Q: My son is attending boarding school in PR. How can I give guardianship to my sister for his medical care, etc?
I'm in Louisiana and my son is in boarding school in PR. I'd like to authorize guardianship or POA to my sister who also lives in PR, in the event my son needs medical treatment, etc. What form should I ask Louisiana notary to prepare for my signature here, and for my sister to accept there? Thank you for your kind assistance.
A: Good morning and thank you for using JUSTIA. You can prepare a notarized general POA in favor of your sister that allows her to take and or make any decisions for the benefit of the child such as social, medical, educational, domestic or the like. You must mention the childs exact legal name as found on his birth certificate and include copy of said document. The POA must include a certified copy of the County Clerk's Certification of the notary's commision. All these mentioned documents must be sent to your sister. Your sister will then take all these documents and her Puerto Rico identification to a Notary Public for the process of getting the certification of full faith and credit of said POA under Puerto Rico law known as "Protocolizacion" with the Puerto Rico Supreme Court. This process will legalize the POA for all procedural uses in Puerto Rico. The cost of this legal process in Puerto Rico is around $ 350.00. After all is said and done your sister will have the legal power and rights over your son until you eliminate said POA. The elimination process is the same as mentioned above. You can avoid all these expenses by simply creating the POA in Puerto Rico and at the same time you can visit your son and sister. The cost to make a POA in Puerto Rico is about $ 150.00. Good luck.
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