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;Capacity: A person’s ability to make their own choices and decisions. | ;Capacity: A person’s ability to make their own choices and decisions. | ||
;Enduring power of attorney: A legal document that enables an adult to appoint another person to make financial and legal decisions for them, and specifies that the appointment continues—or “endures”—in the event the adult becomes mentally incapable. | ;Enduring power of attorney: A legal document that enables an adult to appoint another person to make financial and legal decisions for them, and specifies that the appointment continues—or “endures”—in the event the adult becomes mentally incapable. | ||
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;RRSP: A Registered Retirement Savings Plan is a savings account registered with the federal government that allows a person to save money for retirement and lower their income tax. | ;RRSP: A Registered Retirement Savings Plan is a savings account registered with the federal government that allows a person to save money for retirement and lower their income tax. | ||
;Springing power of attorney: A power of attorney that only becomes effective when an event happens, such as a finding that the adult making the power of attorney is mentally incapable. | ;Springing power of attorney: A power of attorney that only becomes effective when an event happens, such as a finding that the adult making the power of attorney is mentally incapable. |
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