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Andresen
  9/28/2016 09:31 EST

My girlfriend's 79-year old mom just came back from 20+ years working in the States. She seems to be losing her mental abilities. Does Colombia have Power of attorney documents that can be set up so her daughter can take care of her legal responsibilities and care for her?

LaPiranha
  9/28/2016 12:02 EST

Yes, they do. Many years ago I gave power of Attorney to my suegro, so he could purchase a shop for me, whilst I was in England. And also to transfer monies from my bank account for whatever was needed. See a Colombian lawyer to set it up.

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mtbe
  9/28/2016 13:01 EST

Yes: POA is available in Colombia. I too, used my Colombian brother in law to sign documents for me for the purchase of property.

I don't think an attorney is required though. I just remember going into the 'notary' office to sign the initial form and thought it was a standard form.

Perhaps I missed something in my limited Spanish.

fredah
  9/28/2016 13:10 EST

We are planning to move to Colombia next year and sent funds to build a house. Everything is in my wife's name and we had a power of attorney made so that she can act in any way for my wife( house, car, bank accounts - everything). We has it prepared by a notario and it is basically another escritura. It isn't like a one page power of attorney in the US. I can't remember the cost but I think it may have been 150000 pesos

fredah
  9/29/2016 11:05 EST

Sorry for the error. I meant to say that my sister-in-law has power of attorney for my wife.

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