Texas Estates Code 751.0024 – Meaning and Effect of Durable Power of Attorney
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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 751.0024
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
The meaning and effect of a durable power of attorney is determined by the law of the jurisdiction indicated in the durable power of attorney and, in the absence of an indication of jurisdiction, by:
(1) the law of the jurisdiction of the principal’s domicile, if the principal’s domicile is indicated in the power of attorney; or
(2) the law of the jurisdiction in which the durable power of attorney was executed, if the principal’s domicile is not indicated in the power of attorney.