Benefits from military service
Sec. 13. (a) Language conferring general authority with respect to
benefits from military service means the principal authorizes the
attorney in fact to do the following:
(1) Execute vouchers in the name of the principal for
allowances and reimbursements payable to the United States, a
state, or a subdivision of a state to the principal, including
allowances and reimbursements for transportation of the
principal and the principal's dependents, and for shipment of
household effects, and receive, endorse, and collect the
proceeds of a check payable to the order of the principal drawn
on the treasurer, fiscal officers, or depository of the United
States, a state, or a subdivision of a state.
(2) Take possession and order the removal and shipment of
property of the principal from a post, warehouse, depot, dock,
or other place of storage or safekeeping, either governmental or
private, and execute and deliver a release, voucher, receipt, bill
of lading, shipping ticket, or certificate the attorney in fact
considers desirable or necessary.
(3) Prepare, file, and prosecute the claim of the principal to a
benefit or assistance, financial or otherwise, to which the
principal is or claims to be entitled under a statute or regulation
existing at the time of the execution of the power of attorney or
enacted after execution of the power of attorney by the United
States, a state, or a subdivision of a state, or by a foreign
government if the benefit or assistance arises from or is based
upon military service performed before or after the execution of
the power of attorney by the principal or a person related by
blood or marriage to the principal and execute a receipt or other
instrument the attorney in fact considers desirable or necessary
for the enforcement or collection of the claim.
(4) Receive the financial proceeds of a claim described in this
section, conserve, invest, disburse, or use anything received
from a claim for purposes permitted under this section, and
reimburse the attorney in fact for expenditures properly made
in the execution of powers conferred upon the attorney in fact.
(5) Prosecute, defend, submit to arbitration, settle, and propose
or accept a compromise with respect to a claim existing in favor
of or against the principal based on or involving benefits from
military service or intervene in a related action or proceeding.
(6) Hire, discharge, and compensate an attorney, accountant,
expert witness, or other assistant when the attorney in fact
considers the action to be desirable for the proper execution by
the attorney in fact of a power described in this section and
keep needed records.
(7) Perform any other acts the attorney in fact considers
desirable or necessary to assure to the principal and to the
dependents of the principal the maximum possible benefits from
the military service performed before or after the execution of
the power of attorney by the principal or a person related by
blood or marriage to the principal.
(b) The powers described in this section are exercisable equally
with respect to benefits from military service existing at the time of
the giving of the power of attorney or accruing after that time,
whether accruing in Indiana or in another jurisdiction.
As added by P.L.149-1991, SEC.2.
Last modified: May 27, 2006