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Getting Personal: Financial liabilities of powers of attorney, fund a house or a retirement?

Marketplace Staff Dec 9, 2011
Ask Money

Getting Personal: Financial liabilities of powers of attorney, fund a house or a retirement?

Marketplace Staff Dec 9, 2011

On tap this week: A military family is finally settling down after years on the move and dad wants to know how to fund his children’s education. An entrepreneur debates whether she should contribute to her retirement account or pay off her house. A daughter was named power of attorney to her father and finds out dad’s messy financial situation.

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