this? We've always been told their finances are kept separate since they married about 15 years ago. We understand that his care will involve extra expense but still feel like decisions about selling property or large amounts of money should not be her sole responsibility.
Or are we worrying too much about this? Is the fact that my sister is an attorney sufficient to be able for her to keep tabs on things? We've only just received the paperwork and haven't spoken to my dad about this yet, just wanted to be forearmed with info.