
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, October 20, 1994                   TAG: 9412210017
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: S2   EDITION: METRO 
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FOR THE RECORD

Because of a reporter's misunderstanding, a quote about power of attorney by Special Justice John T. Molumphy III was mistakenly used to describe guardianship in a story about caring for the incapacited in the Oct. 13 edition.

With a general power of attorney, people can deed real estate from their wards to themselves or take out loans in the wards' names without oversight unless the wards make arrangements for checks and balances.

Legal guardians, who are court-appointed, cannot sell or transfer real estate for a ward without court approval. Guardians also must file periodic accounting records of their wards' financial transactions to the court.

\ Because of incorrect information given a photographer, a cutline that accompanied picture with a Sept. 22 story on the Adult Care Center of the Roanoke Valley included incorrect information. The man featured in the photo, Raymond Taylor suffers from brain damage caused by a fall in a church parking lot.

by CNB