Anyone dealt with a durable POA with springing clause?

Ours was sprung by the two doctors who were diagnosticians who both said she has dementia of an ALZ nature based on multiple tests. 10 days in hospital. 21 in rehab with all kinds of therapists. Rehab Discharge planner who said she desperately needed help with finances. Which of course, we were finding out too. To this day our mom thinks we snuck off and got it. It was drafted in 1998. It sprung on the conditions noted. We still had to get a guardianship. Even with POA springing terms.

She is in memory care now. The guardianship allowed us to do.

People have mentioned them on the forum often, in fact I was under the impression it is the most common type in the USA. Different states do have different requirements about how to "spring" them, you need a lawyer who is familiar with elder law. (AgingCare does provide links at the bottom of the page)

Strange that the lawyer who drew it up is not willing to help.

When step Dad went into the hospital, Mum went to the lawyer who drew up the POAs, Representative Agreements etc, he created another document, which I did not see that "Sprang" the POA and RA.

Luckily Mum did not need to get two doctors to sign off, there was no doubt that he was not going to live very long.

Mum used that document with the banks, CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) etc.