TITLE 15

UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

CHAPTER 12

UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT

PART 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

15-12-118.  Agent’s resignation — Notice. If a power of attorney does not provide the method for an agent’s resignation, an agent may resign by giving written notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated:

(1)  To the conservator or guardian, if one (1) has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or successor agent; or

(2)  If there is no person described in subsection (1) of this section, to:

(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.

History:

[15-12-118, added 2008, ch. 186, sec. 2, p. 566.]