Do I need separate attorneys-in-fact for my medical and business affairs?

Do I need separate attorneys-in-fact for my medical and business affairs?

As a general rule, I find that clients like to use the same person or persons, because those are the people closest to them; those are the people that they would trust in both categories of decision making. However, this is not necessarily the case. It is always possible, for example, that the person that you might be comfortable with to handle your financial affairs, would be unwilling (perhaps for religious reasons) to make the hard decisions in exercising powers under the medical power of attorney, particularly relating to the withdrawal of life support systems. Each client is different in that respect and has to decide whether the persons they select will carry out their wishes.