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18-C M.R.S. §5-918: Agent's resignation; notice

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  1. TITLE 18-C: PROBATE CODE
  2. PART 9: MAINE UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT

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. Conservator, guardian, coagent, successor agent. To the conservator or guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or successor agent; or

2. Caregiver, interested person, governmental agency. If there is no person described in subsection 1, 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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