Yes, in many cases when you are dealing with multiple affairs of the party, a guardianship or even a court ordered comprehensive PoA is easier because it is a court document and if they require anything from you all you need to produce is an original copy of the court order and are not constantly having to fight over your homemade PoA not specifying certain transactions.

Of course a guardianship or a court ordered PoA is going to cost you a little more than just doing a PoA, which is why most people just do the PoA and immediately upon execution they serve it on all of the known parties that they will have to be dealing with on behalf of their ward. The guardianship can be obtained if there are no objections within less than 30 days, but you will need a local elder law attorney to get it filed in the court and get it approved by the court on an expedited basis. The guardianship does give you a broader array of powers than the PoA, in that it allows you to conduct all business on behalf of your mother and removes her rights to make any decisions at all.

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