Medicaid took 6 months last year to get around to figuring out if they would accept my fathers application and the subsequent months have had multiple incorrect income estimates that I'm still trying to get time to sort out with them. The result is the NH my father was in went unpaid and now there's a large bill and I'm trying to work with them to set up a payment plan that will hold them over until medicaid can fix their issues. The promissory not they sent to have signed lists both my Dad and my names. The exact wording is: "I [DAD'S_NAME], along with [MY_NAME] my (Attorney in Fact) do promise to pay..." It seems to me that signing that would make me a cosigner on the note. That's not something I wish to be. Originally they just had my name on there with no mention of my father, but I asked them remove me entirely, listing only my Father and they pushed back with this...thoughts?
It should be I, [father's name], promise etc.
No mention of your name.
At the signature line, you sign it for and on behalf of [father's name], [your name] with Power of Attorney. The point being that you are doing the signing for your father, and not the promising!
And yes check the whole thing with a lawyer.
I won't sign anything where my name appears in the body of the document. I only sign on MOM's signature line and then I include the words "attorney in fact"