Can I sign my spouse’s name to the paperwork?

Absolutely not, unless you have a properly drawn and executed durable power of attorney. Otherwise, it is a crime for you to do that and I cannot help you. We can make arrangements through the mail and so forth to obtain signatures of hard-to-obtain parties, though.

It is my understanding, however, that an attorney in fact cannot testify for the debtor who has had the attorney in fact sign the paperwork using the power of attorney. Someone signing by power of attorney must obtain court permission before the attorney in fact can testify at the meeting of creditors for the debtor.