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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 4004

  • Incapacity: means the inability of an individual to manage property or business affairs because the individual has an impairment in the ability to receive and evaluate information or make or communicate decisions even with the use of technological assistance. See
  • 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
  • Power of attorney: means a writing or other record that grants authority to an agent to act in the place of the principal, whether or not the term power of attorney is used. See
  • Principal: means an individual who grants authority to an agent in a power of attorney. See
  • Unavailability: means the inability of an individual to manage property or business affairs because the individual is:

§ 4004. Power of attorney is durable

A power of attorney created under this chapter is durable unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity or unavailability of the principal. (Added 2023, No. 60, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)