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I serve as POA. However, she will not allow me to help her finalize her will, taxes, etc. Her attorney has done 3 drafts of her will with no execution.

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What is the reason she gives for not signing the will? Does she already have a will that the new one will replace, or does she not have one at all?

If you have POA and it is active, you can probably sign the off on the taxes on her behalf. Ask her lawyer about that.
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Can you get a lawyer to visit her at home to sort the will ?
Fortunately you got the POA done, just before dementia.
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I think she may then die intestate. That would mean someone gets appointed as "administrator " of her estate, files probate and handles as an executor would; division of her assets would occur according to the dictates of the state itself. Look up the law on dying intestate in your own state.
You cannot exercise your POA until she has dementia to the extent she is legally incompetent and at that time she couldn't do the will, so you may just need to let this go. Sounds like she has some weird idea that if she doesn't do this she won't die?

Best of luck. Her attorney with his unsigned documents can verify all this for you.
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Sounds like she may have the beginnings of Dememtia. You need to get her to sign off on her Will. Once she has full blown Dementia, you can't do anything. Get her evaluated by her PCP. If Dementia is found get a doctor to declare her incompetent to invoke your POA. Then take over her finances.
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