WHAT TO DO ABOUT HATTIE

Almost a year ago, my mother went into the hospital at age 80, for
surgery
something went wrong and has left her in a rehab.center/nursing home in
an
incapacitated state. She apparently signed over her medical rights to 2

friends of hers before entering the hospital that allowed them to make
legal
decisions before I could arrive; upon arrival I discovered this and was

informed that her daughter had signed the paperwork; later her male
friend
informed me that he had power of attorney over her financial affairs,
granted he has been managing her affairs seemingly, but it is not the
most
sufficient manner or in some cases the way me and my mother discussed
what
she would want in the past. I am her only child by legal adoption; she
has
two other neices and no other immediate family. The eldest neice lives
in
the same town and I live in florida, they are in Va.

What steps should I take to see if \"power of attorney\" over my
mother\'s
affairs has been given to her friend before she became ill; he say\'s
that
he has \'a paper\', is there some legal way that I can obtain this?

You can demand he show you etc., and if you feel something is not correct you may file in court and have the entire situation examined--or threaten to do so anyway.