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So Power of Attorney (POA) is a designation that a person ASSIGNS to someone specific.

Your brothers can only assign you as POA for themselves. So if you are referring to a parent, your brothers have zero standing to add anyone, including themselves, as POA. Each parent would have to assign/legally document the POA(s). If your brothers are named as POA 1 and POA 2 or however it is set, for your parent(s) then they are the assigned POAs.

That is also different from INVOKED POA. And if POA is invoked, that means that your parent(s) is no longer competent to make legal decisions. And that no additional POA can be added by the parent. If the parent is still competent, THEY could add you as a POA if they wish.

There are different ways that a POA can be invoked - in our case with my FIL it required two doctors to sign off that he was no longer competent to make his own decisions, and at that point the POA was invoked and my DH took responsibility.

You have no legal responsibility to act as POA if you are not designated or invoked as POA.

Can you expand on your question a little?
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First off, having more than 1 person as a DPOA is not a good idea. The more ppl involved the more problems there will be.

Personally, I would never agree to be a coDPOA.

If you are not a DPOA there is no impact on you, you dodged a bullet. DPOA's die when the granter dies, then the PR takes over.
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There is no financial impact in being a POA.
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Are you talking about brothers assigning you as POA for them?

Or are you talking about being assigned as POA to a parent? The person assigning is the principle. They choose who they wish to be their POA. Only the principle can add someone or revoke the POA and assign another person. No one but the principle can make changes. So, lets say Mom assigns a son as POA. That son cannot add another person nor can he transfer POA to another person.

Why do you feel there would be any legal impact.
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