26-1A-111
Section 26-1A-111 Co-agents and successor agents. (a) A principal may designate two or more
persons to act as co-agents. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, each co-agent
may exercise its authority independently. (b) A principal may designate one or more successor
agents to act if an agent resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated, is not qualified to serve,
or declines to serve. A principal may grant authority to designate one or more successor agents
to an agent or other person designated by name, office, or function. Unless the power of attorney
otherwise provides, a successor agent: (1) has the same authority as that granted to the original
agent; and (2) may not act until all predecessor agents have resigned, died, become incapacitated,
are no longer qualified to serve, or have declined to serve. (c) Except as otherwise provided
in the power of attorney and subsection (d), an agent that does not participate in or conceal
a breach of fiduciary duty committed by another...
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26-1A-404
Death Act, if in the opinion of the principal's attending physician the principal is no longer
able to give directions to health care providers. Subject to the express limitation on the
authority of the attorney in fact contained in the durable power of attorney, the attorney
in fact may make any health care decision on behalf of the principal that the principal could
make but for the lack of capacity of the principal to make a decision, but not including psychosurgery,
sterilization, abortion when not necessary to preserve the life of the principal, or
involuntary hospitalization or treatment covered by Subtitle 2 of Title 22. A durable power
of attorney executed pursuant to this section may be revoked by written revocation signed
and dated by the principal or person acting at the direction of the principal, or being obliterated,
burnt, torn, or otherwise destroyed or defaced in a manner indicating intention to cancel
or by a verbal expression of intent to revoke made in the...
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26-1-2.1
Section 26-1-2.1 Gifts by power of attorney. (a) If any power of attorney or other writing
either authorizes an attorney in fact or other agent to do, execute, or perform any act that
the principal might or could do, or evidences the principal's intent to give the attorney
in fact or agent full power to handle the principal's affairs or deal with the principal's
property, the attorney in fact or agent shall have the power and authority to make gifts of
any of the principal's property to any individuals, including the attorney in fact or agent,
within the limits of the annual exclusion as provided by Section 2503(b) of Title 26 of the
United States Code, and taking into account the availability of Section 2513 of Title 26 of
the United States Code, as the same may from time to time be amended, or to organizations
described in Sections 170(c) and 2522(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code, or corresponding
future provisions of federal tax law, or both, as the attorney in fact or agent...
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26-1A-118
Section 26-1A-118 Agent's resignation; notice. Unless the power of attorney provides a different
method for an agent's resignation, an agent may resign by giving notice to the principal and,
if the principal is incapacitated: (1) to the conservator, or guardian if there is no conservator,
if either has been appointed for the principal and a co-agent or successor agent; or (2) if
there is no person described in paragraph (1): (A) the principal's caregiver; (B) another
person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal's welfare;
or (C) a governmental agency having authority to protect the welfare of the principal. (Act
2011-683, p. 2015, §1.)...
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26-1A-213
Section 26-1A-213 Personal and family maintenance. (a) Unless the power of attorney otherwise
provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to personal
and family maintenance authorizes the agent to: (1) perform the acts necessary to maintain
the customary standard of living of the principal, the principal's spouse, and the following
individuals, whether living when the power of attorney is executed or later born: (A) the
principal's children; (B) other individuals legally entitled to be supported by the principal;
and (C) the individuals whom the principal has customarily supported or indicated the intent
to support; (2) make periodic payments of child support and other family maintenance required
by a court or governmental agency or an agreement to which the principal is a party; (3) provide
living quarters for the individuals described in paragraph (1) by: (A) purchase, lease, or
other contract; or (B) paying the operating costs, including...
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26-1A-116
Section 26-1A-116 Judicial relief. (a) The following persons may petition a court to construe
a power of attorney, determine the validity of a power of attorney, or review the agent's
conduct, and grant appropriate relief: (1) the principal or the agent; (2) a guardian, conservator,
or other fiduciary acting for the principal; (3) a person authorized to make health care decisions
for the principal; (4) the principal's spouse, parent, or descendant; (5) an individual who
would qualify as a presumptive heir of the principal; (6) a person named as a beneficiary
to receive any property, benefit, or contractual right on the principal's death or as a beneficiary
of a trust created by or for the principal that has a financial interest in the principal's
estate; (7) a governmental agency having regulatory authority to protect the welfare of the
principal; (8) the principal's caregiver or another person that demonstrates sufficient interest
in the principal's welfare; (9) a person asked to...
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26-1A-202
Section 26-1A-202 Incorporation of authority. (a) An agent has authority described in this
article if the power of attorney refers to general authority with respect to the descriptive
term for the subjects stated in Sections 26-1A-204 through 26-1A-217 or cites the section
in which the authority is described. (b) A reference in a power of attorney to general authority
with respect to the descriptive term for a subject in Sections 26-1A-204 through 26-1A-217
or a citation to a section of Sections 26-1A-204 through 26-1A-217 incorporates the entire
section as if it were set out in full in the power of attorney. (c) A principal may modify
authority incorporated by reference. (Act 2011-683, p. 2015, §1.)...
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26-1A-210
Section 26-1A-210 Insurance and annuities. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides,
language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to insurance and annuities
authorizes the agent to: (1) continue, pay the premium or make a contribution on, modify,
exchange, rescind, release, or terminate a contract procured by or on behalf of the principal
which insures or provides an annuity to either the principal or another person, whether or
not the principal is a beneficiary under the contract; (2) procure new, different, and additional
contracts of insurance and annuities for the principal and the principal's spouse, children,
and other dependents, and select the amount, type of insurance or annuity, and mode of payment;
(3) pay the premium or make a contribution on, modify, exchange, rescind, release, or terminate
a contract of insurance or annuity procured by the agent; (4) apply for and receive a loan
secured by a contract of insurance or annuity; (5) surrender...
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26-1A-209
Section 26-1A-209 Operation of entity or business. Subject to the terms of a document or an
agreement governing an entity or an entity ownership interest, and unless the power of attorney
otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect
to operation of an entity or business authorizes the agent to: (1) operate, buy, sell, enlarge,
reduce, or terminate an ownership interest; (2) perform a duty or discharge a liability and
exercise in person or by proxy a right, power, privilege, or option that the principal has,
may have, or claims to have; (3) enforce the terms of an ownership agreement; (4) initiate,
participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or propose or accept
a compromise with respect to litigation to which the principal is a party because of an ownership
interest; (5) exercise in person or by proxy, or enforce by litigation or otherwise, a right,
power, privilege, or option the principal has or claims to...
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26-1A-212
Section 26-1A-212 Claims and litigation. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language
in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to claims and litigation authorizes
the agent to: (1) assert and maintain before a court or administrative agency a claim, claim
for relief, cause of action, counterclaim, offset, recoupment, or defense, including an action
to recover property or other thing of value, recover damages sustained by the principal, eliminate
or modify tax liability, or seek an injunction, specific performance, or other relief; (2)
bring an action to determine adverse claims or intervene or otherwise participate in litigation;
(3) seek an attachment, garnishment, order of arrest, or other preliminary, provisional, or
intermediate relief and use an available procedure to effect or satisfy a judgment, order,
or decree; (4) make or accept a tender, offer of judgment, or admission of facts, submit a
controversy on an agreed statement of facts, consent...
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