{"data":{"id":"us-de/12-del.-c.-49a-118","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"12 Del. C. § 49A-118","heading":"Agent’s resignation; notice.","body":"Unless the personal power of attorney provides a different method for an agent’s resignation, an agent may resign by giving written notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated:\n(1) To the guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and a concurrent agent or successor agent; or\n(2) If there is no person described in paragraph (1) of this section, to:\na. The principal’s primary caregiver;\nb. Another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare; or\nc. A governmental agency having authority to protect the welfare of the principal.","path":["Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Fiduciary Relations","CHAPTER 49A. Durable Personal Powers of Attorney Act","Subchapter I. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c049a/sc01/index.html#49A-118","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:16Z","sha256":"84712306d88473ddf788370a26857757fcf60d7131c8cea3a2614616d2bb892e","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/12-del.-c.-49a-117","next":"us-de/12-del.-c.-49a-119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}