TITLE 15

UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

CHAPTER 12

UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT

PART 4.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

15-12-403.  Effect on existing powers of attorney. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, on the effective date of this chapter:

(1)  This chapter applies to a power of attorney created before, on or after the effective date of this chapter;

(2)  This chapter applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of attorney commenced on or after the effective date of this chapter;

(3)  This chapter applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of attorney commenced before the effective date of this chapter unless the court finds that application of a provision of this chapter would substantially interfere with the effective conduct of the judicial proceeding or prejudice the rights of a party, in which case that provision does not apply and the superseded law applies; and

(4)  An act done before the effective date of this chapter is not affected by this chapter.

History:

[15-12-403, added 2008, ch. 186, sec. 2, p. 585.]