A child care power of attorney is a written document by which parents or legal gaurdians are permitted to give authority for temporary custody, financial, medical, educational, or other activities of minor or incapacitated children or other incapacitated persons.
What is allowed by the power of attorney can be broad or limited. For example, a power of attorney may be used if the parents are leaving children with relatives while the parents are away so the relatives may consent to emergency medical care and make sure the children can properly participate in school activities.
A power of attorney is not a substitute for a guardianship. However, it may be properly used to provide for short term care for minor children or incapacitated persons.
Many states have limitations on the length of time a child care power of attorney is valid. Although a few of these states have longer periods in cases of military service or where the power of attorney is given to specific family members.
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