The Institute of Certified Bankers^TM(ICB) is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of performance and ethics within the financial services industry. This webinar has been approved for 2.5 CTFA & FID credits.

Everyday financial institutions are required to complete transactions for customers that involve Power of Attorney or Living Trust documents. To protect the financial institution's interests when using these documents, it is imperative to understand the basic do's and don'ts. This two hour presentation is designed to provide financial institution personnel with the best practices that can be used in dealing with these complex legal documents.

Powers of Attorney


• What is the relationship between the customer, the attorney-in-fact and the financial institution?
• What steps must a financial institution take to protect itself when relying on a Power of Attorney?
• What language should the financial institution look for in the Power of Attorney document when completing a transaction for the attorney-in-fact?
• How is a Power of Attorney revoked and when is that revocation binding on the financial institution?
  
  Living Trusts
  
  
• How to establish the financial institution relationship, including changing titles and performing transactions (loans or deposits)?
• How many co-trustees does it take to bind the trust?
• When can a successor trustee do business for the trust?
• Can a power of attorney be used with a trust document?
• Can a trust own a safe deposit box?
• Can a trust co-own an account with another trust (or person)?

Terri D. Thomas, JD is the Director of the Kansas Bankers Association Legal Department, which specializes in providing compliance and legal assistance to Kansas banks.

Terri has worked with financial institutions for thirty years in various capacities. Most notably, she served for fourteen years as in-house legal counsel and trust officer for Bank of America and its Kansas predecessors. She has also served as a trust department manager and branch manager.

Receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from Kansas State University in 1985, Terri continued her education at Washburn University School of Law and obtained her Juris Doctor in 1988. Presently, she serves as an Adjunct Professor at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas, and is a frequent seminar presenter for financial associations in the Midwest.

Unlimited playback & materials. If you were unable to attend the regularly scheduled event, but are interested in the topic, you can purchase the recorded version. You will receive a web address for online viewing and an audio CD and handouts for offline viewing.