D.C. Code § 21-2601.18: Agent's resignation; notice.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 21. Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]
- Chapter 26. Uniform Power of Attorney Act.
- Subchapter I. General Provisions.
(a)
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 one has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or successor agent; or
(2)
If there is no person described in paragraph (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.
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