"Mrs. Astor was competent to sign her second codicil, just as three weeks earlier she was competent to sign her first codicil, which the indictment doesn't challenge," Mr. Warner wrote in an e-mail message.
The defense argued in its appeal that Mr. Marshall's power of attorney gave him the right to award himself the raise, and that "the direct evidence was unequivocal that his mother was competent to sign the codicil at the heart of the case".
If you put off executing crucial documents for too long, questions might be raised later about whether you were still legally competent to sign those papers.
Note this important point: It would have been too late for that DPOA if Dad wasn't still competent to sign it.
As she succinctly put it, "he has dementia, but he still has a mind of his own". Note this important point: It would have been too late for that DPOA if Dad wasn't still competent to sign it.
Exclusion criteria were as follows: patients undergoing invasive ventilation, patients with a primary diagnosis of right-sided heart failure, patients with active lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, or pneumonia, patients who we are unable to have an ultrasound within the first 24 h of admission and patients who are not competent to sign the consent form.
Much as I adore the man and it pains me to say it, much as I still think of him as my hero, my father is not competent to sign anything.
Patients with no known history of any sleep disorder, competent to sign informed consent and agreeable to participating in the study were included.
The reasons why 63 women were not eligible for the current study were as follows: loss to follow-up (n = 16), death (n = 10), withdrawal from original trial (n = 34), breast cancer diagnosed during the trial (n = 1), and not competent to sign informed consent (n = 2).
The staff were friendly and competent, showing no sign of first-day nerves.
