If you can't be there yourself
Distance, a hospital bed, a business that can't pause — none of them wait for you to be available to sign.
The NRI
You're in Dubai. The bank needs a signature in Mumbai — today.
Property tax, an FD renewal, a society NOC — all of it stuck until you find a way to sign from thousands of miles away.
The hospital bed
A medical emergency doesn't wait for you to be well enough to sign.
Insurance claims, admission forms, a bank withdrawal for treatment — someone needs the authority to act while you can't.
The business owner
Your business doesn't pause because you're travelling.
Cheques to sign, vendors to pay, decisions that can't wait for you to land — without this, they wait anyway.
If your parents haven't made one
The right time for a Power of Attorney is well before it's needed — not in the middle of a medical emergency.
The bedridden parent
Your father was bedridden after a stroke. His pension stayed at the bank for two months anyway.
No Power of Attorney on file meant no one could collect it for him — a two-minute transaction that took a fitness certificate, an affidavit, and a very patient bank manager.
The declining parent
By the time they need help the most, signing anything gets harder.
Set this up while your parent is fully able to understand and sign it — a POA made after capacity is in question invites exactly the legal challenge it's meant to avoid.
The distant child
You can't fly home every time your mother needs something signed.
A trusted family member holding power of attorney means the small stuff doesn't wait for your next visit.
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