After months of “menowderin’, and minanderin’, an’ blandandherin’ roun’ an’ about,” as a much finer writer than I put it, Our Fair State has adopted a new Short Form of Power of Attorney.

The CLE merchants are gearing up.  The internet lawyers’ chatrooms are buzzing.

And Taishoff again asks why the “short form” runs more than six (count ’em, six) pages.

But remember, guys, a power of attorney is paper or electrons. It appoints an “agent.” The agent is an individual person.