What has legal rights a power of attorney or a will?

Question

What has legal rights a power of attorney or a will?

Answer 1

Neither document has legal rights.  A power of attorney is in effect while a person is alive, enabling another person to act on his/her behalf.  A will states who the deceased wanted property to go to after death and is only effective when the person who wrote it is dead, whereas a power of attorney expires at death.  You are not entitled to anything left to you in a will until the person is dead.